Public attention has focused increasingly on innovative strategies to expand employment, in the context of intransigent and high unemployment levels, slow job growth, and government cutbacks.A systematic analysis of the characteristics of co-operatives reveals many capacities that recommend them as appropriate vehicles for sustainable development. Co-operatives offer advantages as rooted, socially embedded, patient capital and as organizations that promote partnerships, co-ordinated action, and capacity building.
This is the report on the first phase research findings of the Immigrant Settlement and Integration through Social Enterprise Initiative (ISISE).
The Canadian Community Economic Development Network (Canadian CED Network) created the Immigrant Settlement and Integration through Social Enterprise initiative (ISISE) to help make the case that social enterprise development is an effective tool for immigrant settlement and integration.
This 10-page directory of Immigrant Social Enterprises in Canada was carried out as part of research for the Immigrant Settlement and Integration through Social Enterprise initiative (ISISE).
Many communities in Canada are using communty economic developpment (CED) to sucessfully combat socioeconomic decline and build strong community-based organisations that contribute to citizen participation and the cultural diversity of their communities. CED refers to holistic, community-led approches to building stronger communities. It is focused on the goals of social inclusion, poverty elimination and facilitating full participation in society - particularly for those facing the greatest barriers to achieving these goals.
