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BALTA Highlights - January-February 2007
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2007-02)
An update/newsletter on development of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA).
BALTA Highlights Report - January 3, 2007
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2007-01)
An update/newsletter on development of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA).
BALTA Bits & Bites - Spring 2008
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2008-07)
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.
Constructing a Sustainable Future: Exploring the Strategic Relevance of Social and Solidarity Economy Frameworks
(2007-08)
This working paper explores recent economic trends and thinking and the resulting conceptualizations of social and solidarity economy. The project focused on examining the definition of social economy being used by BALTA ...
Social Economy? Solidarity Economy? Exploring the Implications of Conceptual Nuance for Acting in a Volatile World
(Published as "Social economy and solidarity economy: Transformative concepts for unprecedented times" in Jenna Allard, Carl Davidson and Julie Matthaei (Eds.). Solidarity economy: building alternatives for people and planet. Changemaker Publications, Chicago., 2008)
This paper suggests that the solidarity economy as a conceptual framework in progress may have significant theoretical and strategic implications for actors in the social economy. The distinct boundaries most social economy ...
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 ...
Farmers Markets as Social and Economic Drivers of Local Food Systems
(2008-11-13)
This presentation reported on the results to date of BALTA research project B5 which is exploring the current and potential role of farmers’ markets in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, as social economy drivers for ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...