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Foundations for the Social Economy
(2009-04-03)
At present the strategies, policies and tools employed by the social economy in most countries are diffuse. There is no integrated narrative to bring together the small parts to form a more cohesive whole. This cross-cutting ...
Infrastructure for the Social Economy: A literature Review for BALTA’s Social Economy Research Cluster 3
(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 ...
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 ...
Land Tenure and the Social Economy
(2009-04-06)
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 ...
Farmers’ Markets as Social Economy Drivers of Local Food Systems
(2009-04-12)
There is growing interest in the re-localization of food systems. Farmers’ markets are important and increasingly prevalent sites of economic and social exchange in the evolution of local food systems. Little is understood, ...
Sustainability, Heritage Conservation and Sheltering the Social Economy
(2009-04-07)
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 ...
Social Economy Case Studies in Rural Alberta: Participatory Research with Mexican and Albertan Undergraduate Students
(2009-04-07)
The Puebla-Alberta Community Service Exchange (PACSE) involves students from Augustana Campus, University of Alberta, and Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, Mexico, in community based learning and research in rural ...
The Effect of Machine Virtualization on the Environmental Impact of Desktop Environments
(2009-04-17)
Through the course of this paper two important and recently prominent ideas in computing science are assessed in terms of their combined potential to provide responsive and environmentally responsible alternatives to ...
Scaling the pinnacle of art: learning vacations in Banff National Park, 1940s-1950s
(2009-04-17)
Typically targeted to well-educated, middle class older travellers, the market for learning tourism in Canada has grown significantly in recent years. Operators and conservation agencies in Banff National Park have expressed ...