Alexandra Community Health Centre, Calgary, Alberta
Technical assistance was given to the "Alex" in the following areas: action plan development; evaluation; training in CED and community engagement; and exploring the feasibility of a CED initiative.
Technical assistance provider: Common Ground Consulting Inc.

Association Canadienne Française de l'Alberta, Legal, Alberta
The Association is actively involved in the tourism sector and is working to become more involved in other economic sectors as well. A needs assessment looked at how the organization integrates aspects of CED into their current projects.
Technical assistance provider: Centre for Community Enterprise

Cabbagetown Youth Centre, Toronto, Ontario
The Cabbagetown Youth Centre (CYC) provides a range of programs to a diverse and multi-cultural community in Metro Toronto. CEDTAP's contribution is helping the organization with their sewing venture (including its organizational development and possible legal structures) as well as strategic planning so they can better tailor the services of their business development centre to youth.
Technical assistance provider: Canadian Business Resource Centre, Women and Rural Economic Development

Club de l'âge d'or de Lafontaine, Penetanguishene, Ontario
The "Club de l'âge d'or de Lafontaine" is involved in two community projects. In order to help them realize their goals, CEDTAP supported a feasibility study for the construction of a retirement residence and a pre-feasibility study for a heritage project.
Technical assistance provider: Conseil de la Coopération de l'Ontario

The Women and Economic Development Consortium
The Women and Economic Development Consortium is a five year, cross-sectoral partnership that funds model projects. These projects help low income women become active participants in the Canadian economy. CEDTAP has contributed to the Consortium's second research paper which will document the best practices of practitioners who support the self-sufficiency of marginalized women through CED training.
Technical assistance provider: Eko Nomos

Le boulot vers...., Montréal, Québec
During this initiative, a prototype computer program was developed to assess the economic efficiency and social return of a training business.
Technical assistance provider: Pythagore

Service d'animation en développement local de la MRC Drummond, Drummondville, Québec
The "Service d'animation en développement local" is offering training to members of fifteen local development committees from rural areas. The goal of this training is to enhance participants' knowledge of local and regional development.
Technical assistance provider: Oeuvres communautaires gaspésiennes

Affirmative Industry Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia
The mandate of the Affirmative Industry Association is to support the employment of people with mental challenges or illnesses through supported work businesses. Technical assistance is helping the Association develop a new organizational model and elaborate a strategic plan for long term viability.
Technical assistance provider: Centre for Community Enterprise

Western Valley Development Authority, Bridgetown, Nova Scotia
The Western Valley Development Authority (WVDA) wanted to measure the impact of its community-driven, regional approach to rural community economic development. With CEDTAP support, the WVDA measured achievements and established the effectiveness of their CED practices. For more information, see the WVDA evaluation report.
Technical assistance provider: Praxis Research and Consulting

Great Northern Peninsula, Plum Point, Newfoundland
Following the development of an Equity Investment Strategy, CEDTAP supported the Great Northern Peninsula (GNP) Development Corporation's move to play a new role in business enterprise development. CEDTAP helped GNP forge a wide consensus among relevant community players and develop new partnerships reflected by a new GNPDC governance structure.
Technical assistance provider: New Economy Development Group

North West River Industrial Association, Labrador, Newfoundland
The NWRIA was incorporated in 1999 when community members began mobilizing around issues of community decline, high unemployment and the lack of industrial development. The NWRIA's approach to employment development is to incubate viable business ventures with strong local linkages. Its first project involves using caribou fur felt as a liner for cold weather wear. CEDTAP support is helping the organization with the following: strategic and operational planning, honing negotiation skills for discussions with potential investors, and identifying an organizational structure.
Technical assistance provider: New Economy Development Group

Community Futures Development Corporation, S.E. Region of B.C.
CEDTAP's contribution enabled representatives from four Community Futures Development Corporations to participate in a two-day pilot study tour hosted by the Revelstoke Enterprise Centre. The program gave participants a basic understanding of community economic development as well as some key lessons from Revelstoke's experiences and successes.
Technical assistance provider: Community Futures Development Corporation of Revelstoke

YWCA, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
The Prince Albert YWCA has provided community services for women and their families for the past 85 years. CEDTAP's contribution helped the Y establish a long term strategic plan, a model for a community development corporation and an economic development plan.
Technical assistance provider: Common Ground Consulting Inc.

River Bank Development Corporation, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
The River Bank Development Corporation is a neighborhood development organization which originated as a result of on-going community empowerment efforts in Prince Albert's West Flat and a community based co-operative housing movement. CEDTAP assistance strengthened the organization's capacity to successfully plan and provide support for new community-based projects. Specifically, technical assistance supported the corporation's strategic planning process and organizational development; the development of a framework for community investment, and a co-op development workshop.
Technical assistance provider: Spruce River Research

Co-operative Housing Association of Eastern Ontario Inc., Ottawa, Ontario
CHASEO is currently operating a summer employment program for youth (13-21 years old) living in housing co-operatives. CEDTAP supported the development of a worker co-op for youth out of this existing summer employment program. The assistance enabled CHASEO to identify appropriate organizational structures and legal, organizational and training requirements.
Technical assistance provider: Conseil de la coopération de l'Ontario

Low Income Family Empowerment*Sole-support Information Network, London, Ontario
LIFE*SPIN addresses the impacts of poverty by providing low-income Londoners with access to legal information, mediation and advocacy services. The organization is also involved in CED initiatives which link poverty alleviation to mobilizing and developing local skills and resources. CEDTAP assistance has helped LIFE*SPIN track and evaluate their loan fund and learn more about food-related CED initiatives.
Technical assistance providers: Niagara Peninsula Homes, Montréal Community Loan Association, Centre for Community Enterprise

Société de gestion du saumon Cascapédia, Grande-Cascapédia, Québec
The Cascapédia/Saint-Jules Development Corporation is working in partnership with the two municipalities of Cascapédia and Saint-Jules and the Cascapédia Society to develop tourism in the area. CEDTAP's assistance was used to elaborate the current tourism development plan, to support a visit to communities in British Columbia working in the area of ecosystem management, and to produce a communication plan.
Technical assistance providers: Oeuvres communautaires gaspésiennes, Mount Allison University- Rural and Small Town Programme, Community Futures Development Corporation of Revelstoke

Le boulot vers..., Montréal, Québec
Le Boulot vers... of Montréal, Recyclage Vanier, Coopérative Avantages, Centre de formation d'entreprise et de récupération of Québec, are training enterprises. CEDTAP's contribution is to strengthen the autonomy of these organizations by helping them to develop tools to assess economic efficiency and the social return of their activities.
Technical assistance provider: Fédération québecoise des coopératives de travail

Learning Vacations Tri-Community Group, Chéticamp, Nova Scotia
Learning Vacations Tri-Community Group is a roundtable made up of representatives from three communities in Cape Breton: Mabou, Margaree and Cheticamp. The group is exploring collaborative ways to develop learning vacation packages to enhance cultural tourism in the region and to establish structures for long term sustainable development projects. The group received technical assistance to develop a business and marketing plan.
Technical assistance provider: Tompkins Institute

The Bay of Fundy Marine Resource Centre, Digby, Nova Scotia
The Bay of Fundy Marine Resource Centre (MRC) is a community-based agency which offers services, facilities and technical support to all sectors of the marine economy and ecosystem. The Centre has received CEDTAP assistance for participatory strategic planning that reflects the values and priorities of the MRC.
Technical assistance provider: University of Guelph-School of Rural Planning and Development

Mi'Kmaq Community of Lennox Island, Lennox Island, P.E.I.
The Mi'kmaq community of Lennox Island is located in the northwestern corner of Malpeque Bay. CEDTAP supported the development of an ecotourism-based development plan and training in CED approaches.
Technical assistance provider: University of Guelph-School of Rural Planning and Development

Heiltsuk Tribal Council, Waglisla, B.C.
The Heiltsuk Nation inhabits the central coastal region. For over a century, the Heiltsuk have been active participants in the commercial fishery. The community now finds itself in a reactive position, responding to the conditions of its resource base and pressures from the tourist industry. CEDTAP supported the development of a long-term strategic development plan including all sectors: economic, cultural, social, politic and physical.
Technical assistance provider: New Economy Development Group

Prince George Aboriginal Business Development Association, Prince George, B.C.
Prince George Aboriginal Business Development Association is an early stage CED organization with a mandate to support the Aboriginal population's participation in the economy. It assists with business start-up and supports the ongoing financial and technical needs of new and existing businesses. CEDTAP assistance was requested to develop a long-term business plan that will lead to more secure funding for the Association.
Technical assistance provider: Centre for Community Enterprise (CCE)

The Social, Ecological & Economic Development Society (SEED), Christina Lake, B.C.
The Seed Society is an early stage CED organization that has an interest in establishing a community loan fund and community land trust in Christina Lake. CEDTAP has approved a short needs assessment to help the group to identify its requirements for CED technical assistance.
Technical assistance provider: WomenFutures, Common Ground Consulting

North End Community Renewal Corporation, Winnipeg, Manitoba
The North End Community Renewal Corporation is an early stage CED organization with representation from the business community, residents' associations, community and aboriginal organizations, religious groups and labour. Its purpose is to strengthen the economic, social and cultural institutions of the North End of Winnipeg and to reverse the economic and social decline of the area. Technical assistance from CEDTAP is supporting their strategic planning process and organizational development.
Technical assistance providers: Centre for Community Enterprise, LEF, Lutherwood-CODA

Centre d'intégration, de formation et de développement économique, Ottawa, Ontario
The mandate of CIFODE is to improve the conditions of visible minority French-speaking women through work-place integration and CED activities. The CEDTAP contribution helped CIFODE develop a long-term strategic plan.
Technical assistance provider: Conseil de la coopération de l'Ontario (CCO)

Coopérative de santé et de logement de la rivière des français, Noëlville, Ontario
Since 1997, a citizens' committee has been working to set up this multi-stakeholder co-operative in order to provide primary health services to the general population and to provide housing for seniors. The CEDTAP contribution has helped the organization finalize their business plan, develop marketing and financing plans, and train the Board of Directors.
Technical assistance providers: Conseil de la coopération de l'Ontario (CCO), Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA)

INTERCEDE Caregivers/Domestic Workers' Cooperative, Toronto, Ontario
INTERCEDE is a non-profit organization that helps domestic workers and caregivers with a range of employment and immigration issues. Last year it helped set up a caregivers' and domestic workers' co-operative which operates a job placement agency for its members. The coop received CEDTAP support for business planning and for staff training in the management of a cooperative enterprise.
Technical assistance provider: Canadian Business Resource Centre (CBRC)

Riverdale Community Business Centre, Toronto, Ontario
The Riverdale Community Business Centre requested CEDTAP assistance to develop a monitoring and evaluation system that will allow it to measure, document and assess results. RCB.C. is committed to documenting the process and sharing its system with other similar organizations.
Technical assistance provider: Lutherwood-CODA

Coopérative de solidarité du granit en formation et développement rural, Lac Mégantic, Québec
This cooperative is made up of farmers and foresters and numerous local organizations (both municipal and not-for-profit) who are committed to the development of a system of rural family homes (Maisons familiales rurales) that provide secondary students with a combined work-classroom experience. CEDTAP resources have supported the organizational development of the cooperative.
Technical assistance provider: Fédération québécoise des coopératives de travail

Coopérative Générale de Roché-Percé, Val-d'espoir, Québec
Following a community-wide Forum on Agricultural Renewal held in the regional municipality of Pabok in May 1997, the Cooperative adopted a mandate to animate the process of agricultural recovery in the area. CEDTAP assistance helped the organization elaborate a plan for agricultural renewal.
Technical assistance provider: Oeuvres communautaires gaspésiennes

Service d'animation en développement local (SADL) de la MRC de Drummond, Drummondville, Québec
The Local Animation and Development Service aims to create or strengthen local development committees in municipalities in Drummond. CEDTAP supported an evaluation of the SADL's achievements.
Technical assistance provider: Institut de recherche et d'enseignement pour les coopératives (IRÉCUS)

Table agro-alimentaire du Haut St-François, East-Angus, Québec
The Round Table on Agriculture and Food of Haut St-François is initiating a training program for citizens living in rural communities. A contribution from CEDTAP was used to develop the CED component of the program and to facilitate the participation of one of the most marginalized communities in Haut St-François. Other partners in the project are the Union of Agricultural Producers, the local credit union, local school authorities, Solidarité rurale and the municipality.
Technical assistance provider: Institut de recherche et d'enseignement pour les coopératives (IRÉCUS)

Saint John Human Development Council, Saint John, New Brunswick
Saint John Human Development Council (SJHDC) adopted economic development as a priority in the spring of '96. The HDC has undertaken a series of actions (e.g. community consultations, workshops, publication of a brochure and guidebook) to promote awareness of community economic development (CED) among community organizations, business operators, educators and government. A CEDTAP contribution supported capacity building within specific community-based organizations in Saint-John to: identify income-generating and poverty-reducing opportunities, develop economically viable projects, enlist business support for CED and find ongoing sources of income for CED activities. A contribution also allowed the SJHDC to develop and manage a community loan fund.
Technical assistance provider: Lutherwood CODA, Montréal Community Loan Association

Ingonish Development Society, Ingonish Beach, Nova Scotia
The Ingonish Development Society (IDS) is a voluntary non-profit organization that has initiated a waterfront development project. A separate Board of the IDS also manages Ski Cape Smokey. The organization requested technical assistance to establish a single umbrella organization to manage these facilities. The IDS is examining the management and financing strategies necessary to ensure long term viability.
Technical assistance provider: Tompkins Institute

New Deal Development Corporation, Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia
The purpose of a contribution from CEDTAP is to support the development and evolution of the corporation, and in particular, to strengthen its capacity to successfully plan and support new community-based partnerships such as the Sydney Mines Interpretive Centre.
Technical assistance provider: Tompkins Institute

Bayview Marine Services Co-operative, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
BMSC is a local initiative that was formed to help the community take advantage of the opportunities presented by the Sable Offshore Energy Project and to identify new business opportunities. CEDTAP was asked to provide modest support to the Annual General Meeting to help develop a long-term vision for the community's economic development and to present options for their organizational structure.
Technical assistance provider: Tompkins Institute