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Early in 2011 Bow Valley College’s Office of Applied Research and Innovation was contacted by the Community Futures Network of Alberta, also referred to as Community Futures Alberta, requesting to…
Agencies with an interest in co‐operative development would benefit from better understanding of the patterns and causes of co‐op formation and dissolution in Alberta. The research aims were to establish:…
To date, no study has been conducted on the survival rates and success factors of co-operatives in BC. Data from a 2008 Quebec study, which showed a 64% survival rate…
In 2007–2008, Canada spent an estimated $14.3 billion in public expenditures for mental health services and supports.1 According to a 2009 report by the Mood Disorders Society of Canada, costs…
Too many economic development policymakers are overly focused on the goal of economic growth. But growth is only good to the extent that it brings about increased real incomes for…
This project gathered ideas from leading experts in the US to develop job creation proposals that met the following criteria: designed for implementation by cities and/or states and will lead…
There has been much political interest in the role of the social economy, or third sector, in providing jobs and supporting vulnerable people into the workforce. Although social economy organisations…
3Victoria, June 3, 2013 – The Community Social Planning Council of Greater Victoria’s Building Resilient Neighbourhoods project has just released a report highlighting research and lessons learned from Phase One…
This workbook tells the story of Savannah’s experience in developing a citizen-centered city government that allowed it to work productively with local residents to improve troubled neighborhoods and build a…
This new volume brings together three articles that explore different aspects of the relationship between local communities and the newspapers that print stories about them. In “A Guide to Developing…
This workbook explores these questions: How do you build your rural community from the inside out? How do you find and mobilize the assets of your small town and rural…
This publication is based on a seminar held with the centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS), Cardiff University, on 16 April 2013 Social enterprises play an important…
