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    • Coop Housing Futures: A Spatial Design Research Approach: Research Project Overview 

      Keough, Noel (2009-11-25)
      This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the results of a BALTA action research project (A7) linked to a spatial design research approach working with a ...
    • Creating a Social Economy Community of Practice: The BALTA Experience 

      Beckie, Mary; Wulff, Stuart; Heisler, Karen; Markey, Sean (BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2011-05-11)
      The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) is a community-university research partnership that was established in 2006 to undertake research to better understand and strengthen the social economy in Alberta ...
    • Credit Unions and the Rural Social Economy 

      Kristensen, Freya; Markey, Sean; Perry, Stewart E. (2010-06-04)
      This research project of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) explored the unique role of credit unions related to financing the social economy and contributing to rural revitalization. Several case ...
    • Credit Unions and the Social Economy: Being Competitive and Building Capacity 

      Kristensen, Freya; Perry, Stewart E.; Markey, Sean (BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2009-09)
      The credit union sector occupies a significant place in both Alberta and British Columbia and credit unions are a prominent element of the social economy in the two provinces. This report examines the results of research ...
    • Credit Unions as a Financing Source for the Social Economy 

      Perry, Stewart E. (2010-09-20)
      This proposal/plan outlines a research project of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). This project conducted initial exploratory research concerning credit unions as a foundation for developing a ...
    • Credit Unions as a Financing Source for the Social Economy and Rural Community Re-investment 

      Markey, Sean; Perry, Stewart E. (2009-04-06)
      This proposal/plan documetns a research project that examines the role of credit unions in supporting the social economy and is a second stage of research building on SERC 3’s research project C11. At the same time, this ...
    • Death Of A Co-op: The Quesnel Hardwood Co-Operative 

      Hilbert, Steve (Making Waves, 2003)
      Struggling to survive drastic restructuring in BC's forest industry, small-time harvesters and processors in Quesnel, BC combined forces. They created a co-op to channel "nuisance" birch and aspen into hardwood markets in ...
    • Definition and Measurement of the Social Economy: Continuous Construct or Dichotomous Variable? 

      Gismondi, Mike; Ross, Lynda; Affolderbach, Julia (2009-11-24)
      The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) is collecting information on the scope and scale of the social economy in British Columbia and Alberta. This report to BALTA's 2009 symposium provides an update on ...
    • Den stora omställningen: en seglats genom en turbulent tids sociala, ekonomiska och ekologiska förändringar 

      Lewis, Michael; Conaty, Patrick (BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2009-10)
      Swedish translation of an original paper in English. Trans-disciplinary thinking by evolutionary, social, and ecological economists from the mid-1970s pointed to a new paradigm from which working models are emerging. This ...
    • Edmonton’s Social Enterprise Fund 

      Garber-Conrad, Martin; Kain, Jenny (2009-11-24)
      This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the development of the Edmonton Social Enterprise Fund.
    • The Emilian Model - Profile of a Co-operative Economy 

      Restakis, John (2007-09-18)
      Restakis, John John is a co-investigator in the BALTA node and he is the director of a partner organization, the BC Co-operative Association. Emilia-Romagna is a region in Italy that is among the most economically ...
    • Empowering our Citzens & our Communities: Building an Engine for Social & Economic Change 

      Lewis, Mike (2006-11)
      Mike Lewis, principal investigator of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), gave several presentations in November 2006 as part of a speaking tour in Germany. His topic was the Canadian Experience in ...
    • Enabling Policy for Health and Social Co-ops in BC 

      Restakis, John; Filip, Ondrej (2009-02-17)
      This paper examines the role that co-operatives are playing in the provision of health and social services in Canada and internationally, and the impact of government policy, legislation, and operating procedure on the ...
    • Establishing a Co-op Development System in BC & Alberta 

      Murray, Carol; Aasgard, Michele; Restakis, John (2009-11-24)
      This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the results of two BALTA research projects (C2 and C7) examining the existing co-operative development system ...
    • Exploring Applications of the Nova Scotia Co-op Development System in B.C. and Alberta 

      Murray, Carol; Aasgard, Michele; Lewis, Mike; Colussi, Michelle; Cabaj, Paul (2010-09-19)
      This research proposal outlines planned research examining how to strengthen the co-operative development systems in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. It builds upon earlier research of the BC-Alberta Social Economy ...
    • Exploring Applications of the Nova Scotia Co-op Development System in B.C. and Alberta 

      BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) (British Columbia Co-operative Association ; Alberta Community and Co-operative Association, 2009-05)
      This report summarizes the results of a participatory action research project of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). The research examined how to strengthen the co-operative development systems in ...
    • Exploring BALTA’S Future 

      Kristensen, Freya; Roseland, Mark (2010-09-14)
      This report examines both the literature on research networks and examples of research networks to identify key learnings about research networks and the factors that impact on their success. It was conducted as input to ...
    • Faith-Based Organizations Engaged in the Social Economy in Western Canada 

      McKeon, Bob; Rodrigo, James; Madsen, Catherine (2009-11-25)
      This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the results of BALTA research (Project A4) into the role that faith based organizations have played in supporting ...
    • Faith-Based Organizations Engaged in the Social Economy in Western Canada 

      McKeon, Bob; Madsen, Catherine; Rodrigo, James (BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2009-11)
      Community organizations in what is now called the social economy have been an important part of Canadian economic and community development for generations. Local communities from coast to coast to coast have organized ...
    • Faith-Based Organizations Engaged in the Social Economy: The Example of Catholic Religious Orders and the Mennonites 

      McKeon, Bob; Schrader, Deb; Loewen, Anika (2013-08-18)
      This research report is the second phase of a two-part research program investigating the recent contributions of faith communities to social economy initiatives in Canada. The first phase broadly explored the involvement ...


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