Prosper Canada has announced their first selection of Financial Empowerment Champion organizations. Each organization will be provided with up to $150,000 in funding annually over 5 years and the training, tools and resources they need to measurably improve the financial well-being of 175,000 Canadians living on low incomes in their communities.

The Conseil de la coopération de l'Ontario (CCO), a member of the Canadian CED Network, is proud to announce the recipients of five grants, as part of the Doing Business Differently program.

The Toronto Enterprise Fund (TEF), a unique funding partnership of United Way Toronto & York Region, the City of Toronto, the Ontario Ministry of Community & Social Services, and the Homelessness Partnering Strategy, has added a new fund to its program of supports for social enterprises in the city.

The Réseau de développement économique et d’employabilité du Canada, (RDÉE Canada) has presented trophies to the six winners of the 2016 Small and Medium Business’ Awards.

Congratulations to CCEDNet member PARO Centre for Women's Enterprise who hosted the federal minister for Innovation, Science and Economic Development, the Hon. Navdeep Bains, for an announcement of $2 million in investment to help women entrepreneurs, as well as small and medium-sized companies in Northern Ontario. The funding will allow women to get the skills training they need to raise the venture capital required to expand their businesses.