Canadian Community Economic Development Network
Encyclopedia
| Executive Director: | Michael Toye |
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| Head Office: | 59, rue Monfette, P.O. Box 119E, Victoriaville Victoriaville, Quebec Victoriaville is a city in central Quebec, Canada, on the Nicolet River. Victoriaville is the seat of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality and a part of the Centre-du-Québec region.-Description:... , Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....  |
| Regional Offices: | Winnipeg and Toronto |
| Website: | http://www.ccednet-rcdec.ca |
The Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) is a member-driven Canadian organization, founded in 1999, that seeks to increase the scale and effectiveness of community economic development (CED) - helping organizations and individuals strengthen their communities and create solutions to local needs. The CCEDNet vision is to strengthen community economic development
Community economic development
Community Economic Development is a field of study that actively elicits community involvement when working with government, and private sectors to build strong communities, industries, and markets...
in urban, rural, northern and Aboriginal communities across Canada, and contribute to better social, economic and environmental conditions at the local level. CCEDNet's members are from community-based organizations, co-operatives, social enterprises, practitioners, active citizens, researchers, and other organizations from every region of Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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CCEDNet is governed by an eleven member elected board. The current board of directors, as of May 31, 2010, are: Caroline Lachance (President), Carol Madsen (Vice-President), Diana Jedig (Secretary and Chair, Practitioner and Sector Strengthening Committee), Victoria Morris (Treasurer), Naomi Adams, Brad Franck, Ryan Gibson (Chair, Membership Committee), Natasha Jackson (Past President), Stacia Kean (Co-chair, Emerging Leaders), Art Lew, and Roz Lockyer (Co-chair, Policy Council).
Conferences
Each year CCEDNET organizes a multi-day learning event focused. Previous conferences include:- 2010: National Summit on People-Centred Economy (Ottawa, Ontario)
- 2009: Full Circle: Sharing a Vision for the 7th Generation (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- 2008: Waves of Change: Building People-Centred Economies (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)
- 2007: Bring It Home: Building Communities on a Rock Foundation (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador)
- 2006: Leaf, Tree, Forest: Rooting Development in Community (Vancouver, British Columbia)