New Edition: Canada’s Community Economic Development Magazine

Posted by on April 30, 2004

This edition of “Making Waves: Canada’s Community Economic Development Magazine” concerns the emergence of the “social economy” as a major force for community empowerment and justice, and the prospect of linking this strategy more closely with that of CED.

Find a summary of its contents below. To download the entire edition in portable document format, in English or French, visit http://www.cedworks.com (go to “Making Waves”).

Apologies for cross-postings.

CONTENTS

THE END OF THE BEGINNING
After 15 long years of research, publishing, policy-making, mobilizing, and lobbying, CED and the social economy are finally on the agenda of Canada’s federal government. Here’s how to make the most of this singular opportunity.

COMMON GROUND
CED and the social economy are two distinct, yet complementary approaches to revitalization. Their practitioners would do well to combine forces – now – to create a policy and institutional environment friendly to both.

CED & SOCIAL ECONOMY: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY
Much of our national experience is about the loss or outright destruction of community. This is the other side of the ledger: the strategies, institutions, and tools that people in Canada have created over the generations to preserve community against an array of forces.

TRANSFORMED BY COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
A community-driven strategy, unprecedented in Canada for its scale and comprehensiveness, has turned six rundown neighbourhoods in southwest Montreal into a hotbed of socio-economic creativity and a political force to be reckoned
with.

THE POLITICAL IMPERATIVE
How can neighbourhoods get political power without losing everything else in the bargain? It takes a shift in the culture of the community sector itself from opposition to strategic collaboration, so that social goals and values become integral to the institutions responsible for local development.

NEW SYNERGIES
The co-operative is eminently adaptable to both social economy and CED. Profiles of four co-ops demonstrate how people continue to apply this tool to purposes too complex and in settings too demanding for the private or public sector alone.

GOING GLOCAL
Local action alone will not change the prevailing, destructive ethics of world commerce. The world needs to hear about the tide of insights and innovations rising from the efforts of ordinary citizens to create a more just, sustainable, and prosperous way of life.

This special edition has been generously supported by Western Economic Diversification Canada and by the Community Economic Development Assistance Program (CEDTAP).

Don McNair
Making Waves: Canada’s CED Magazine
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