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Training Businesses in Quebec
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) and l'Alliance de recherche universités-communautés en économie sociale (ARUC-ÉS), 2010)
This report examines the experience of what are referred to in Quebec as les entreprises d’insertion. While the term training businesses is used in English, this merely describes the focus on the activity performed in ...
Exploring BALTA’S Future
(2010-09-14)
This report examines both the literature on research networks and examples of research networks to identify key learnings about research networks and the factors that impact on their success. It was conducted as input to ...
QUELQUES INITIATIVES AYANT PERMIS L’INSTITUTIONNALISATION DE L’ÉCONOMIE SOCIALE AU QUÉBEC : RÔLE CENTRAL DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE ET RÔLE ESSENTIEL DE L’ÉTAT - Première partie
(2010-09-15)
This report, prepared in late 2006, provided an updated summary of earlier research regarding Quebec government policies in support of the social economy sector.
Some Initiatives that Enabled the Institutionalization of Quebec’s Social Economy: Civil Society’s Crucial Role and the State’s Essential Role
(2010-09-14)
This report, prepared in late 2006, provided an updated summary, in French, of earlier research regarding Quebec government policies in support of the social economy sector. The first part of the report was translated ...
QUELQUES INITIATIVES AYANT PERMIS L’INSTITUTIONNALISATION DE L’ÉCONOMIE SOCIALE AU QUÉBEC : RÔLE CENTRAL DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE ET RÔLE ESSENTIEL DE L’ÉTAT - Deuxième partie
(2010-09-15)
This report, prepared in late 2006, provided an updated summary, in French, of earlier research regarding Quebec government policies in support of the social economy sector. This is the second section of the report.
BALTA Project C4 - Preliminary Profile of the Size and Scope of the Social Economy in Alberta and British Columbia
(2010-09-15)
This project proposal/plan describes research undertaken on behalf of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) to develop a preliminary profile of the social economy in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, ...
Social Enterprises: Creating Jobs and Community Wellness One Small Business at a Time
(ISIS Research Centre, University of British Columbia, 2010-11)
The social enterprise business model has become increasingly prevalent in recent years; in particular, many social enterprises in British Columbia, Canada, (B.C.) have evolved with a social mission offering employment to ...
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 ...
SERC 2: Natural Resources, Local Development, Local and Organic Food Systems in Alberta and a Case Study-of Farmer Direct Co-operative Ltd.
(2010-07-13)
This is one of several preliminary scoping studies undertaken for Social Economy Research Cluster (SERC) 2 within the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). This SERC focuses on the role of the social economy ...
Prospects for Socializing the Green Economy: The Case of Renewable Energy
(2010-07-14)
This is the project proposal for BALTA Project B6 - Prospects for Socializing the Green Economy: The Case of Renewable Energy. It examines the context for wind energy production and involvement by social economy organizations ...