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BALTA Bits & Bites - Fall 2008
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2008-12)
This is the quarterly newsletter of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). It contains news about BALTA and social economy developments in Alberta and British Columbia.
2008 Summary of Results: BALTA Social Economy Survey - Fall 2008
(2009-02-12)
The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) is a regional collaboration of organizations engaged in research initiatives to strengthen the foundations of the social economy in western Canada. Undertaken by the ...
BALTA Mapping Workplan - 2008-2009
(2009-02-13)
This document summarizes the annual research plans of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance with respect to its mapping program to survey and document social economy organizations in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.
BALTA Project E3 – Mapping the Social Economy from the Ground Up: Urban Neighbourhood/Rural Community Case Study
(2009-02-14)
The social economy has begun to attract a lot of interest in Alberta, Canada. This research proposal is to map, through a sustainability lens, the social economy at a neighbourhood level in one Calgary, Alberta, community. ...
Housing and Human Services in the Social Economy - A Literature Review for BALTA Social Economy Research Cluster 1
(2009-03-07)
One of the first steps in any research process is to undertake a thorough review of the existing literature in a particular area in order to understand the field of knowledge that is being drawn from and built upon. In ...
The Social Economy in BC and Alberta: Strengthening the Foundations for Growth
(2009-03-14)
The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) is a coalition of community based and academic institutions formed to conduct research on the social economy and community economic development in Alberta and British ...
Building a Social Economy Research Platform: Towards a Strategic Decision-Making Approach within the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA)
(2009-03-14)
The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) is a coalition of community based and academic institutions formed to conduct research on the social economy and community economic development. This working paper ...
Alberta Social Economy Funder Database
(Enterprising Non-Profits, 2010-05)
This database resulted from a project of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA)that involved surveying the range of capital providers for social enterprise financing in the two provinces of Alberta and ...
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 ...
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 ...