Challenging traditional notions of development, these essays critically examine bottom-up, community economic development strategies in a wide variety of contexts: as a means of improving lives in northern, rural and inner-city settings; shaped and driven by women and by Aboriginal people; aimed at employment creation for the most marginalized. most authors have employed a participatory research methodology. The essays are the product of a broader, three-year community-university research collaboration with a focus on the strengths and difficulties of participatory, capacity-building strategies for those marginalized by the competitive, profit-seeking forces of capitalism. no easy answers are offered, but many exciting initiatives with great potential are described and critically evaluated.
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| • | Introduction (Silver & Loxley) |
| • | The State of CED in Winnipeg (Loxley) |
| • | The Impact of Hydroelectric Development on Grand Rapids, Manitoba (Kulchyski & Neckoway) |
| • | Government Policy towards CED in Manitoba in the 1960s and 1970s (Fernandez) |
| • | Social Housing and CED Initiatives in Inner-City Winnipeg (Skelton, Selig & Deane) |
| • | Urban Aboriginal Community Development (Silver, Ghorayshi, Hay & Klyne) |
| • | Improving the Lives and Livelihoods of Women through Socially Transformative Practice (Amyot) |
| • | CED to Reduce Young Women’s Poverty and Poverty-Related Conditions (McCracken) |
| • | Moving Low-Income, Inner-city People into Good Jobs (Loewen & Silver) |
| • | Can Call Centres Contribute to Manitoba’s CED? (Guard) |
| • | Aboriginal Students and the Digital Divide (Deane & Sullivan) |
| • | Aboriginal Labour and the Garment Industry in Winnipeg (Weist & Willmott) |
| • | Aboriginal Employment in the Banking Sector in Manitoba (Sexsmith & Pettman) |
| • | Manitoba Alternative Food Production and Farm Marketing Models (Doucette & Koroluk) |
| • | Agricultural Land Trusts (Hamilton) |
| • | Economics for CED Practitioners (Loxley & Lamb) |
| • | Local Participation and Democratic State Restructuring (Sheldrick) |
| • | Reflections on Accomplishments and Challenges (Loxley & Silver) |
