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CCEDNet International blog

Bianca — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:27:25 -0400

The Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) International Committee welcomes you to their Blog so that we can share information with our members, the Canadian public and interested persons around the world. We welcome information, either in English or in French.

Go to: http://www.fivespirit.eu/ccednet-rcdec/International-Committee-Blog-Blog-du-Comite-international_r1.html

2010 CD/CED Gathering in Winnipeg - Save the Date - October 22

lmcbain — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:04:43 -0400

SAVE THE DATE!

Please join us at the 2010 Manitoba CD/CED Gathering

October 22nd, 2010

St. John’s High School
401 Church Avenue, Winnipeg, MB

Over four hundred delegates from community, the non-profit sector and government will come together to examine ways to reduce poverty and build stronger communities in Manitoba.

This year’s Gathering coincides with Co-op Week, and your Gathering Planning Team has chosen the theme of “Cultivating Co-operation” to focus our thinking on how we work together to achieve our community goals, with an added emphasis on exploring the co-op model as an effective community economic development tool.

More information to come for online registration and workshops!

Draft declaration of the National Summit on a People-Centered Economy

Bianca — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 18:14:11 -0400

The people-centered economy has progressed considerably in Canada in recent years, but the gains are still fragile and challenges substantial. The continued development of a people-centered economy cannot proceed without an overall perspective that draws a link between local, national and planetary, between where something is produced and where it is consumed and between worker and the socially aware investor. A people-centered economy cannot be fully realized without the mobilization of a society as a whole.

In concluding this Summit, each of us commits to continue mobilizing for a model of development that leaves nobody aside, so that, more than ever before, solidarity will be at the heart of economic activity throughout Canada and around the world.

Click here to view the full Declaration of the 2010 Summit on a People-Centered Economy.

June 2010 Practitioner of the month - Karim Harji

Bianca — Thu, 20 May 2010 15:20:09 -0400

This month Canadian CED Network is featuring Karim Harji, Manager of Partnership Development at Social Capital Partners (SCP) in Toronto. SCP is a national non-profit that provides growth financing and strategic advice to successful businesses that demonstrate a social mission in their human resources model and are looking to expand career opportunities for disadvantaged populations. Karim is also co-founder of the dynamic website www.socialfinance.ca and a member of the Canadian CED Network’s Emerging Leaders committee.

Click here to read the full story!

Expanding Cultural Horizons in Canada

Bianca — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:23:01 -0400

The Social Economy stories are designed to provide practitioners’ perspectives on what the Social Economy means to them and their communities. In particular, the stories featured here highlight the voices of Aboriginal, immigrant and women practitioners. Check back, each month as the Canadian CED Network will be featuring a new practitioner of the month.

This month Canadian CED Network is featuring Magdalena Santa Maria Chimbor, a civil society leader, a CED activist, and a prominent member of the women’s movement in Chiclayo, Peru. She is one of the founding members of the Solidarity Economy Initiatives Group (GIES), which opened its first national branch in Chiclayo in 1999.

Want to learn more about international movements and CED? Attend the up-coming " Towards a Global People Centered Economy " Telelearning session on May 6th at 9am PST, noon EST. For more information and to register click here: http://www.ccednet-rcdec.ca/en/summit/engagement#telelearning

National Policy Council seeks new members

Bianca — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:20:43 -0400

CCEDNet's National Policy Council is made up of CED practitioners from across the country who work to raise the profile of CED with federal, provincial and municipal governments. The Policy Council is looking for several new members to join in the work of advancing a CED policy agenda throughout Canada.

If you are interested in joining the Policy Council, please submit an expression of interest to council Chair Rosalind Lockyer (rlockyer@paro.ca) by Sept 1^st, 2010 outlining your availability, experience, particular interest in the work of CCEDNet's Policy Council and any affiliations to national organizations.

To find out more about the council and it's work:
http://www.ccednet-rcdec.ca/?q=en/our_work/national_policy

In selecting council members, the council looks to ensure diverse representation from a geographic, demographic, and sectoral context.

Send expression of interest to:
Rosalind Lockyer
Canadian CED Network
Policy Council Chair
rlockyer@paro.ca
by Sept 1, 2010

NEW Session! Engagement and Learning Telelearning Series

Bianca — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:05:54 -0400

The Canadian Social Economy Hub (CSEHub) and the Steering Committee for the 2010
National Summit on a People-Centred Economy are offering a series of telelearning sessions
based on two series of papers that cover four important themes within Canada. One series
is being developed as Knowledge Mobilization papers by CSEHub researchers, and the other
series has been prepared as issue papers for the National Summit.

These sessions are intended to generate engagement and learning about key issues within
Canada, to share research results, and to build momentum leading up to the National Summit
occurring in Ottawa from May 30 - June 1st.

Social Capital Financing
Wednesday, April 14th 2010, 9:00 am PST, 12:00 pm EST

Procurement
Wednesday, April 21st 2010, 12:00 pm PST, 3:00 pm EST

Enterprise Development
Wednesday, May 5th 2010, 9:00 am PST, 12:00 pm EST

NEW! Towards a Global People Centered Economy

Thursday, May 6th 2010, 9:00 am PST, 12:00 pm EST

Partnership and Movement Building
Wednesday, May 12th 2010, 9:00 am PST, 12:00 pm EST

Click here to find out how to participate

April 2010 Practitioner of the month - Marichu Antonio

Bianca — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:33:05 -0400

Expanding Cultural Horizons in Canada

Marichu Antonio is the Executive Director of the Ethno-Cultural Council of Calgary (ECCC), a community-based organization comprised of more than twenty associations that makeup the collective voice of Calgary’s ethnically and culturally diverse communities; the ECCC creates social, economic and political change through collaborative action.

Marichu is also one of the founders of EthniCity Catering, which off ers high-quality, authentic multi-ethnic foods, and employment and training for immigrant women in transition. Newcomers participate in key workplace skills training in a commercial kitchen, from math and record-keeping skills to the process of finding work.

March 2010 Practitioner of the Month: David Bruce

webmaster — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:39:47 -0500

David Bruce is a member of the Atlantic Node of the Canadian Social Economy Hub and Director of the Rural and Small Town Programme (RSTP) at Mount Allison University.

This program teaches individuals and organizations how to adapt to change and act on opportunities to develop sustainable rural communities and small towns. The program links research and action by generating and sharing knowledge, developing tools, and providing information and educational services, that lead to innovative approaches and solutions. Recently, the program completed a study on the impacts of low literacy rates in rural New Brunswick and created a series of student-produced videos about various aspects of rural community economic development.

2010 AGM - Call for Resolutions

Bianca — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:07:08 -0500

The Canadian CED Network’s annual general meeting (AGM) is being held on May 30^th at the 2010 National Summit in Ottawa, ON.

Resolutions are currently being accepted until April 16, 2010 at 4:00 p.m. (PST). Late resolutions will be held over to the AGM in the following year.

Visit our AGM page for details