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“Social Economizing” Sustainability: A cross-project analysis & synthesis of research findings
(2010-07-15)
This is the project proposal for BALTA Project B8, which involves the establishment of a one year BALTA supported post-doctoral researcher position. The focus of the position will be to facilitate analysis and synthesis ...
BC-Alberta Social Economy Portraiture Survey 2008-2010: Some Preliminary Patterns
(2010-04-27)
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 ...
The Social Economy in Alberta and BC: Preliminary Patterns
(2010-04)
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 Economy Drivers of Local Food Systems: Phases I and II
(2010-07-14)
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, ...
Seikatsu Coop de consommateurs: Un contribution aux durabilitédu système agricole
(2010-04-09)
This presentation was given at a two-day workshop of the Congrès du mouvement coopératif francophone de l’Alberta in April, 2010. It presents research conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) ...
Bridging the Social Economy and Sustainability Through Food: Exploring the potential for community transformation
(2010-06-04)
This presentation was part of a panel session on "Community Organizing and Community Economic Development" at the 2010 annual conference of the Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER). Drawing on ...
Can it be both? Local Food Initiatives for Social and Environmental Change in Communities
(2010-06-18)
This presentation was part of a panel session on "Planning for Growth or Planning for Equity: Potential and Challenges of Sustainable Community Development" at the Planners Network conference on Towards a Just Metropolis: ...
Affordable Housing Initiative: Sustainable Management of Housing by Not-for-profit and Co-operative Organizations in Response to Decreasing Government Funding Programs
(2010-08-13)
This report arises from project A9 of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). The project examined successful cases of affordable housing provision through social economy organizations (non-profits and ...
BALTA Project A8 - Creating a Database of Social Enterprise Capital Providers in BC and Alberta
(2010-08-13)
This proposal/plan document outlines a research project of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). The project involved surveying the range of capital providers for social enterprise financing in the two ...
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 ...