Entreprises d'économie sociale en aide domestique - Le besoin d'engagements véritables

Paru dans Le Devoir, le 5 janvier 2010



Nancy Neamtan - Présidente-directrice générale du Chantier de l'économie sociale 



From the Globe and Mail.
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By some measures, the artisans of the Haitian village of Croix-des-Bouquets are hugely successful: Their works are in galleries around the world, and the United Nations' cultural agency has recognized them with a UNESCO Award of Excellence. But by the only measure that seems to matter in a capitalist system, they are abject failures, for they can barely scrape out a living.

Mother Jones, January/February Edition
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Manon Barbeau has a simple dream: giving young people from First Nations communities an opportunity to express themselves using video and music, promoting a sense of healing, empowerment, and community engagement. A filmmaker, Barbeau has always been passionate about creating movies that give voice to those who need it most. A powerful means of communication, films are an outlet like no other.

tuesday, december 15, 2009

Announcing Canada’s first magazine dedicated to social enterprise
We’re excited to announce the launch of SEE Change Magazine in early 2010. With a mission to inform, inspire and educate, SEE Change will be the first publication in the country devoted to social enterprise and entrepreneurship.

Each issue will contain a mix of important news and information about social enterprise and social innovation in Canada, opinions and commentary, expert advice, and engaging features that will get people thinking, talking, moving…and changing.

Smithers, B.C., poet wins emerging writers award
Thursday, April 2, 2009 | 10:42 AM ET
CBC News

Emily McGiffin, a 28-year-old writer from Smithers, B.C., has won the Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. The $5,000 award, given to an unpublished writer under age 35 for a sample of poetry, was presented Wednesday evening in Toronto.

January 7, 2010- The Ottawa Citizen

The British government has a new strategy to ensure a sustainable, secure food supply for the next 20 years. Canada's political leaders, by contrast, haven't even begun to talk about this.

This unpreparedness will almost certainly cause unnecessary hardships for Canadian farmers and consumers, sooner than we think. The global crisis in food prices in the second half of the past decade was mitigated somewhat by the global recession, but prices are still high and aren't likely to go down.

Arno Kopecky for The Tyee, thetyee.ca, January 5, 2010

The Social Economy Centre at OISE/University of Toronto has created an informative 2-page document about jobs in the Social Economy. Check it out here!

SooNews Wire for SooNews.ca
Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 1:51PM

www.soonews.ca/viewarticle.php?id=23768

David Thompson, a graduate of the Community Economic and Social Development program at Algoma University, has won a research scholarship from Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships (CSERP). This scholarship program is intended to promote original research by "emerging leaders" in the Social Economy.