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    • 2008 BALTA Symposium Program 

      BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) (2010-07-15)
      The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) held its first symposium in November 2008 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This is the program for the two day event.
    • 2008 Summary of Results: BALTA Social Economy Survey - Fall 2008 

      Affolderbach, Julia; Gismondi, Mike (2009-02-12)
      The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) is a regional collaboration of organizations engaged in research initiatives to strengthen the foundations of the social economy in western Canada. Undertaken by the ...
    • The 3 Levels Of Outcomes: A Framework For Evaluating Multidimensional CED 

      Leviten, Eric (Making Waves, 2000)
      CED organizations can undertake a tremendous range of activities in the service of their constituents and communities. This article reports on how one CED organization (see Torjman, 2000 as well) clarified the outcomes ...
    • Affordable Housing and the Social Economy in the Fraser Valley Regional District 

      van Wyk, Anita; van Wyk, Ron (2012-06-29)
      The semantic meaning of the concept “social housing” is doubtless related to housing that has been specifically designed to meet the needs of tenants in terms of affordability and suitability. Social economic organizations ...
    • Affordable Housing Initiative: Sustainable Management of Housing by Not-for-profit and Co-operative Organizations in Response to Decreasing Government Funding Programs 

      Svedova, Jana; Buczkowska, Joanna; Penfold, George (2009-11-25)
      This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on BALTA Project A9, which looked at successful cases of affordable housing provision through social economy ...
    • Affordable Housing Initiative: Sustainable Management of Housing by Not-for-profit and Co-operative Organizations in Response to Decreasing Government Funding Programs 

      Svedova, Jana; Penfold, George; Buczkowska, Joanna (2010-08-13)
      This report arises from project A9 of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). The project examined successful cases of affordable housing provision through social economy organizations (non-profits and ...
    • Alberta Social Economy Funder Database 

      Pearson, Rebecca; Polak, Amanda; Beam, Emily; Buczkowska, Joanna (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 Wind Projects Next Steps Strategy 

      MacArthur, Julie (2010-07-10)
      This is one of three reports arising from BALTA research project B6 - Prospects for Socializing the Green Economy: The Case of Renewable Energy. It builds upon the background research conducted for the other two papers and ...
    • Alternative Land Tenure and the Social Economy 

      Heisler, Karen (2010-07-16)
      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 ...
    • Alternative Land Tenure and the Social Economy 

      Heisler, Karen (2010-07-16)
      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 ...
    • Alternatives For Public Sector Reform: Co-operatives & the ASD Debate 

      Lindquist, Evert A. (Making Waves, 2002)
      Local, non-governmental contractors may well outperform the bureaucrats in service delivery, assuming communities have social capital adequate to the job. What kind of business offers efficiency and accountability while ...
    • Approaches to Financially Sustainable Provision of Affordable Housing by Not-for-Profit Organizations and Co-operatives: Perspectives from Canada, the USA, and Europe 

      Svedova, Jana; Penfold, George; Buczkowska, Joanna (2010-08-13)
      This paper arises from project A9 of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). The project examined successful cases of affordable housing provision through social economy organizations (non-profits and ...
    • Are Outcomes The Best Outcome? 

      Torjman, Sherri (Making Waves, 2000)
      This commentary challenges the obsession with outcomes as part of the preoccupation with accountability. It recognises the need for clearly defined targets, but it argues that many crucial and equally important developments ...
    • Assets, Equity, & Empowerment: At Quint, Housing Is One Part of the Community Development Equation 

      Wilson, Gary (Making Waves, 1998)
      Since its launch in 1995, Quint Development Corporation has skillfully fused local determination with outside expertise, money, & political influence. This article was written before the results were in. Since, Quint's ...
    • BAL:TA Project A3 Update - Social Purpose Capital Markets 

      Pearson, Rebecca; Kain, Jenny; Garber-Conrad, Martin (2009-02-19)
      This is an update on 2008-2009 plans for this research project, whose intended objectives are: To describe the current scope and state of the non profit capital market in B.C. and Alberta; To examine the dollar value of ...
    • BALTA 2008 Symposium Program 

      BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) (2010-07-19)
      The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) held its first symposium in November 2008 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This is the program for the two day event.
    • BALTA 2009 Symposium Program 

      BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) (2010-07-19)
      The BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) held its second symposium in November 2009 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This is the program for the two day event.
    • BALTA Bits & Bites - Fall 2008 

      Brocklehurst, Sara-Jane; Lewis, Mike; LePage, David; Ward, Bob; Wulff, Stuart; Murray, Carol; Pearson, Rebecca (BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2008-12)
      This is the quarterly newsletter of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). It contains news about BALTA and social economy developments in Alberta and British Columbia.
    • BALTA Bits & Bites - January-February 2008 

      Brocklehurst, Sara-Jane; Wulff, Stuart; Lewis, Mike (BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2008-02-29)
      This is the bi-monthly newsletter of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). It contains news about BALTA and social economy developments in Alberta and British Columbia.
    • BALTA Bits & Bites - November-December 2007 

      Wulff, Stuart; Brocklehurst, Sara-Jane; Lewis, Mike; Sousa, Jorge; Sadownik, Bryn (BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2007-12-31)
      This is the bi-monthly newsletter of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). It contains news about BALTA and social economy developments in Alberta and British Columbia.


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