• Interview with Jorge Sousa by Robin Puga
  (MP3 file, 12:54 mins, 4.4 MB)

Jorge Sousa completed his PhD at The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the U

• Interview with Gayle Broad by Annie McKitrick
  (MP3 file, 7:55 mins, 2.7 MB)

From the website of the Centre for Community Entreprise:

"Gayle has over 25 years' experience in community development primarily in the nonprofit sector.

Diving into the life of a binner: Exploring a scavenger's daily grind in the Downtown Eastside
Armed with a notepad and a tape recorder, Crystal Tremblay headed into the wilds to study exotic peoples. In her case, the wilds consisted of the untamed streets and alleys of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

CEDworks! Vol 5, No 3

Making Waves
The current edition of Making Waves explores the dilemma of scale in CED and social economy initiatives, and how our "small wonders" can be made to generate still bigger benefits. Here's a sample ...

Textbooks economical with words about co-ops
Jack Quarter, Daniel Schugurensky, Erica McCollum And Laurie Mook
A recent study conducted through the Social Economy Centre at the University of Toronto raises questions about the narrow focus of business and economics textbooks in Ontario’s high schools. The research by professor Daniel Schugurensky and MA student Erica McCollum of OISE/University of Toronto, examined the contents of 22 business textbooks containing 11,375 pages currently used in Ontario high schools.

The would-be madam of Victoria Jody Paterson used to write about prostitutes; now she plans to build a brothel, run by its workers. Former journalist plans to open Victoria brothel
She's run a newsroom at a daily newspaper but now she wants to build a co-op brothel, run by and for prostitutes. Jody Paterson chuckles when she considers the career change from managing editor to madame of Victoria.

THE TROUBLE WITH TILMA
Gordon Campbell is probably scratching his head. The Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement (TILMA) he signed with Ralph Klein in April 2006 was supposed to be a hit. It didn’t matter that neither premier consulted with their electorates or even their respective legislatures before inking the deal, which drastically changes the economic landscape in British Columbia and Alberta by significantly reducing the scope of democratic governance and significantly increasing the power of corporations.

Working together to promote local food
FOOD AND FARMING in Nova Scotia have been making headlines lately. The provincial government is promoting local food with the Select Nova Scotia campaign. In Kings County, council voted to reject a condominium proposal in favour of conserving farmland.

Rebooting Canada's Approach to E-waste
A bright idea to shrink the digital divide, and Third World landfills.
David Repa and Ifny Lachance, along with the rest of the folks at Free Geek Vancouver, want to give you a free computer. All it will cost to participate in their "adoption program" is 24 volunteer hours. During that time you will help to refurbish six computers, five of which they'll give away to low-income people.

 Download the brochure for the First International CIRIEC Research Conference on the Social Economy as a PDF file.