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Farmers Markets, Local Food Systems and the Social Economy: A Thematic Literature Review
(2011-03-01)
Alternative food systems, often drawing heavily on local and ‘embedded’ markets, have emerged as a response to the dissipating connection between food systems and ecological systems brought about by the globalization trend. ...
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 ...
Scaling Up Local Food
(i4 e-magazine, Canadian Centre for Community Renewal, 2010-11-20)
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 ...
BALTA Newsletter - Spring 2011
(2011-06-23)
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.
What is the social economy? Contested ground or alternative lenses?
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2010-09-30)
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 ...
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 ...
BALTA Newsletter - Autumn 2011
(2011-12-08)
This is the newsletter of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). It contains news about BALTA and social economy developments in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.
BALTA Newsletter - Winter 2012
(2012-04-05)
This is the newsletter of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). It contains news about BALTA and social economy developments in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.
Affordable Housing and the Social Economy in the Fraser Valley Regional District
(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 ...