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Preliminary Profile of the Size and Scope of the Social Economy in Alberta and British Columbia
(2010-09-14)
Using existing data, mainly of a statistical nature, this report provides a preliminary profile of the social economy and social economy organizations in the two Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia. Aggregate ...
Training Businesses in Quebec
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) and l'Alliance de recherche universités-communautés en économie sociale (ARUC-ÉS), 2010)
This report examines the experience of what are referred to in Quebec as les entreprises d’insertion. While the term training businesses is used in English, this merely describes the focus on the activity performed in ...
Exploring BALTA’S Future
(2010-09-14)
This report examines both the literature on research networks and examples of research networks to identify key learnings about research networks and the factors that impact on their success. It was conducted as input to ...
QUELQUES INITIATIVES AYANT PERMIS L’INSTITUTIONNALISATION DE L’ÉCONOMIE SOCIALE AU QUÉBEC : RÔLE CENTRAL DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE ET RÔLE ESSENTIEL DE L’ÉTAT - Première partie
(2010-09-15)
This report, prepared in late 2006, provided an updated summary of earlier research regarding Quebec government policies in support of the social economy sector.
Some Initiatives that Enabled the Institutionalization of Quebec’s Social Economy: Civil Society’s Crucial Role and the State’s Essential Role
(2010-09-14)
This report, prepared in late 2006, provided an updated summary, in French, of earlier research regarding Quebec government policies in support of the social economy sector. The first part of the report was translated ...
QUELQUES INITIATIVES AYANT PERMIS L’INSTITUTIONNALISATION DE L’ÉCONOMIE SOCIALE AU QUÉBEC : RÔLE CENTRAL DE LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE ET RÔLE ESSENTIEL DE L’ÉTAT - Deuxième partie
(2010-09-15)
This report, prepared in late 2006, provided an updated summary, in French, of earlier research regarding Quebec government policies in support of the social economy sector. This is the second section of the report.
BALTA Project C4 - Preliminary Profile of the Size and Scope of the Social Economy in Alberta and British Columbia
(2010-09-15)
This project proposal/plan describes research undertaken on behalf of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) to develop a preliminary profile of the social economy in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada, ...
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 ...