Browsing SERC 2 Research Results, Reports & Papers by Title
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Scaling Up Local Food
(i4 e-magazine, Canadian Centre for Community Renewal, 2010-11-20)The key challenge facing local food initiatives is how to scale up to the point of transforming (rather than merely “informing”) the much larger conventional food system. This article, based on research by the BC-Alberta ... -
Scaling Up: The Convergence of Social Economy and Sustainability - Sellsheet
(2016-04-11)The book presented in this sellsheet and recently published by Athabasca University Press examines the potential of the social economy to transform the systems that make our current ways of life unsustainable. The book ... -
Seikatsu Consumer Coop: Scaling up food system transformation?
(2009-11-24)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on BALTA research on the Seikatsu Consumer Co-operative in Japan and explores its relevance for local food system ... -
Seikatsu Consumer Coop: Scaling-up Food System Transformation
(2010-09-25)This case study is part of a research program of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) looking at local food, sustainability and the social economy. It examines the Seikatsu Consumer Co-operative in ... -
Seikatsu Coop de consommateurs: Un contribution aux durabilitédu système agricole
(2010-04-09)This presentation was given at a two-day workshop of the Congrès du mouvement coopératif francophone de l’Alberta in April, 2010. It presents research conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) ... -
SeikatsuConsumer Coop: Scaling up food system transformation?
(2009-11-26)This presentation was given at the Co-operatives and Local Food Infrastructure conference hosted by Alberta Agriculture and Food on November 26, 2009. It presents research conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research ... -
SERC 2 Bibliography
(2010-07-13)This is one of several preliminary scoping studies undertaken for Social Economy Research Cluster (SERC) 2 within the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). This SERC focuses on the role of the social economy ... -
SERC 2: Foundations for Rural Revitalization and the Reinsertion of Social Economy Enterprises: Examining Alberta Reports, Policies and Budget Commitments
(2010-07-13)This is one of several preliminary scoping studies undertaken for Social Economy Research Cluster (SERC) 2 within the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). This SERC focuses on the role of the social economy ... -
SERC 2: Natural Resources, Local Development, Local and Organic Food Systems in Alberta and a Case Study-of Farmer Direct Co-operative Ltd.
(2010-07-13)This is one of several preliminary scoping studies undertaken for Social Economy Research Cluster (SERC) 2 within the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). This SERC focuses on the role of the social economy ... -
SERC 2: Natural Resources, Local Development, Social Economic Enterprises and Rural Revitalization in Alberta
(2010-07-13)This is one of several preliminary scoping studies undertaken for Social Economy Research Cluster (SERC) 2 within the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). This SERC focuses on the role of the social economy ... -
SERC 2: Natural Resources, Local Development, Social Economic Enterprises and Rural Revitalization in Alberta - Overview of First Nation Co-operatives in Canada
(2010-07-13)This is one of several preliminary scoping studies undertaken for Social Economy Research Cluster (SERC) 2 within the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). This SERC focuses on the role of the social economy ... -
SERC 2: Natural Resources, Local Development, Social Economic Enterprises and Rural Revitalization in Alberta - Preliminary Background to Co-operatives in Alberta
(2010-07-13)This is one of several preliminary scoping studies undertaken for Social Economy Research Cluster (SERC) 2 within the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). This SERC focuses on the role of the social economy ... -
Sheltering The Social Economy
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2010-10)Many social economy organizations either operate out of, or own and manage, heritage buildings in urban and rural places. These heritage buildings provide a variety of functions from the provision of affordable housing ... -
Status of Social Economy Provision of Wind Electric Energy in Alberta
(2010-07-10)This is one of three reports arising from BALTA research project B6 - Prospects for Socializing the Green Economy: The Case of Renewable Energy. It examines the current status of involvement in wind power generation by ... -
Sustainability, the Social Economy, and the Eco-Social Crisis: Traveling Concepts and Bridging Fields
(2009-11-24)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the results of a BALTA research project (B2) examining the potential synergy between the sustainability and ... -
Sustainability, the Social Economy, and the Eco-social Crisis: Traveling Concepts and Bridging Fields
(2009-01-05)Current global issues such as climate change and peak oil have brought attention to the severity and complexity of our eco-social crisis and called for local action and community-based solutions. There is a need for middle ... -
Westlock Grain Terminals : A Case Study
(Alberta Community & Co-operative Association (ACCA), 2009)This is a case study of Westlock Grain Terminals, a very successful new generation co-operative located in Westlock, Alberta. In 2002, when the community found out that their grain terminal was going to be sold, they ... -
Westlock Grain Terminals : A Case Study
(2009-11-24)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on a case study of Westlock Grain Terminals, a new generation co-operative in Alberta, Canada.