Please see the Final Report (pdf) for this project.

A bit about the project:

This research explores and shares new and adapted methods of collaborative community planning. These methods will be applicable to Neighbourhood Renewal Corporations and agency actors in and beyond Winnipeg. This project is important because it will bring together existing literature and community-based knowledge of collaboration and community engagement, and will enable organizations to better analyze and adapt community consultation tools. This will aid in neighbourhood planning processes.

Community development approaches require citizens to work with each other and with policy makers, funders, and other groups to shape their future and improve their quality of life. Effective leadership and facilitation is critical throughout community planning processes. This resource guide has drawn information from existing planning resources as well as from the direct knowledge, challenges, and experiences of consultants and community workers and planners in Manitoba. It has grown out of clearly articulated needs for increased resources, analyses, and approaches in the creation of neighbourhood plans.

The “Introduction” outlines neighbourhood and funding contexts specifically related to Neighbourhood Renewal Corporations in Manitoba. It also highlights biases and assumptions found within this resource.

“About Plans and Planning” provides a planning context for this resource, outlining different planning theories and the different types of statutory and non-statutory plans.

The section titled “Neighbourhood Planning” provides information about neighbourhood plan structures and processes.

Finally, “Engaging Communities” focuses on community engagement and conflict resolution techniques and approaches, as well as some practitioner responses to some community planning challenges.

Please see the complete list of final Linking, Learning, and Leveraging project reports here.

The Program provides scholarships of up to $3,000 per recipient towards salary replacement, national/international travel, or other actual costs of conducting research and producing a research report for publication by CSEHub. Jody Bauche was the recipient of the first scholarship, announced in May, 2009. The second round of winners, announced November 2009, are: Melissa Fong, Emily McGiffin, Josina Vink and David Thompson.

David is a student researcher with the LLL Program.  Read about him and his research along with information about the other scholarship program leaders here.

David Thompson

After completing his degree at Algoma University in Community Economic and Social Development, David was able to find employment at NORDIK Institute and stay in the north. At NORDIK, he practices holistic community development in the creation of community-based research projects and business plans. Along with the NORDIK team, David has been involved with local food security projects, research on the social economy, and business planning with non-profits. In 2008, David had the opportunity to visit Colombia for a community-based research project on the social economy with rural communities.

David’s current research includes a study on the impact of the labour movement on the social economy of Sault Ste. Marie. The purpose of this study is to explore the nature and extent of labour’s involvement in the social economy of Sault Ste. Marie as a way of celebrating and making more visible the major contribution that labour has made in the community.

David is currently completing an MBA in Community Economic Development at Cape Breton University. His interests include djing, x-country skiing, and playing Wii Fit with his wife Cayla.

Some of his favourite websites include:

• www.ted.com
• www.reddit.com
• www.nordikinstitute.com

Congratulations to David and the other honourees.

July 2010

• 8-10 - 15th World Congress of the International Association for the Economics of Participation (IAFEP), Paris France, July 8-10.  Details here.
• 25-28 - The Community Development Society’s 42nd Annual International Conference – The Role of Community in Economic and Disaster Recovery, New Orleans, LA, July 25-28, 2010. Details here.

• 27-30 - ACE (Association of Co-operative Educators) Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, July 27-30, 2010. Details here.

October 2010

• 20 – 10th Annual Co-op Conference and Gala, Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington, Ontario, October 10, 2010. Details here.

We have also added short annotations to all of the project titles for your convenience.

Please take a look at it here: Research Themes - An Annotated Subject Directory to the LLL Social Economy Research Projects.

Building a community doesn’t just happen

It is the result of carefully planned strategies that develop and sustain strong organizations and vibrant enterprises. Community building is most effective when initiatives are deliberately inclusive of all segments of the population and engage citizens in a genuine and meaningful fashion.

Please join us for this one-day conference featuring presenters from leading co-operative organizations in Canada’s retail, finance, health-care, and insurance sectors. Speakers will explore how the co-operative model currently addresses the most pressing social and economic issues facing our communities, and how it might be applied to further effect.

Who should attend? Community leaders, policy makers, students, developers, co-operative leaders, and anyone else interested in making their community a better place to live, work, and raise a family.

There is no charge to attend this event, but advanced registration is required. Please complete the form (PDF) and fax (306) 966–8517 or email to coop.studies@usask.ca

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Click on the poster for a larger view.

Sample panels from the exhibition

• Co-ops & Communities: Panel 1, Panel 2
• Engaged Communities: Panel 1, Panel 2
• Enterprising Communities: Panel 1, Panel 2, Panel 3
• Inclusive Communities: Panel 1, Panel 2
• Sustainable Communities: Panel 1, Panel 2, Panel 3

Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Government that Works for People:

Policy Development and the Social Economy

A conference of the Linking, Learning, Leveraging: Social Enterprises, Knowledgeable Economies and Sustainable Communities, the Northern Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan regional node of the Social Economy Research Suite

Hosted by The Community Economic and Social Development (CESD) program of Algoma University and NORDIK Institute

Conference Goals:

1. to initiate a dialogue between researchers communities and policy-makers regarding policies which support the social economy
2. to share knowledge between researchers, communities and policy-makers regarding the process of policy development

The registration deadline is April 16, 2010.  Please refer to the Conference Invitation and Agenda and complete and submit the Registration Form.

Research and shared perspectives on the Social Economy play an important role in informing the way we imagine social life in Canada as well as shaping the way in which the economy, individuals, and the environment will co-exist in the future. Since it is recognized that each individual embodies a unique perspective on the Social Economy, and that it is a community of these diverse perspectives which dictates the manner in which Social Economy movement will move forward - we are pleased to create a space where students and those with interest in the Social Economy may share their perspectives.

This one-day Social Economy Student Network conference will be held at Concordia University in Montréal June 1st, 2010 (with a social event for presenters organizers and attendees to follow). The Deadline for abstract submissions is March 1st, 2010.  We invite anybody who has had experience working with and researching various aspects of the Social Economy to submit an abstract.

Find details here.

The first issue is planned for Fall 2010.

Editors are:

Peter R. Elson, Mount Royal University
English Language Editor / Rédacteur en chef anglophone
Email: editor@anserj.ca

François Brouard, Carleton University
French Language Editor / Rédacteur en chef francophone
Email: editor@anserj.ca

The Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research / Revue canadienne de re­cherche sur les OSBL et l’économie sociale (ANSERJ) is an online open access English and French peer-review publication. ANSERJ is dedicated to providing a stimulating and vibrant forum for the open dissemination of contemporary high-quality, peer-reviewed research on nonprofits and the social economy. This journal is intended to contribute to extending and linking the value of nonprofit and social economy research relationships across Canada and throughout the world. ANSERJ is multi-disciplinary, as well as interdisciplinary. High quality theoretically based, empirically grounded research and applied research from different perspectives is welcome to further the frontiers between theory and practice.

ANSERJ is the official journal of the Association of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER) / Association de recherche sur les organismes sans but lucratif et l’économie sociale (ARES). ANSER/ARES members receive pre-publication access to the journal.