This course provides an overview of contemporary community economic development approaches and activities.  The key to community development lies in people from the community working together to meet the social and economic needs of the community.  This process is discussed in the companion course, Introduction to Community Development. This course studies Community Economic Development (CED) more specifically as “…,a community-based approach to planning and development that combines economic, social, cultural and environmental priorities and goals. It is social and economic development in the community, for the community, by the community.” This course will present participants with the opportunity to explore contemporary community economic development.  Participants will explore the following stages of community economic development: organizational development, community assessment, setting goals and strategies, project implementation and evaluation and apply them to Nunavut communities.