Browsing B.C. - Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) by Title
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The Cape Breton Laborers Development Company: A Case Report
(Centre for Community Enterprise, 1994)The main activity of this trade union owned non-profit company is to finance and construct affordable housing. An inspired example of social and economic solidarity at work: the resulting model became recognized well beyond ... -
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 ... -
CED & the Social Economy
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CED and Social Economy Policy Inventory in B.C. and Alberta (Phase I)
(2008-11-13)This presentation addresses the aims and initial results from BALTA's Research Project C9. Objectives of this project are: To conduct an inventory of federal and provincial legislation, policies, programs and initiatives ... -
The Challenge In Designing Government Programs For CED
(Making Waves, 2002)The often sorry record of government in community economic development has important lessons for future CED program designers. Ingrained socio-economic distress requires long-term, multidimensional action. Local people ... -
Co-op Elder Care in Canada: A Call to Action
(British Columbia Co-operative Association, 2008-06)This report is the result of the work of a two year National Task Force on Co-op Elder Care that was established by the Canadian Co-operative Association. It explores the state of co-op elder care in Canada, considers the ... -
Co-op Housing Futures: A Spatial Design Research Approach
(2010-08-10)This proposal/plan document outlines a research project of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). The project explores the potential impact of a participatory action research process using an environmental ... -
Co-op Survival Rates in Alberta
(2011-11-04)This is the final report of the Alberta component of research that was conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), the Alberta Community and Co-operative Association (ACCA) and the British Columbia ... -
Co-op Survival Rates in British Columbia
(British Columbia Co-operative Association, 2011-06)This is the final report of the British Columbia component of research that was conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), the Alberta Community and Co-operative Association (ACCA) and the British ... -
Co-ops, the social economy, and CED in Quebec
(Making Waves, 2001)Understanding the relationship between CED and the co-operative movement in Quebec -
Collaboration, Innovation & Organizational Learning: An Exploration of Non-profit Clusters and Shared Spaces
(2009-11-25)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the results of a BALTA research project (D4) that explored the benefits of social enterprise and non-profit ... -
Community Economic Development Opportunities in Alberta
(2016-06-25)The Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet) and Momentum, a Calgary, Alberta based community economic development (CED) organization, have issued this brief in Alberta. The brief is directed to the Alberta ... -
Community Economic Development, Community Development Finance: Introducing the Terms Exploring the Relationship
(2007-09-18)How the two terms community economic development and community development finance are defined is crucial to the construction of any development system, whether it be geographic or functional in scope. What the terms are ... -
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 ... -
Community Land Trusts
(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 introduction to land ... -
Community Organizing & Economic Democracy in New England
(Making Waves, 1991)Citizens' action organizations in the Naugatuck and Merrimack valleys in rural and small town Connecticut have been integrating strategies of social and economic development to restore a region seriously threatened by the ... -
Community reinvestment and the challenges of scaling up the social economy
(2007-10)This presentation to the 2007 CIRIEC International Research Conference provided an overview of results from initial literature reviews conducted on behalf of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). The ... -
The Community Resilience Manual--A New Resource Will Link Rural Revitalization To CED Best Practice
(Making Waves, 1999)All our small towns aren't reeling from current economic developments; some have prospered, responding to crisis with creativity, unity, and a determination to control their own destiny. What have they got that others ... -
Community-Based Recycling put on Hold: Cambridge’s failed bid to replicate the ERS
(Making Waves, 1995)Inspired by the success of the Edmonton Recycling Society,(Guenter, 1995) an innovative CED organization in Southern Ontario mobilized to compete for a major recycling contract in the Waterloo region. However, procurement ...