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The Fraser Valley Social Economy with Reference to Affordable Housing Provision and Related Support Services
(2009-04-03)
This document explains the plans for a research project that will provide a portrait of the nature, dynamics and extent of the social economy in the Fraser Valley, specifically with regard to the provision of affordable ...
The Nonprofit Sector Capital Market in BC and Alberta
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2009-05)
This paper gives an overview of the Canadian nonprofit capital market, focusing on the nonprofit and social enterprise sectors, including the users of nonprofit capital, the nonprofit capital investors, and the financial ...
Faith-Based Organizations Engaged in the Social Economy in Western Canada
(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 ...
Mapping Social Enterprise in Sunnyside-Hillhurst
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2009-11)
This research, led by Dr. Noel Keough of the University of Calgary and conducted by Master's in Environmental Design student, Celia Lee, has mapped the social economy at a neighbourhood level in one Calgary (Alberta, Canada) ...
Serenity Funeral Service and the BALTA Profiling Tool
(2009-02-14)
This case study of Serenity Funeral Service, a social enterprise in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was done as a class project for a course in Corporate Social responsibility and Social Entrepreneurship taught by Mark Anielski ...
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 ...
Mapping the Social Economy in British Columbia and Alberta: Trends, Patterns, New Directions
(2009-05)
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. As part of this research endeavor, the BALTA Mapping project ...
The BALTA Golden Mussel Project
(2009-02-20)
This powerpoint presentation was presented at the 2008 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) and reviews the results to date of BALTA's research in support of golden mussel aquaculture industry ...
Farmers Markets as Social and Economic Drivers of Local Food Systems
(2009-11-24)
This presentation reported on the results to date of BALTA research projects B5 and B7 (second phase of research) which are exploring the current and potential role of farmers’ markets in British Columbia and Alberta, ...
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 ...