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Location, Location, Location: Putting Evaluation in "Place"

Organization: 
Policy Horizons Canada
Author: 
Policy Horizons Canada

As a community, Prince George is different than Brampton, which is different than St. John’s.  Place-based approaches are bottom-up interventions that acknowledge the impact local realities can have on program effectiveness.  These are interventions that use multi-sectoral collaboration to tackle complex issues, and they take place in disparate communities across the country.

Year: 
2011
Format: 
Research report
Categories: 
Conceptual Frameworks & Approaches
Government
Planning and Evaluation
Policy Development & Advocacy
Source: 
Weblink

Bringing Place-Based Tools to Policy

Organization: 
Policy Horizons Canada
Author: 
Policy Horizons Canada

The federal government’s knowledge role within place‐based approaches has been identified by federal civil servants as an opportunity to improve the co‐ordination of federal departments and the compatibility of inter‐jurisdictional policies in Canada.

Year: 
2011
Format: 
Research report
Categories: 
Conceptual Frameworks & Approaches
Government
Policy Development & Advocacy
Research & Development
Source: 
Weblink

Community-Led Development

Organization: 
Caledon Institute of Social Policy
Author: 
Sherri Torjman and Anne Makhoul

Community-led development is a unique approach to tackling local problems and building on local strengths. It is guided by several core principles.

Year: 
2012
Format: 
Document
Categories: 
Conceptual Frameworks & Approaches
Government
Policy Development & Advocacy
Research & Development
Source: 
Weblink

Shared Space: The Communities Agenda

Organization: 
Caledon Institute of Social Policy
Author: 
Sherri Torjman
Shared Space: The Communities Agenda seeks to capture the essence of the profound changes taking place in communities across the country and around the world. Community interventions to promote economic and social well-being are not new.
Year: 
2007
Format: 
Book
Categories: 
Community Capacity Building
Conceptual Frameworks & Approaches
Government
Policy Development & Advocacy
Research & Development
Source: 
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Community economies and jobs to suffer with federal cuts to co-operative development

Author: 
Brendan Reimer
Date: 
2012-04-13

As announced by the Canadian Co-operative Association and others last Friday, the termination of the Co-operative Development Initiative and the drastic cuts to the Rural and Co-operatives Secretariat will have a significant impact on the development of new co-operative businesses, jobs, and services for communities throughout Canada.

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