Making Waves: Canada’s Community Economic Development Magazine

Posted by on January 22, 2007

[posted from Comm-Org]

From: Don McNair

In the Spring 2006 edition of “Making Waves: Canada’s Community Economic Development Magazine” writers project how marginal communities stand to be affected by seismic shifts in the economy – towards knowledge and information exchange as primary values, or away from oil as a primary fuel. The content features highlights from the Manitoba Research Alliance on Community Economic Development in the New Economy.

Find a summary of the contents below. To view the content in PDF, request a trial copy, or subscribe, go to
http://www.cedworks.com/waves.html.

Apologies for cross-postings.

CONTENTS

“RECONSTRUCTING WHO WE ARE”
A core of “organic intellectuals” in Winnipeg’s growing Aboriginal population are shaping a distinctive approach to community revitalization, rooted in personal healing and in organizations that live and breathe Aboriginal values.

RURAL PARADOX
Agricultural land trusts will not get to Square One until farmers themselves start to question their beliefs in “rugged individualism” and in the invincibility of market forces.

HOOKED!
Ten years ago high-speed internet was a frill of big city life. A recent study reveals how quickly small towns in Manitoba and Nova Scotia have also come to depend on broadband.

ALTERNATIVE FOOD PRODUCTION & MARKETING
Community-shared agriculture, certified labelling, and even Farmers Markets barely register in the economy of Canada’s agricultural heartland. Once again, market forces are doing the consumer a long-term disservice.

A STRATEGIC MISMATCH
Beware recent federal initiatives in affordable housing policy – their orientation towards private home ownership is rooted in notions of social exclusion. What has that to do with CED?

PRIVATE SECTOR & PUBLIC PURPOSE
The learning curve of business development can be particularly steep when social justice has always been the prime mover of your community-based organization.

PEAK OIL, MARGINAL COMMUNITIES, & YOU
The Cassandras have had their say. Now it’s time to think carefully about how we go about community revitalization when energy is dear. Many doors in this intricate economy will close; others will open, or open wider.

Don McNair
Making Waves: Canada’s CED Magazine
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