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BALTA Project C16 – Survey of Social Enterprises in Alberta and British Columbia
(2010-09-25)
This proposal/plan describes research being conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) in association with Simon Fraser University and Mount Royal University. The project is surveying social ...
BALTA Project C18 - Procurement Policy and Market Development for the Social Economy: expanding the market opportunities for social enterprise, co-operatives, and other social economy businesses.
(2010-09-25)
This proposal/plan describes research being conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) in association with Enterprising Non-Profits and the ISIS Centre at the Sauder School of Business, University ...
BALTA Project C17 - Building a Supportive Environment for Social Enterprise: Synthesis of SERC 3 Research Findings
(2010-09-25)
This proposal/plan describes research being conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). This project involves analyzing a range of research projects conducted by BALTA with a view to identifying ...
BALTA Newsletter - Summer 2010
(2010-10-02)
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.
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 ...
Alberta Social Economy Funder Database
(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 ...
British Columbia Social Economy Funder Database
(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 ...
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 ...
Sheltering The Social Economy
(BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2010-10)
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 ...
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. ...