This document summarizes the annual research plans of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance with respect to its mapping program to survey and document social economy organizations in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.

This document summarizes the annual research plans of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance with respect to its mapping program to survey and document social economy organizations in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This power point presentation explores the emergence of the social economy as a field of study and examines several approaches to defining and conceptualizing the social economy. It suggests that each approach has utility ...

This literature review was produced for BALTA Research Project D3 - Land Tenure and the Social Economy. The purpose of this project was to research shared equity land tenure models being used across the social economy ...