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From Local Assets to Lasting Impact: Social enterprises and rural economic development in Saskatchewan |
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SEDA is excited to share this new report illustrating the impact of rural social enterprises in Saskatchewan. Thank you to our friends and colleagues at Quint Saskatoon for financially supporting this work. |
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Develop better leadership habits to thrive in an age of information overload |
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Does your workload feel like an endless stream of obligations and heavy demands? Do you feel powerless and stuck with other people’s decisions and ideas? Are you inundated with information that is actually only minimally relevant to your priorities? If so, you might be choice-blind: You perceive an absence of choice, even though options are everywhere. If you can see an element of independence in how you spend your time each day, you empower yourself to dictate your own path. |
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Small Towns. Different Rules. Make a Big Bet |
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How Do You Find Your Big Bet? Your community’s big bet may not entail advanced manufacturing. It may not require a new building or cost millions of dollars. It could mean putting leadership and life-skills development in every local school. It could mean creating a workforce and career center that connects students and adults to local opportunities. It could mean transforming a neglected downtown, building a regional healthcare workforce, or creating a distinctive asset that gives people a reason to visit, stay, or move there. |
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We need to innovate now more than ever |
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Shifting global markets, workforce shortages, housing pressures, climate impacts, and rapid technological change- innovation is no longer optional. It is essential. The communities, businesses, and regions that thrive in the years ahead will be those that embrace new ideas, build stronger partnerships, and find creative solutions to complex challenges. Innovation is not simply about technology. It is about developing new approaches to workforce development, investment attraction, regional collaboration, service delivery, and community building. This is why innovation sits at the heart of SEDA's upcoming Summit. Throughout the event, delegates will explore how collaboration, experimentation, and systems thinking can help Saskatchewan strengthen its economic resilience and create opportunities for future generations. Together, we will examine how communities can move beyond traditional approaches, unlock local potential, and build a more prosperous and adaptable future for the province. |
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Saskatchewan Economic Development Alliance
With respect and gratitude, we serve Treaty 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10 territories, the ancestral lands of the Cree, Saulteaux, Dene, Dakota, Lakota and Nakoda peoples, and the traditional homeland of the Métis.
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