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 ...

• A Passion For Renewal - For the last two years Mountain Institution, a British Columbia penitentiary, has played host to a unique experiment in social enterprise: InsideArt, a marketing co-operative for inmate artists.
• The Good News About CAP - Since 1995 volunteers and nonprofits have leveraged Community Access Program grants to make community internet integral to the development of towns and neighbourhoods across Canada.

Read it now!

Les franchises d'entreprises sociales, vous connaissez ?
The "social franchise" is a way for social enterprises to replicate their products, services, and systems. It's also a way for community groups to get on with running successful businesses. For more details about these and other articles, click here.

Community-Controlled Health Care
A Making Waves Special Edition - Autumn 2007
Given the way our leaders discuss the options for Canada's health care system, you would think we only had two choices: public or private financing and provision. This is a false dichotomy. There is another alternative, that combines our commitment to social justice with quality care, accountability, innovation, and local authority: a blend of public, private, and community responsibility in the evolution of our health care system. What is the potential for community ownership of health care solutions and their implementation? What opportunities does it offer and challenges does it present, to townsfolk and to policy-makers, to unions and to medical professionals? Where does health care fit in the community economic development of the 21st Century? This special edition of Making Waves will help to reframe the national debate over health care and make room for a vast expansion of community-level capacity and authority in this sector. Advertisers, 5000 copies of this special edition will be extended to CED and social economy practitioners, health sector organizations and policy-makers. Phone 250-247-7390 or e-mail to reserve advertising space now.

Social Enterprise Workshop
Looking for enterprising ways to make your organization more self-reliant? Eager to create a business that benefits both you and the community? The Social Enterprise Workshop will help answer these questions and many more! The Enterprising Non-Profits Program is delivering this orientation to social enterprise across British Columbia this fall, often in collaboration with the Centre for Community Enterprise. The following venues and times are coming in the next eight weeks:

* Haida Gwaii, September 19 - Click here to register
* Prince Rupert, September 21 - Click here to register
* Prince George, September 24 - Click here to register
* Nelson, October 2 - Click here to register
* 100 Mile House, October 10 - Click here to register
* Kamloops, October 11 - Click here to register
* Surrey, October 18 - Click here to register
* Port Alberni, October 30 - Click here to register
* Victoria, November 1 - Click here to register

Pour plus de détails sur les ateliers en Ontario en langue française, communiquez avec Éthel Côté.

25 Select Articles on Social Enterprise
By blending social justice with environmental and economic purpose, social enterprise demands a higher level of achievement than any other type of organization. But there's no need to go into it cold. Go to The Social Enterprise Hotlist. It's a selection of 25 articles describing some of the most inspiring social enterprises in North America, what makes them tick, and what holds them back. Get the complete set for $29 (plus applicable taxes) - a 60% discount. (Register for the Social Economy Workshop, and get them all without charge!)

Positions Available
Interested in working in South America for 4-6 months in microcredit, gender equality, and community economic development? Applications are still being accepted for positions in Bolivia with Canadian Crossroads International (CCI)’s Western Office:

* IT and Database Development Specialist
* Community Economic Development Risk Analyst
* Capacity Building E-Learning Program Designer
* Videographer

These are volunteer positions that offer a modest stipend while overseas and cover all related travel and living expenses. Complete the CCI application form ASAP! Applications are being reviewed daily to select volunteers to leave November 1st!

New Staff Member: Stuart Wulff, Co-ordinator, BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance
Stuart is the co-ordinator of the new B.C.-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), one of six nodes in a pan-Canadian research initiative to understand and promote this country's tradition of social economy. BALTA's lead agency and secretariat is the Canadian Centre for Community Renewal.

Prior to CCE, Stuart worked for over 20 years as co-ordinator and CEO for a wide range of education, policy, and advocacy oriented coalitions, mostly in the fields of international development and human rights. His work has also concerned international environmental issues, militarization, and conflict resolution. This work has taken him to many countries in Africa, Europe, and the South Pacific and linked him to organizations in dozens more, including First Nations and Indigenous Peoples' organizations.

Stuart has also had significant experience in media and communications. For nine years he was editor of Tok Blong Pasifik, an international magazine on Pacific issues, and for two years, associate producer for P.O. Box Africa, a television series on local community development in southern and eastern Africa. Drop Stuart a line for more information.
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