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Building a Social Economy Research Platform: Towards a Strategic Decision-Making Approach within the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA)
(2010-07-02)
This working paper amplifies upon the basic research objectives, parameters and questions for the BALTA research program, then elaborates criteria for decision making with regards to selection and approval of specific ...
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 ...
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 ...
Community Finance and Investment Options: Local Capital Investment and Finance Options for Rural Alberta Communities
(Athabasca University, 2012)
This report is part of a project on Sustainability Options for Resource Based Rural Communities. The profound socio-economic shift occurring because of global economic restructuring has created a financing gap in many ...
Community Finance Options: Sustainability Options for Resource Based Rural Communities
(Athabasca University, 2012)
This summary report is part of a project on Sustainability Options for Resource Based Rural Communities. The profound socio-economic shift occurring because of global economic restructuring has created a financing gap in ...
Participatory Action-Oriented Design as a Catalyst for a Canadian Cooperative Housing Renaissance
(2010-07-11)
This presentation explores the results of a participatory action research process undertaken as part of BALTA research project A7 - Co-op Housing Futures: A Spatial Design Research Approach. The project involved a team of ...
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 ...
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 - Winter 2010
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2010-01)
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.