“It opened our eyes to what needs to happen in our community”
- Wendy Walter
Creston & Area Economic Development Society, BC
"We live in an increasingly global world and we also live in tiny individual worlds. The in-between layer, the community, gets lost. The CVI helps us to fill that gap and instil a sense of community”
- Community Vitality Initiative participant
CIEL - Clients and Partners
CIEL's clients & partners include:
- Indian & Northern Affairs Canada
- Western Economic Diversification Canada
- Canadian Rural Partnership - Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
- Bell Canada
- Community Economic Development Technical Assistance Program [CEDTAP]
- Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
- McConnell Foundation
- Government of Manitoba
- Government of Ontario
- Government of Alberta
- Government of Nova Scotia
- Government of British Columbia
- Atlantic Canada Oppportunities Agency
- Community Futures Central Kootenay (CFCK)
- Community Futures of the SE Region of BC
- Community Futures of Mount Waddington
- Municipal Association of Victoria (MAV), State of Victoria, Australia
- City of Williams Lake
- North Island College
- Shaw Development Consultants/Town of Kirkland Lake
- Bank of IDEAS
- Rural Development Initiatives
- Ford Family Foundation
- National Rural Research Network of Canada
- Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation
- Social Planning & Research Council (SPARC) of BC
- Community Table of Quebec
- BC Rural Leadership Network (BCRLN)
CIEL has worked in the following communities:
- Creston, BC
- Harrop Proctor, BC
- Pemberton, BC
- Nakusp, BC
- New Denver/Silverton, BC
- Grand Forks, BC
- Castlegar, BC
- McBride, BC
- Cache Creek, BC
- Nelson, BC
- Elkford, BC
- Nisga'a Nation, BC
- East Shore Region, BC
- Port Hardy, BC
- Kimberley, BC
- Salmo, BC
- Moberly Lake, BC
- Midway, BC
- Ktunaxa Nation, BC
- Prince Rupert, BC
- Wakefield, QC
- Mansonville, QC
- Haut-St-Laurent, QC
- Kirkland Lake, ON
- Brockville, ON
- Minto, ON
- Maxville, ON
- Athens, ON
- Wingham, ON
- Wallaceburg, ON
- South Glengarry, ON
- Williams Lake, BC
- Huntsville, ON
- Gladstone, MB
- Dauphin, MB
- Yarram, VIC, Australia
- Dimboola, VIC, Australia
- Myrtleford, VIC, Australia
- Robinvale, VIC, Australia
- Macarthur, VIC, Australia
- Newberg, Oregon, USA
- North Preston, NS