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Les Petits Chapeaux
Les Petit Chapeaux is a community economic development project
initiated by Coalition Féminine des Afro-Francophones
(CFAF) to encourage entrepreneurship among immigrant women.
FAF is a non-profit organization whose aim is to empower
disadvantaged women.
Contact
Anne Marie Gracia 427 McArthur #5 Ottawa, ON K1G 1G5 tel:
(613) 747-0707 fax: (613) 747-7337
cfaf@on.aira.com
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with community members who have odd jobs such as cleaning,
painting, packing/unpacking that need to be done.
Contact
Maryl Weatherburn
507 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON
K2P 1Z5
tel: (613) 233-4502
fax: (613) 233-5088
centre507@ncf.ca
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Community Ressource Centre (Lowertown)
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Community Resource Centre of Goulbourn Kanata and West
Carleton
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Gloucester Centre for Community Ressources
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Gloucester Non profit housing
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Nepean Community Resource Centre
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Overbrook-Forbes Community Resource Centre
The Overbrook-Forbes Community Resource Centre provides
community and social services to residents in north-east
Ottawa (Overbrook-Forbes and Manor Park), especially to those
with low incomes. Programs include an emergency food cupboard,
crisis intervention and advocacy, a parent and children drop-in
program, counselling services, community development, home
support for francophone seniors, health promotion, and tutoring.
The centre also offers leadership opportunities for adolescents,
such as the Aquatics Leadership Program, which aims to foster
leadership, team and social skills, and volunteer and work
placement for high-risk youth through First Aid and Aquatics
accreditation and placement search support.
Contact
Simone Thibault
120-225 Donald Street
Ottawa, Ontario K1K 1N1
tel. (613) 745-0073
fax. (613) 741-9292
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Pinecrest Queensway Health Community Services
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Sandy Hills Community Health Centre
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Somerset West Community Health Centre
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South East Ottawa Center for a Healthy Community
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People First
People First encourages people with low income to work co-operatively
in order to develop self-sustaining economic initiatives
which will be of benefit to themselves and to the community.
Initiatives include: Vegetarian catering, Fabric Art, Stained
Glass, and Stationary.
Contact
Sue Ings
c/o All Saints Lutheran Church
1061 Pinecrest Road
Ottawa, ON
K2B 6B7
tel: (613) 726-3528
people.first@on.aibn.com
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Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program
(CEDTAP)
The Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program
(CEDTAP) helps organizations build their capacity to engage
in community economic development. CEDTAP offers a Canada
wide matching service between community organizations and
technical assistance providers and funds technical assistance
assignments
Contact
Cindy Goldberg
1125 Colonel By Drive
Carleton University, SSRB #314
Ottawa, ON
tel: (613) 520-2600 X8241
fax: (613) 520-3561
CindyGoldberg@cedtap.com
www.carleton.ca/cedtap
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Coté, Ethel L'Art du Developpement
Ethel Cote, is actively involved in Community Development
in social, economic, co-operative and cultural sectors in
rural & urban areas. Resources & Project Management;
Organizational Development & Planning; Building up strong
partnerships; Consolidation; Fundraising Strategies, more
than 20 years in support the Community. Ethel Cote, is able
to facilitate real diagnostics of actual situations in establishing
processes, policies, programs facilitating efficient management
and effective capitalization of organizations & businesses.
With success, she coordinated various fundraising campaigns
collecting over than 14 million dollars. She also managed
35 millions dollars operational budgets in organisations,
co-ops and businesses.
Contact
Ethel Cote
1551 Concession 1
Plantagenet, ON
K0B 1L0
tel: (613) 673-4588
fax: (613) 673-4588
ethel.cote@sympatico.ca
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New Economy Development Group (NEDG)
NEDG is a development consulting firm offering creative
approaches to the challenges of the new millennium. Our approach
is to promote participation; innovation; partnership; and
sustainability. We blend social and economic objectives and
interests with action for practical, cost-effective results.
NEDG is a national firm founded in 1990, based in Ottawa
with associates across the country. It specializes in community-based
and participatory approaches to community/ rural issues and
development from a policy, research and practical perspective.
Contact
Dal Brodhead, Principal and Chief Executive Officer
109A-858 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON
K1S 3W3
tel: (613) 238-5353
fax: (613) 238-1495
dbrodhead@neweconomygroup.ca
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Stilborne, Linda
Researcher / Learning Technology Consultant, Quebec Learners'
Network
The Quebec Learners' Network is a community learning network.
We provide services and support in the use of learning technologies.
Among our current projects is an outreach project for parents
of children with learning disabilities.
Contact
Linda Stilborne
c/o Heritage College
325 boul. Cit, des Jeunes, Room 205
Hull (Qu,bec) J8Y 6T3
tel: (613) 592-6870
mkr@igs.net
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Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program
(CEDTAP)
The Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program
(CEDTAP) helps organizations build their capacity to engage
in community economic development. CEDTAP offers a Canada
wide matching service between community organizations and
technical assistance providers and funds technical assistance
assignments
Contact
Cindy Goldberg
1125 Colonel By Drive
Carleton University, SSRB #314
Ottawa, ON
tel: (613) 520-2600 X8241
fax: (613) 520-3561
CindyGoldberg@cedtap.com
www.carleton.ca/cedtap
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Community Economic Development Program (CEDP)
The Community Economic Development Programs mandate is
to assist Aboriginal people (First Nations, Inuit and Innu)
in securing long term employment and accessing business opportunities
in their communities. The program finances CED organizations
of the First Nations and enables native communities to attract
qualified individuals as economic development officers who
will in turn provide quality programs and services.
Contact
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Economic Development Directorate
Room 1151
10 Wellington St.
Hull, QC
K1A 0H4
tel: (819) 997-8383
fax: (819) 994-0445
www.inac.gc.ca
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Dare to Dream
South-East Ottawa Centre for a healthy community in partnership
with the City of Ottawa and the Community Foundation offers
a savings program for people with low income called Dare
to Dream. This program helps people with low incomes save
for a future, learn about saving money, and have their savings
matched. Dare to Dream is an IDA program. Individual Development
Accounts fight poverty. People with assets are people with
the power to make choices.
Contact
Cheryl-Anne Parsons
1355 Bank Street, Suite 600
Ottawa, ON
K1H 8K7
tel: (613) 737-7195 ext 403
fax: (613) 739-8199
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Ottawa Community Loan Fund
In the summer of 2000, the non-profit Ottawa Community
Loan Fund was established. The mission of the OCLF is to
invest in people and the community by facilitating self-reliance
loans and services through character-based lending, to ensure
that more people in the Ottawa community have access to capital,
and to increase new business creation and stimulate business
expansion. OCLF provides short-term loans of up to $15,000
to individuals and groups with worthwhile business concepts,
practical work experience and/or training, and a solid business
plan. Our goal is to help more people become self-sufficient
through self-employment and job specific training/accreditation
courses.
Contact
George Brown
280 Metcalfe Street Suite 407
Ottawa, ON
K2P 1R7
tel: (613) 594-3535
fax : (613) 567-9126
info@oclf.org
www.oclf.org
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Fair TradeMark Canada
FairTrade Mark Canada is an organization that operates
out of Ottawa to help companies purchase green and/or fairly-traded
products. Fairtrade criteria include credit for farmers at
reasonable prices reflecting the value of farm labour. Certified,
fair trade coffee can be purchased locally at Bridegehead
Inc.
Contact
323 Chapel St 2nd floor
Ottawa, ON
K1N 7Z2
tel: (613) 563-3351
fax: (613) 237-5969
fairtrade@transfair.ca
www.transfair.ca
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Krackers Katering
Krackers Katering is a community economic development initiative
designed to assist persons with severe and persistent mental
illness gain contol over their lives. In order to accomplish
this end, Krackers Katering provides training opportunities
and paid employment, and presents a positive image of people
with mental illness as productive, contributing members of
our community.
Contact
Rhonda Beauregard, Program Manager
22 O'Meara St., Ste.204
Ottawa, ON
K1Y 4N6
tel: (613) 792-4954
fax: (613) 792-4957
krackers@magma.ca
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La Siembra Coop
As a fair trade worker co-operative La Siembra offers consumers
high-quality, certified fair trade organic products such
as fair traded hot chocolate, cocoa powder and evaporated
sugar can juice. La Siembra also assist co-op producers to
improve the livelihood of family farmers and the well being
of communities and engages in education with respect to fair
trade and sustainable employment.
Contact
98 Hawthorne
Ottawa, ON
K1S 0B1
tel: (613) 235-6122
fax: (613) 235-6877
www.lasiembra.com
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Ottawa Organic Food Alternatives
Ottawa Organic Food Alternatives (OOFA) has been in operation
for 12 years. It is committed to creating community among
city and farm families, who support each other towards sustainable
lifestyles (Canadian Organic Growers, 2000c). OOFA purchases
local organic food in season. There is a membership fee of
$26 per year for each adult in the family. Members must attend
an orientation and fulfill 22 "green hours" per
year. Members are also encouraged to spend time on the farms
to help. Fresh vegetables are ordered weekly from farmers
throughout the year, and dry goods including rice, beans
and canned products are ordered three times a year. Members
have over 100 items to choose from.
Contact
Randi Cherri
358 Sunnyside
Ottawa, ON
K1S 0S4
tel: (613) 730-0606
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South-East Ottawa Community Kitchen
South-East Ottawa Centre for Health Community provides
a community kitchen to help participants stretch their food
dollars. This program provides shopping tips and cooking
skills. The participants also share and learn recipes and
get tasty, nutritious meal ideas.
Contacts
Kimberly or Patricia
1355 Bank Street, Suite 600
Ottawa, ON
K1H 8K7
tel: (613) 737-5115
fax: (613) 739-8199
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St. Albert Co-op Cheese Factory
The St. Albert Co-op Cheese Factory has been producing
and selling cheese for over 100 years. It employs 50 full
time staff and 20 part-time employees.
Contact
Rejean Ouimet
150 St.Paul Street
St. Albert, ON
K0A 3C0
tel: (613) 987-2872
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Good Day Workshop
The Good Day Workshop is a non-profit outreach program
specializing in quality furniture refinishing. The workshop
provides asupportive and productive atmosphere for persons
who are over the age of sixteen and have a variety of needs
due to addictions, homelessness, unemployement, mental health
etc. The workshop participants gain sheltered work, limited
shared income, peer support and new skills. Whereas the customers
gain quality furniture refinishing at reasonable prices.
Participants of the program share the earned proceeds 60/40
with the shop.
Contact
211 Bronson Ave
Ottawa, ON
K1R 6H5
tel: (613) 236-4979
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Cooperative Housing Association of Eastern Ontario
CED is a powerful way for housing co-op members to build
on their strengths. By supporting CED initiatives, we can
improve the quality of life of our members, and strengthen
our co-op communities at the same time. The Cooperative Housing
Association of Eastern Ontario is involved in CED initiatives
such as Youthworks. In this summer youth employment program,
Coop youth get valuable experience whereas Co-ops get needed
work done for a reasonable cost. As such, Co-op dollars are
kept circulating in the co-op sector.
Contact
Brian Gifford, Acting Member Services Manager
311-225 Metcalfe Street
Ottawa, ON
K2P 1P9
tel: (613) 230-2201
fax: (613) 230-2231
bgifford@chaseo.org
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Habitat for Humanity Restore
Habitat for Humanity is an independent, charitable, faith-based
housing program dedicated to the elimination of poverty housing
by building homes in partnership with families in need. We
build simple, decent, and affordable houses and provide interest-free
mortgages to families who would otherwise not be able to
purchase their own home. The Habitat program is about home
ownership and providing a long-term solution designed to
break the poverty cycle. Restores are building supply stores
that accept and sell inexpensive building materials. They
generate funds to support Habitat's building programs, while
reducing the amount of used materials that are headed for
overflowing landfills! They are an environmentally friendly
store that makes sense!
Contact
Hugh Milman
1335 Leeds Ave.
Ottawa, ON
K1B 5K9
tel: (613) 744-7769
fax: (613) 744-6990
restore@habitatncr.com
www.habitat.ca
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Centretown Laundry Co-op
The Centretown Laundry Co-op is a welcoming and caring
community that provides accessible, affordable, environmentally
friendly self-service laundry for anyone who needs it. Members
volunteer and participate to keep the Co-op going and to
develop and share their skills and abilities. The Co-op have
a CED project where member participants do laundry for other
organizations and get paid for it, so we can be part of a
stronger Centretown Community. The Co-op is a project of
Centretown Community Health Centre, First United Church,
and McLeod-Stewarton United Church, and receives some funding
from United Way/Centraide Ottawa.
Contact
Karen Hill, Chair of the Board
Eliisa Bruder, CLC Coordinator
Marianela Santamaria, CED Mentor
211 Bronson Ave.
Ottawa, ON
K1L 6H5
tel: (613) 565-4712? (613) 565-4524
fax: (613) 233-2062
info@centretownlaundrycoop.ca
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St. John's Community Store
St. John's Community store provides a variety of donated
goods at affordable prices. Items such as clothes, linens,
cutlery, shoes, arts and crafts supplies, and personal care
products can be purchased. The community shop also hands
out vouchers in the amount of $30.00 to people in need. With
these vouchers basic necessities can be purchased. The store
is run solely by volunteers and all proceeds go to St. Johns
Anglica Church Church Outreach program.
Contacts
Diana Lize
Valerie Mansfield
St. John's Anglican Church
154 Somerset St. W
Ottawa, ON K2P 0H8
tel: (613) 594-8861
fax: (613) 594-5875
stjohns@cyberus.ca
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Line 1000 Placement Services
Line 1000 is a community based non profit-employment program
for people with disabilities living in the Ottawa area. The
agency provides employment counselling, case management and
job placement services, and coordinates a variety of government
funded employment supports and subsidies through the Ontario
Disability program and HRDC's Opportunity fund. The agency
also provides specialized job search workshops, and accessible
computer and internet access within it's Resource area for
job seekers with disabilites. Potential clients may self
refer.
Contact
Dennise Kelly
1355 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON
K1H 8K7
tel: (613) 526-1000
TTY: (613) 731-1621
fax: (613) 731-3510
placement@line1000.ca
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Ottawa Local Employment & Trading System (LETS)
Ottawa LETS is an individual, family and community capacity-building
network open to all residents of the National Capital Region
who share its vision, mission and values. The goal is to
create a vibrant local community of individuals, families
and local businesses empowering one another through the exchange
of goods and services using a "virtual" community
currency. Ottawa LETS provides a community barter system
offering a friendly means to supplement your income. LETS
members trade goods and service using a local currency called
Ecodollars.
Contact
c/o Centretown Community Health Centre
420 Cooper St.
Ottawa, ON
K2P 2N6
tel : (613) 860-LETS (860-5387)
www.flora.org/lets-dev
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Rainbow Skills Development Centre
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The Entrepreneurship Centre
The Entrepreneurship Centre is an initiative of OCRI, dedicated
to helping Ottawa entrepreneurs make educated decisions about
starting and growing their businesses. The Centre provides
the information and tools that entrepreneurs need to establish
and expand their businesses. The Centre provides a complete
range of business information, training, consulting, mentoring
and financial advisory services.
Contact
Christine Power
110 Laurier Ave. Ground Flr
Ottawa, ON
K2P 2L7
tel: (613) 560-6081
fax: (613) 560-2102
entcent@ocri.ca
www.entrepreneurship.com
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Y Enterprise Centre and Employment YMCA-YWCA of
Ottawa Carleton
The Entreprise Centre provides a comprehensive training
and support program for individuals who have a business idea
and are willing to develop related entrepreneurial skills.
Services include but are not limited to self-employment training,
counseling and business support services.
Contact
180 Argyle Ave
Ottawa, ON
K2P 1B7
tel: (613) 788-5001
fax: (613) 788-5051
www.educom.on.ca/ymca-ywca/entreprise.htm
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Worldskills
World Skills Centre offers a range of services to support
new canadians seekeing to enter employment in the canadian
workforce. This program addresses challenges faced by immigrants
including lack of Canadian experience, financial constraints,
lack of recognition of qualifications, the need for upgrading
English proficiency, and the need to upgrade soft skills.
Contact
Fiona Marshall
201-219 Argyle
Ottawa, ON
K2P 2H4
tel: (613) 233-0453
fax: 232-1757
fiona@ottawa-worldskills.org
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Re-Cycles Bicycle Co-op
Re-cycles bicycle co-op helps sustain the local bicycle
community by providing a fully equipped do-it-yourself bike
shop for use by members and volunteers to maintain their
bicycles under the guidance of volunteer bike mechanics.
Volunteers can also learn bike repair skills by fixing bikes
donated to the shop, that would otherwise be destined for
the landfill. These bikes are sold at reasonable prices,
providing an affordable and sustainable means of transportation
to everyone. Learning to be more self sufficient with regards
to bike repairs empowers people to ride the path less traveled
and make cycling a part of their daily lives.
Contact
112 Nelson Avenue
Basement of "The Depot"
re-cycles@flora.org
www.flora.org/re-cycles
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VRTUCar
VRTUCAR is a car-share service that gives members 24-hour
access to a fleet of cars stationed in Ottawa's downtown
neighborhoods. It is cheaper then owning a car if you need
a car for fewer than 12,000km/year. It also means reduced
insurance costs, no more repair bills or parking hassles.
VRTUCAR also eliminates the need for a 2nd car in the family.
This service also reduces vehicle pollution by over 50% simply
by driving less and reducing the number of engine start-ups.
Contact
Chris Bradshaw
Wilson Wood
356 Maclaren Street
Ottawa, ON
K2P 0M6
tel: (613) 798-1900
fax: (613) 230-6568
info@vrtucar.com
www.vrtucar.com
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The Well
The Well is a drop in centre that serves women and women
with children who are economically and socially disadvantaged
by offering a safe supportive environment and a broad range
of programs and services. The Well recognises the economic
needs of its clientele by offering services such as laundry
and shower facilities, and a food bank. Items such as clothes
and shoes can also be found.
Contact
St-Johns Anglican Church
154 Somerset St. W
Ottawa, ON K2P 0H8
tel: (613) 594-8861
fax : (613) 594-5878
thewell@ottawa,anglican.ca
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The Roasted Cherry
The Roasted Cherry Coffee House offers a unique, hands
on experience inside a fully operational cafe being run by
youth in support of youth. The Cafe provides and exciting
venue to: enhance your entrepreneurial and leadership skills
and to take on the responsibility of running and maintaining
a business. The Roasted Cherry Student Co-op placement program
will also work with you to plan and ultimately kick off a
business project of interest to you within the cafe.
Contact
Laurie Batstone
Greg Lowell
93 O'Connor St.
Ottawa, ON
K1P 5M8
tel: (613) 236-1656
mail@roastedcherry.com
www.roastedcherry.com
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Youthworks
Youthworks is a summer employment program for youth living
in the Ottawa area housing co-ops. Youthworks offers interior
and exterior painting services, as well as landscaping services,
at competitive rates to housing co-ops. Co-op youth work
on contracts secured by Youthworks and are paid a salary
according to the hours worked. The staffs are trained by
professional painters and landscapers and are closely supervised.
Contact
Jo-anne Manser, Youthworks Project Manager
tel: (613) 230-2201 ext. 232
fax: (613) 230-2231
youthworks@chaseo.org
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