Ryan Watmough

#SDGWeek Canada is a national collaboration from March 4 - 8, to increase awareness & engagement with the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on university and college campuses. But I’m most excited to see 20 presentations from local non profit organizations this Thurs.

Check out some of the recent community projects that the @TownofGolden’s Resident Directed (ReDi) Grants Program has supported in Golden & CSRD Area A; funded by Columbia Basin Trust. youtu.be/dqk9WFuvHz4?si… The 2024 intake is open until noon, Feb 5. golden.ca/redi

@411Regan @SFUCED That was an amazing lecture, @411Regan!

Register today for our next @SFUCED Public Lecture! Trust, Misinformation and Change: Tools for BC Communities Facing the 'Polycrisis' Presented by Wesley Regan @411Regan. Thursday December 14th, noon - 1pm PT. sfu.ca/ced/publiclect… #CommunityEconomicDevelopment #bcpoli

Thanks so much to Dr. @MarkRoseland for his @SFUCED Public Lecture, "Raising our Game: Advancing Community Economic Development with the Community Capital Compass." And thanks to so many of you who joined us for the CED discussion! sfu.ca/ced/publiclect… #communitycapitalcompass

Join us today at noon PT for November's @SFUCED Public Lecture! "Raising Our Game: Advancing Community Economic Development with the Community Capital Compass" By Dr. @MarkRoseland Thursday November 16, noon - 1pm PT. sfu.ca/ced/publiclect… #ecdev #communitycapitalcompass

Join us Thursday for November's SFU CED Public Lecture! "Raising Our Game: Advancing Community Economic Development with the Community Capital Compass" By Dr. @MarkRoseland Date & Time: Thursday November 16, noon - 1pm PT. sfu.ca/ced/publiclect… #ecdev #communitycapitalcompass

‘Tis the gardening-Halloween-Day-of-the-Dead-Christmas season! Buy. Decorate. Celebrate. Store-away. Repeat.

I don’t hate cars. Like most North American males I was raised to think cars are cool, and as a design nerd, few objects are more eye-catching. I hate surrendering our streets, our cities and our lives to them. Cartoon by @cowanrob #CarDependency

Thanks to the 40+ social enterprise supporters & champions that attended Anne Jamieson’s SFU CED Public Lecture today! And now that we can determine our ‘Business Cost Recovery’, we can take a different approach to measuring #socialenterprise sustainability.

It’s such a privilege to get to listen to @lilchief17 guide community economic development (CED) students through her framework for economic reconciliation. I learn so much each time. And so do the @SFUCED students. Huy ch q'u.

Are you... A community economic developer? A community-based group exploring the launch of your own social enterprise? Join us for The Power of Social Enterprises on October 12th! 1. DTES Walking Tour of Social Enterprises; 2. The SE Forum sfu.ca/ced/soc_ent.ht… #sewf23 #ecdev

Whatever challenge your community faces, these are 5 solid strategies to move the needle in a positive direction.

Register for Thursday's @SFUCED Public Lecture: Derek Leahy, Director of Rural Routes to Climate Solutions, covers the various strategies Rural Routes uses in having what many may view as a challenging conversation in a perhaps unlikely place. sfu.ca/ced/publiclect… #getyourecd

Big thanks to MJ Sinha for joining our students for their CED 228 Financing CED Lunch & Learn. MJ shared insight in capacity building for place based social finance funds to help them get closer to raising capital; deploying capital for foundations; and evaluating deals. #ecdev

BC's "expert task force on emergencies will provide advice to increase local volunteer recruitment, to further collaborate with communities & First Nations, to incorporate municipal firefighting & other emergency forces, to deploy enhanced tech..." news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2023P… #ecdev

Sign up for @SFUCED Public Lecture: Derek Leahy, Director of Rural Routes to Climate Solutions, covers the various strategies Rural Routes uses in having what many may view as a challenging conversation in a perhaps unlikely place. Thurs Sept 21, noon PT. sfu.ca/ced/publiclect…

Thanks to @ETSI_BC for inviting Mike Stolte, Ryan Watmough and the @sfuced to speak with the Forestry Impact Recovery (FIR) Advisors today about CED & economic development for well-being. The new Advisors will be mitigating the “Forest Impacts” that their communities are facing.

Thanks to @recruiteradie for sharing her insight on “Enriching Communities by Applying CED Principles to Organizational Recruitment Practices." Founder of @LocumHome, Adrienne shared her #ecdev-supporting recruitment practices. Watch the recording on sfu.ca/ced/publiclect….

SFU CED Public Lecture: Enriching Communities by Applying CED Principles to Organizational Recruitment Practices by Adrienne Kovacs. Thursday August 17, noon - 1pm PT. sfu.ca/ced/publiclect… #communityeconomicdevelopment #ecdev #RuralDevelopment