Research Projects - Cross-Cutting

BALTA Project D8 - Credit Unions and Rural Reinvestment – Phase B

Perry, Stewart E.; Markey, Sean (2010-08-21)

This project proposal/plan outlines planned research of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance that builds on the results of earlier research (Project D5) on credit unions and rural community reinvestment. This ...
Sustainable Infrastructure for the Social Economy: Cluster-based Social Enterprise Models

Soots, Lena K. (2009-04-06)

The social economy is a mosaic of organizations, from credit unions and co-operatives to social enterprises and non-profit organizations. Many non-profit organizations and social enterprises work on shoestring budgets and ...
Land Tenure and the Social Economy

Roseland, Mark; Gismondi, Mike (2009-04-06)

This is a proposal and plan for a BALTA research project. Shared equity land ownership is important in the social economy. Examples of it can be found in a range of sectors including agriculture, housing (in rural and ...
BALTA Project D1 - SERC Literature reviews

Roseland, Mark (2009-03-07)

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. In ...