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Social Enterprise in Human Services and Affordable Housing
(2007-03-04)
Human services and affordable housing are two constant themes in the history of CED and the social economy. This is not surprising. How we care for each other, or not, speaks centrally to the character of our social relations ...
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. ...
Lessons Learned From Systematic Replication of Social Enterprises
(2009-02-20)
This is one of three literature reviews for research project D2 - Leveraging Social Ownership of Proprietary Trademarks related to the Golden Mussel as a Base for Expansion of Social Enterprise in Coastal B.C. Aboriginal ...
BALTA Project D2 Proposal for 2008-2009 - Leveraging Social Ownership of Proprietary Trademarks related to the Golden Mussel as a Base for Expansion of Social Enterprise in Coastal B.C. Aboriginal Communities
(2009-02-20)
This proposal presents plans for the second phase of research by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) linked to support of golden mussel aquaculture industry development with British Columbia, Canada, ...
BALTA Project D2 Proposal for 2007-2008 - Leveraging Social Ownership of Proprietary Trademarks related to the Golden Mussel as a Base for Expansion of Social Enterprise in Coastal B.C. Aboriginal Communities
(2009-02-20)
This proposal/plan presents plans for research by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) in support of golden mussel aquaculture industry development with British Columbia, Canada, coastal First Nations ...
Project B1 - Understanding the role of the social economy in advancing rural revitalization and development.
(2007-04-10)
This project will build upon the broad literature review currently being conducted for SERC II, and will focus on the role that social enterprises in specific resource sectors play in sustaining and revitalizing rural ...
Natural Resources, Local Development and Social Enterprise: Examining the Connection Between Sustainable Rural Development and the Social Economy in British Columbia and Alberta
(2009-04-06)
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. It ...
Sustainable Infrastructure for the Social Economy: Cluster-based Social Enterprise Models
(2009-04-06)
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 ...
The Political Imperative: Civil Society and the Politics of Empowerment
(Making Waves, 2004)
There's a driving desire in this country right now for deep change to the way we live and govern ourselves. I see it ion the women's movement, the co-op movement, the environmental movement, in labour, in community economic ...
A Day In The Life Of Le Boulot Vers
(Making Waves, 2004)
For nearly a generation now, Montréal's Le Boulot vers ... has been helping young people make the break from poverty, alienation, and dependency, and discover instead a world of opportunity. Most often referred to as a ...