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Canadian CED Network News
- New CCEDNet Publication - Building a Federal Policy Framework and Program in Support of CED
- Manitoba Social Enterprise Research
- Strong Neighbourhoods and CED Workshop in Calgary
- Meet our Members
Alberta CED News
- Celebrating Momentum
- After Hours with Social Enterprise
- Blue Quills First Nations College Awarded Grant from CCA
- Trico Charitable Foundation Conference
CED Tool: Sustainable Communities Boot Camp Resource Guide
National CED News
- Apply Now for the 2011 Social Enterprize
- Join the Social Enterprise Marketplace
- Two Upcoming Coop Conferences
- SAVE THE DATE: Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise - Nov. 20-22
- Canada2012.coop Now Online
- ACE Institute Award Winners
- Does Your Thesis Have the ANSER?
- Local Food in the News
Our Manitoba office has launched a new project to profile CED in Manitoba. So far we've completed 35 (of 50) stories of communities working to build fairer and stronger local economies, reduce poverty, and revitalize neighbourhoods. Read all our profiles of CED at www.ccednet-rcdec.ca/CEDprofiles
Here is a preview of three profiles (click on the title to download the article):
Le Marche de St. Norbert - In 1988, on a sunny day in July, eight vendors met on a lawn in St. Norbert to sell their wares. Since that modest beginning, this “make it, bake it, grow it” market has grown into a non-profit co-operative with 130 full-time vendors and as many as 50 casual vendors.
West Central Women's Resource Centre - The WCWRC, which opened in a basement office in inner city Winnipeg in 2001, recognized that several needs in their low-income community could be addressed by a single initiative — the Childminding Program.
Pollocks Hardware Coop - The resurrection of Pollock’s Hardware is one of Winnipeg’s great CED stories. When store owners Wayne and Lois Cash decided to retire, they put the 85-year-old business up for sale. However, after a year there were still no buyers and Pollock’s was forced to close in December 2007.
Canadian CED Network News
New CCEDNet Publication - Building a Federal Policy Framework and Program in Support of CED
CCEDNet has just released its newest publication, Building a Federal Policy Framework and Program in Support of Community Economic Development. The report was written by Kirsten Bernas and Brendan Reimer of the CCEDNet-Manitoba office.
The report addresses the ongoing challenge for CED organizations in Canada to maximize their long-term community benefit when multi-year funding for core organizational costs remains out of reach. The report recommends that the Canadian government develop and implement a federal CED Policy Framework and Neighbourhood Revitalization Program (NRP) modelled after the Government of Manitoba's CED Policy Framework and Neighbourhoods Alive! program.
Manitoba Social Enterprise Research
CCEDNet has partnered with BALTA and researchers from Simon Fraser University and Mount Royal University in an effort to measure the size, scope, and strength of the social enterprise sector in Manitoba. Researchers have contacted over 400 social enterprises in Manitoba to help demonstrate the significance of this often overlooked economic sector. This project will add another piece of the puzzle toward building a national picture of social enterprises in Canada.
Not only will this provide critical baseline data that will be useful when describing the value of this work to government, the public, and non-profits, but the engagement will also broaden and strengthen relationships within the sector. The research should be completed by the end of summer 2011, with events planned for the fall to build on the relationships and information generated by this work.
Contact Brendan Reimer or Ryan O'Connor at our Manitoba office for more information.
Strong Neighbourhoods and CED Workshop in Calgary
Thrive is hosting a workshop on Stronge Neighbourhoods and CED on September 22 in Calgary. The workshop will be facilitated by Brendan Reimer, CCEDNet Regional Coordinator, who will share learnings and promising practices from the Neighbourhoods Alive! initiative in Manitoba. The event will focus on: The creation of Neighbourhood Renewal Corporations; The design and implementation of government policies that guide Neighbourhoods Alive!; and Local opportunities to transfer this approach to neighbourhood renewal initiatives in Calgary and Alberta.
Click here to register and for more info
Meet our Members
The Ethno-Cultural Council of Calgary is a community-based organization that facilitates the collective voice of Calgary’s ethno-cultural communities towards full civic participation and
integration through collaborative action.Visit their website
AIRSA has been formed to strengthen and enhance the effectiveness of information and referral across Alberta by providing leadership, education and support. We promote best practices in Information and Referral and encourage communication and co-operation among information and referral service providers. Visit their website
Alberta CED News
Celebrating Momentum
Momentum celebrated its 20th anniversary in true style last month at their 2011 Annual Celebration and General Meeting. In fact, two community leaders were on hand to help Momentum mark its great milestone. Rankin MacSween, President of New Dawn Enterprises in Sydney, NS and a national leader in community economic development, shared inspiring stories about CED and gave a toast to commemorate the occasion. Mr. MacSween was followed by Calgary Mayor Naneed Nenshi, who gave a keynote address, which highlighted the importance of organizations like Momentum.
Afterhours with Social Enterprises
Last month, Thrive Calgary and Servants Anonymous partnered with enp-AB to bring together forty of Calgary’s “thinkers and practioners” in social enterprise for an ‘Afterhours’ event. The purpose was to hear from both SE “newbies” and “gurus” in regards to what their needs are and how a mentorship space could be designed to meet those needs. The participants, representing diverse backgrounds and perspectives, helped brainstorm the next steps that are needed to keep the social enterprise movement rolling in Calgary. The evening centred around 5 key themes: finance, purpose, storytelling, ideation, and mission drift.
Blue Quills First Nations College Awarded Grant from CCA
Two Alberta co-operatives were recently awarded a $5,000 grant through the CCA’s First Nations, Metis and Inuit Co-operative Development Program. The Indigenous Artists Co-operative Project, operated by Blue Quills First Nations College, will conduct a feasibility study to explore the development of an Artists Co-operative in the region. Cree-operatives Artist and Artisan Co-operative in Saddle Lake will use the grant to conduct market research and build a successful business plan that will help ensure that social capital is developed and long-term capital is attained.
Read more about the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Co-operative Development Program
Trico Charitable Foundation Conference
The Trico Charitable Foundation's annual Conference and launch of the Social EnterPrize awards will be held November 17 in Calgary. Growing a community of sustainable, entrepreneurial non-profit organizations is the goal of the conference. A variety of interactive workshops, experimental problem solving, and open exchange among people working on or interested in social enterprise in the non-profit sector will take place during the day's conference, with the themes of planning, practicing, and fine tuning social enterprise.
CED Tool: Sustainable Communities Boot Camp Resource Guide
This Resource Guide complements the Sustainable Communities Boot Camp, an intensive peer-learning session for teams of senior government officials and their key partners from 13 regions across the U.S. The purpose of the Boot Camp is to help participating regions, and others like them, to refine and improve their near-term plans, strategies and projects, but also to transform their overall approaches to regional development. Towards this end, the Boot Camp lays out a holistic framework for sustainable and equitable regional prosperity, as well as a range of practical tools, strategies and models intended to help practitioners translate this framework into on-the-ground action.
National CED News
Apply Now for the Social Enterprize
The Trico Charitable Foundation is now accepting applications for their four Social Enterprize awards. Two organizational awards will be given to entrepreneurial nonprofit organizations who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and innovation. Two individual awards will be given to people who hold full-time positions as social entrepreneurs within the nonprofit sector, and who intend to provide leadership in an effort to innovate and build capacity. The deadline for applications is September 15, 2011.
Join the Social Enterprise Marketplace
The Social Enterprise Council of Canada's online Marketplace is a great opportunity for social enterprise to connect with local consumers. The Marketplace allows consumers to search easily through a broad range of products and services offered by social enterprises across the country. If you haven't already listed your social enterprise on the Marketplace, you should do so now! It's free, easy, and a great way to tell the world about your products and services. Tell other social enterprises in your community about the Marketplace and help raise awareness of the great work being done by this sector.
Two Upcoming Co-operative Conferences
The Business Succession and Employee Ownership Conference: Will take place in Quebec City from October 11-13, 2011, will focus on how to convert businesses into worker co-operatives. With nearly 200,000 business owners set to retire in the next 10 years, a tremendous opportunity exists to create more democratic workplaces. Read more
North American Worker Co-operative Conference: From October 13-15, 2011 in Quebec City, worker co-operators from North America will come together to share experiences, create a North American association of worker co-ops and proclaim a joint declaration for 2012, the UN International Year of Co-ops. Read more
(Source: CWCF August Newsletter)
SAVE THE DATE: Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise - Nov. 20-22
Join hundreds of experienced and prospective social enterprise practitioners from across Canada at the fourth Canadian Conference on Social Enterprise taking place in Halifax, Nova Scotia, November 20 to 22, 2011. The Conference will include intensive day-long and half-day training sessions on a variety of socieal enterprise topics, a policy forum on a report about the state of social enterprise policy development in Canada, and local tours of social enterprises in Halifax.
Read more
Canada2012.coop Now Online
Canada now has a new website dedicated to the 2012 International Year of Co-operatives. www.canada2012.coop is aimed at both the co-op sector and the broader public: its features range from basic information about the co-operative business model and co-operatives in Canada to suggestions on how both individuals and organizations can get involved in the International Year. Another feature to be added later this year is an interactive page where people can post their own IYC2012 messages.
(Source: CCA News Brief)
Does Your Thesis Have the ANSER?
The Association of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER) is now accepting applications for their Dissertation Awards. ANSER recognizes outstanding Masters and Doctoral theses that contribute to the advancement of theory, research, and practice in any aspect of study related to the nonprofit sector or the social economy. Students who have completed and/or defended their dissertations in the last 3 years are eligible to apply. Applications and questions should be directed to Dr. Jorge Sousa at anser.ares@gmail.com.
ACE Institute Award Winners
The Association of Co-operative Educators (ACE) recognized five community leaders at their annual conference in Winnipeg last month. Monica Adeler, Cindy Coker, the University of Winnipeg, Arctic Co-operatives Limited, and José Julián Ramírez Ruiz were awarded for their unique and important contributions to co-operative education in Canada and abroad. As a event planning partner, CCEDNet would like to congratulate the award recipients and thank everyone for making the ACE Institute 2011 a huge success.
Local Food in the News
The local food movement has been getting some great coverage in the news lately, and just in time for summer. Earlier this month, The Globe and Mail ran an article on the role of Local Food Plus in spreading awareness and accessibility of local food across the country. LFP, a non-profit organization, issues certification to farmers who comply with their strict sustainability and production standards and helps connect them with local buyers. The article also cites economist Rod MacRae, whose calculations suggest that "if 10,000 families in a province shift $10 per week to local, that means $5.2-million would shift away from imports and directly into local economies." LFP used Ontario for its pilot programs, but will be moving into BC, QC, and MB in the near future.
Job Postings
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