SERC 3 Research Results, Reports & Papers

Measuring the Size, Scope & Scale of the Social Enterprise Sector in Manitoba

O'Connor, Ryan; Elson, Peter R.; Hall, Peter V.; Reimer, Brendan (2016-06-15)

This project surveyed social enterprises in Manitoba during the spring and summer of 2011 to develop clear indicators of their size, market activities, and socio‐economic contributions. In this study, a social enterprise ...

BALTA Project C16 - Strength, Size, Scope: A Survey of Social Enterprises in Alberta and British Columbia

Elson, Peter R.; Hall, Peter V. (2011-01-05)

This report documents new research showing that social enterprises, businesses operated by non-profit organizations for the dual purpose of generating income and creating a social, environmental, and cultural value, are ...

MA in Community Development: Recommendations for the University of Victoria

Broadbent, Matthew J. (2010-09-25)

This project report describes research conducted on behalf of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) and the University of Victoria. The project gathered information about the educational needs of people ...

Exploring Applications of the Nova Scotia Co-op Development System in B.C. and Alberta

BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) (British Columbia Co-operative Association ; Alberta Community and Co-operative Association, 2009-05)

This report summarizes the results of a participatory action research project of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). The research examined how to strengthen the co-operative development systems in ...

Municipal Government Support of the Social Economy Sector

Kain, Jenny; Sharkey, Emma; Webb, Robyn (2010-09-20)

This report is based on research conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) in association with the Saskatchewan/Manitoba/Northwestern Ontario node of the Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships. ...

The Nova Scotia Co-operative Development System

BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) (BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2008-06-19)

This presentation to the 2008 AGM of the British Columbia Co-operative Association is based on research conducted by the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). The research involved a case study of the recent ...

Supporting Innovative Co-operative Development: The Case of the Nova Scotia Co-operative Development System

Soots, Lena K.; Perry, Stewart E.; Cowan, Jamie (BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2007)

This research paper was presented to the 2007 Canadian Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. It discusses a case study of the recent history of successful innovation and development in the co-operative sector ...

Supporting Innovative Co-operative Development: The Case of the Nova Scotia Co-operative Development System

Soots, Lena K. (BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA), 2007)

This research report documents a case study of the recent history of successful innovation and development in the co-operative sector in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been unparalleled in other parts of ...

Le nouveau rôle des organisations de l’économie sociale: perspectives économique et sociale

Mendell, Marguerite (Concordia University, 2007)

This presentation to a 2007 seminar in Vancouver, Canada, of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) was based on research compiled for the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA) in ...

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

Mendell, Marguerite; Rouzier, Ralph (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.

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

Mendell, Marguerite; Rouzier, Ralph (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

Mendell, Marguerite; Rouzier, Ralph (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 ...

Preliminary Profile of the Size and Scope of the Social Economy in Alberta and British Columbia

Sousa, Jorge; Hamdon, Evelyn (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

Dolbel, Carol (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 ...

Municipal Government Support of the Social Economy

Sharkey, Emma; Kain, Jenny (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 (C10) examining the role of municipal governments in supporting the ...

Procurement Policy and Market Development for the Social Economy: Expanding the Market Opportunities for Social Enterprise, Co-operatives, and Other Social Economy Businesses

LePage, David; Polak, Amanda (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 (C18) examining procurement policy and market development for the social ...