This is the final report of BALTA research project D4 - Sustainable Infrastructure for the Social Economy: Cluster-Based Social Enterprise Models. Political and economic restructuring over the past 30 years has had a ...

This presentation to the 2007 CIRIEC International Research Conference provided an overview of results from initial literature reviews conducted on behalf of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). The ...

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 ...

This project will examine the theoretical and practical implications of socio-ecological questions for the social economy or solidarity economy. The initial proposal is three parallel avenues of research: 1) a critical ...

The social economy is a mosaic of organizations, from credit unions and co-operatives to social enterprises and non-profit organizations. Many non-profit organizations and social enterprises work on shoestring budgets and ...

This is a proposal and plan for a BALTA research project. Shared equity land ownership is important in the social economy. Examples of it can be found in a range of sectors including agriculture, housing (in rural and ...

This is the project proposal for BALTA Project B8, which involves the establishment of a one year BALTA supported post-doctoral researcher position. The focus of the position will be to facilitate analysis and synthesis ...

This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) explores the potential for synergy between the sustainable development and social economy fields/movements.

This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on BALTA Project D3, which explored a range of land tenure and land trusts issues and models. It also explains the ...

This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the results of a BALTA research project (D4) that explored the benefits of social enterprise and non-profit ...