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BALTA Project C17 - Building a Supportive Environment for Social Enterprise: Synthesis of SERC 3 Research Findings
(2010-09-25)
This proposal/plan describes research being conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). This project involves analyzing a range of research projects conducted by BALTA with a view to identifying ...
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 ...
British Columbia Social Economy Funder Database
(Enterprising Non-Profits, 2010-05)
This database resulted from a project of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA)that involved surveying the range of capital providers for social enterprise financing in the two provinces of Alberta and ...
Alberta Social Economy Funder Database
(Enterprising Non-Profits, 2010-05)
This database resulted from a project of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA)that involved surveying the range of capital providers for social enterprise financing in the two provinces of Alberta and ...
Money & Mission: Social Enterprise in Calgary
(2009-11-24)
This power point presentation was made to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). It reports on the results of research into social enterprise development in the City of Calgary, ...
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 ...
A Case Study Of Kitsaki Development Corporation
(Centre for Community Enterprise, 1993)
This selection from the book “Regional Development from the Bottom Up” (Centre for Community Enterprise, 1993) details the evolution of one of Canada's foremost community economic development corporations in the 1980s and ...
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 ...
Kauai Fresh: From food bank to a catalyst of food security
(Making Waves, 2006)
As its "Kauai Fresh" food brand demonstrates, Kauai Food Bank Ohana is learning how to give its charitable activities an entrepreneurial edge. Dependency is giving way to capacity and partnerships as this organization ...