Whats New
Welcome to a new section on our website that will keep you up to date on new research projects, publications, job postings, internships and initiatives. Check back frequently to find out what’s new at the Centre for Sustainable Community Development.
CED Training in BOLIVIA
The Bolivia CED project has produced a document outlining the innovative pedagogy used in the CED training programs in Bolivia. More details
JUST RELEASED: FOOD SOVEREIGNTY IN CANADA
Food Sovereignty in Canada explores how communities all over the country are actively engaged in implementing alternative agricul- tural and food models within the framework of food sovereignty — taking control over food- producing resources, markets and agricultural policy.
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Food Sovereignty, the internationally focused volume advocates a practical, radical change to the way much of our food system currently operates, this book argues that food sovereignty is the means to achieving a system that will provide for the food needs of all people while respecting the principles of environmental sustainability, local empowerment and agrarian citizenship.
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A SCD PROJECT: SHIFT DELIVERY CO-OP
Students are excited to be making their SCD 410: Social Enterprise for Sustainable Community Development course project idea a reality. Shift Delivery Co-op is a cargo-trike delivery service for goods deliveries in downtown Vancouver. Organized as a worker cooperative, they’ll provide both a zero-emissions alternative to conventional delivery methods and an empowering work opportunity for themselves and other young people. For more information on the project see the news articles in the SFU News and the Vancouver Sun or visit the Shift Delivery Co-op website at: shiftdelivery.com.
“COOPERATION, KNOWLEDGE, DEVELOPMENT”
The Centre is pleased to announce its participation in the second phase of “Cooperation, Knowledge and Development; A North-South Project for Cooperation and Development; Latin America-Caribbean-Canada”. This initiative, funded by IDRC-Canada, is aimed at further development of an Internet-based model that supports North-South and South-South knowledge partnerships based on management of communication, information and learning activities implemented through ICT-based pedagogical approaches, resources and practices. The Centre invites professors, researchers, practitioners and students to visit the project at http://ccd-ckd.cebem.org. Interested persons may contact the project’s coordinator in order to examine ways to collaborate or contribute to its various activities.
Campus-City Collaborative (C3) Connects the City with Post-secondary Institutions
The City of Vancouver and its economic development agency, the Vancouver Economic Commission, announced today the Campus-City collaborative (C3): an initiative to bring together the City of Vancouver, Vancouver Economic Commission and six post-secondary institutions to work together towards the City’s green economy targets. This innovative program is the first of its kind in Canada.
CityStudio, a C3 success story, is a program which connects students, faculty, experts and City staff working on real-world projects through dialogue and design. This program celebrates innovation, collaboration and creative sustainability education.
The SFU Centre for Sustainable Community Development (CSCD) has played a key role in bringing C3 about:
· Professor Mark Roseland, CSCD Director, is the SFU liaison for C3
· Professor Janet Moore, co-founder of CityStudio, is a member of the CSCD Steering Committee
· Lena Soots, the CityStudio coordinator, is an instructor in the Centre’s academic certificate program in Sustainable Community Development, and a doctoral student in the SFU Faculty of Education.
Professors Roseland and Moore have been working for several years to bring C3 to fruition.
