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Affordable Housing and the Social Economy in the Fraser Valley Regional District
(2012-06-29)
The semantic meaning of the concept “social housing” is doubtless related to housing that has been specifically designed to meet the needs of tenants in terms of affordability and suitability. Social
economic organizations ...
Faith-Based Organizations Engaged in the Social Economy: The Example of Catholic Religious Orders and the Mennonites
(2013-08-18)
This research report is the second phase of a two-part research program investigating the
recent contributions of faith communities to social economy initiatives in Canada. The first phase broadly explored the involvement ...
Mapping the Social Economy in British Columbia and Alberta: Final Report
(2013-04-10)
This report begins to paint an interesting portrait of the social economy in BC and Alberta. It was created through the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). This alliance was initially started as a 5 year ...
BALTA Project D8 - Credit Unions and Rural Reinvestment – Phase B
(2010-08-21)
This project proposal/plan outlines planned research of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance that builds on the results of earlier research (Project D5) on credit unions and rural community reinvestment. This ...
Credit Unions and the Rural Social Economy
(2010-06-04)
This research project of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) explored the unique role of credit unions
related to financing the social economy and contributing to rural revitalization. Several case ...
BALTA Project A9 - Affordable Housing Initiative: Sustainable management of housing by not-for-profits and co-ops with minimal to no government support.
(2010-08-13)
This proposal/plan document outlines a research project of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). The project explores models of successful financing and management of non-profit housing in Alberta and ...
Credit Unions as a Financing Source for the Social Economy
(2010-09-20)
This proposal/plan outlines a research project of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). This project conducted initial exploratory research concerning credit unions as a foundation for developing a ...
Beyond Co-Location: Clustering the Social Economy
(2010-07-10)
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 ...
BALTA Project C16 - Strength, Size, Scope: A Survey of Social Enterprises in Alberta and British Columbia
(2011-01-05)
This report documents new research showing that social enterprises, businesses operated by non-profit organizations for the dual purpose of generating income and creating a social, environmental, and cultural value, are ...
BALTA Newsletter - Autumn 2010 - Winter 2011
(2011-03-22)
This is the newsletter of the of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). It contains news about BALTA and social economy developments in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.