Browsing Social Economy Research Cluster (SERC) 2 - The Social Economy in Rural Revitalization and Development by Issue Date
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Project B1 - Understanding the role of the social economy in advancing rural revitalization and development.
(2007-04-10)This project will build upon the broad literature review currently being conducted for SERC II, and will focus on the role that social enterprises in specific resource sectors play in sustaining and revitalizing rural ... -
SERC 2 WorkPlan The Social Economy in Rural Revitalization and Development
(2007-04-10)To explore and understand the social economy in relation to natural resources and sustainable rural development in order to: • increase awareness; • identify and build capacity; • effect policy to scale up the social ... -
Project B2-2007 Sustainability and the Social Economy
(2007-04-11)This project will examine the theoretical and practical implications of socio-ecological questions for the social economy or solidarity economy. The initial proposal is three parallel avenues of research: 1) a critical ... -
Rural Sociological Barriers to Adoption of Conservation and Food safety in Rural Alberta
(2007-08-28)This project was premised on the belief that adoption of conservation and food safety beneficial management practices is affected not only by economic factors, but also by a host of other socio-psychological variables. ... -
Farmers Markets as Social and Economic Drivers of Local Food Systems
(2008-11-13)This presentation reported on the results to date of BALTA research project B5 which is exploring the current and potential role of farmers’ markets in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada, as social economy drivers for ... -
Westlock Grain Terminals : A Case Study
(Alberta Community & Co-operative Association (ACCA), 2009)This is a case study of Westlock Grain Terminals, a very successful new generation co-operative located in Westlock, Alberta. In 2002, when the community found out that their grain terminal was going to be sold, they ... -
Research activity summary and final report for Project B2
(2009-01-05)The following is a research activity summary and final report for Project B2 – Sustainability and the Social Economy – completed June 30th, 2008. The overall project timeline is May 2007 – April 2009. This report covers ... -
Sustainability, the Social Economy, and the Eco-social Crisis: Traveling Concepts and Bridging Fields
(2009-01-05)Current global issues such as climate change and peak oil have brought attention to the severity and complexity of our eco-social crisis and called for local action and community-based solutions. There is a need for middle ... -
Power Point Presentation for Congress 2008. Sustainability, the Social economy, and the Eco-Social Crisis
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Natural Resources, Local Development and Social Enterprise: Examining the Connection Between Sustainable Rural Development and the Social Economy in British Columbia and Alberta
(2009-04-06)One of the first steps in any research process is to undertake a thorough review of the existing literature in a particular area in order to understand the field of knowledge that is being drawn from and built upon. It ... -
Sustainability, Heritage Conservation and Sheltering the Social Economy
(2009-04-07)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 ... -
Social Economy Case Studies in Rural Alberta: Participatory Research with Mexican and Albertan Undergraduate Students
(2009-04-07)The Puebla-Alberta Community Service Exchange (PACSE) involves students from Augustana Campus, University of Alberta, and Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, Mexico, in community based learning and research in rural ... -
Farmers’ Markets as Social Economy Drivers of Local Food Systems
(2009-04-12)There is growing interest in the re-localization of food systems. Farmers’ markets are important and increasingly prevalent sites of economic and social exchange in the evolution of local food systems. Little is understood, ... -
Farmers Markets as Social and Economic Drivers of Local Food Systems
(2009-11-24)This presentation reported on the results to date of BALTA research projects B5 and B7 (second phase of research) which are exploring the current and potential role of farmers’ markets in British Columbia and Alberta, ... -
Reciprocity is Green: Sustainable Development and the Social Economy
(2009-11-24)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) explores the potential for synergy between the sustainable development and social economy fields/movements. -
Seikatsu Consumer Coop: Scaling up food system transformation?
(2009-11-24)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on BALTA research on the Seikatsu Consumer Co-operative in Japan and explores its relevance for local food system ... -
Sustainability, the Social Economy, and the Eco-Social Crisis: Traveling Concepts and Bridging Fields
(2009-11-24)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the results of a BALTA research project (B2) examining the potential synergy between the sustainability and ... -
Westlock Grain Terminals : A Case Study
(2009-11-24)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on a case study of Westlock Grain Terminals, a new generation co-operative in Alberta, Canada. -
Conservation Land Trusts in Alberta
(2009-11-25)This presentation to the 2009 symposium of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) reports on the results of BALTA related research into land trusts, specifically an examination of conservation land trusts ...