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Scaling Up Local Food
(i4 e-magazine, Canadian Centre for Community Renewal, 2010-11-20)
The key challenge facing local food initiatives is how to scale up to the
point of transforming (rather than merely “informing”) the much larger conventional food system. This article, based on research by the BC-Alberta ...
Sheltering The Social Economy
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2010-10)
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 ...
Westlock Grain Terminals : A Case Study
(Alberta Community & Co-operative Association (ACCA), 2009)
This is a case study of Westlock Grain Terminals, a very successful new generation co-operative located in Westlock, Alberta. In 2002, when the community found out that their grain terminal was going to be sold, they ...
BALTA Newsletter - Spring 2011
(2011-06-23)
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.
BALTA Bits & Bites - Winter 2009
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2009-04)
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.
Creating a Social Economy Community of Practice: The BALTA Experience
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2011-05-11)
The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) is a community-university research partnership that was established in 2006 to undertake research to better understand and strengthen the social economy in Alberta ...
Community Land Trusts
(2008-11-12)
This presentation was given at a workshop in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, co-sponsored by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) and the Edmonton Community Foundation. It provided an introduction to land ...
Social Enterprise Partnerships: Tools for Conviviality
(2008-11-14)
Pat Conaty is a UK-based BALTA collaborator with the New Economics Foundation. His presentation to the 2008 BALTA symposium focused on financing and legal frameworks for the social enterprise sector, both generally and ...
Social Enterprise Practices in Britain and Europe
(2008-11-12)
This presentation was given at a workshop in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, co-sponsored by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) and the Edmonton Community Foundation. It provided an overview of social ...
Market Failure, Peak Oil and Global Insecurity: Can social enterprise respond?
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2008-04-10)
This presentation was made to a public event in Vancouver on April 10, 2008. It explored a range of global crises that pose severe economic, social and ecological challenges and suggested ways in which social enterprise ...