Carleton Professor Awarded Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship

Carleton University Professor Ted Jackson has been awarded the Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship, one of 11 Ontarians receiving the prestigious honour this year.  He is also one of a very few academics ever to receive this award since its inception in 1973.

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The United Steelworkers (USW) and MONDRAGON Internacional, S.A. today announced a framework agreement for collaboration in establishing MONDRAGON cooperatives in the manufacturing sector within the United States and Canada. USW International President Leo W. Gerard and Josu Ugarte, President of MONDGRAGON Internacional, signed an agreement of intent "to collaborate in the United States/Canada marketplace by adapting collective bargaining principles to the MONDRAGON cooeprative model and worker ownership principles."

Community Futures is delighted to announce the launch of the Timely Topics website.The site is an online portal, which links to other websites on specific topics.
These are:

• climate change
• economics
• energy
•  food security
• local economies
• neighbourhood building
• peak oil
• resilient communities / sustainability
• transportation

Also included are sections on recommended books and videos.

U of W to see tasty change at campus eateries

Jobs for dozens of inner-city residents, environmentally friendly
local food and a renowned chef — all coming soon to the University of
Winnipeg campus. The university’s Community Renewal Corporation will
announce details today of a deal with SEED Winnipeg to create Diversity
Food Services. It will provide all food services on campus, including
all three cafeterias, the food plan for the new student residence and
catering.

Yes! Magazine - The New Economy Starts Here

“This downturn marks the end of an unsustainable economy. Rather than trying to reinflate the old bubble economy, these activists, visionaries, and upstarts are trying something new: an economy that puts people first and works within the carrying capacity of Mother Earth.”

Please see link below for the Keynote Address from the 2009 Congress and Annual General Meeting held in Ottawa, June 2009

Historic Gifts, a Heritage of Unease
by  Ian MacPherson Emeritus Professor of History

‘The Role of the Social Economy in Rebuilding Community Food Security’

This article was published in Making Waves volume 19, number 3 and is co-authored by Leslie Brown, Liesel Carlsson, Debra E. Reimer, and Patty Williams.

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Living Economics
Canadian Perspectives on the Social Economy,
Co-operatives, and Community Economic Development

Living Economics is the first introductory text to present the various perspectives used to explore and analyze the "third sector" of the economy: activities that emphasize the creation of public good as their primary goal.

Le 4 Decembre 2006