- The Certificate in Economic Development includes Fundamentals of Community Economic Development (Year 1) and Advancing Economic Development Opportunities (Year 2).
- Leadership and Advanced Economic Insights (Year 3) is an advanced course for senior professionals.
- Seminars are great opportunities to learn about a specific topic, while earning points for Ec.D. certification and re-certification.
Registration
Registration for economic development seminars is now handled through the University of Waterloo Shopify page.
For our Year 1 WATERLOO course, register here:
For our Year 2 WATERLOO course, register here:
2025 Schedule
| Course | Location | Date | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundamentals of Community Economic Development (Thunder Bay Year 1) | THUNDER BAY | February 24-28, 2025 | 10 |
| Podcasting 101 for Economic Developers | ONLINE | March 6, 2025 | 3 |
| Data Discovery & Analytics | ONLINE | March 25, 2025 | 5 |
| Fundamentals of Community Economic Development (Sault Ste. Marie Year 1) | SAULT STE. MARIE | April 7-11, 2025 | 10 |
| What Trump Means for Canada | ONLINE | April 15, 2025 | 3 |
| Fundamentals of Community Economic Development (Waterloo Year 1) | WATERLOO | May 4-9, 2025 | 10 |
| Advanced Economic Development Opportunities (Waterloo Year 2) | WATERLOO | June1-6, 2025 | 10 |
Seminar archive
We've offered the seminars and webinars below in the past. Let us know if you want to see them on the schedule again.
We can also bring them to your community on demand.
Seminars
- International Opportunities and Best Practices
- Performance Measurement in Economic Development
- Content Marketing for Economic Developers: Promoting Your Community
- Social Media for Economic Developers
- Economic Development Writing Webinar
- Proposal Writing for Economic Developers
- Economic Development Writing Retreat: Three Days to Done
- Building Sustainable Communities: Growing the Green Economy
- Tourism Development Strategy and Implementation
- Youth Strategies for Economic Development
- Digital Manufacturing: New Opportunities
- Investment Attraction, Readiness & Partnerships
- Delicious Development: Economic Opportunities in Value-Added Agriculture
- Planning 101 for Economic Developers
- Real Estate, Employment Lands and Site Selection
- Project Management: Tools and Case Studies for Small to Large Communities
Webinars
- Optimizing Your Economic Development Website
- Economic Development Writing Webinar
- Entrepreneurship 101
- EDOs: Provocateurs of Entrepreneurship
- Business Retention and Expansion Basics: How to Move the Community Forward
- BR&E Lessons from the Trenches: Identifying Trends - Where Business Goes Next
- Time and Project Management