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In 2010/2011, the Foundation for Rural Living (FRL) partnered with Eko Nomos and C Lang Consulting to deliver the Rural Social Enterprise Project (RSEP). Over 150 rural non-profits and social…
The Power of Purchasing, completed in cooperation with the Columbia Institute and ISIS at the Sauder School of Business, shows that sourcing from local suppliers has a big economic impact….
Employment and Skills Strategies in Australia focuses on the role of local employment and training agencies in contributing to job creation and productivity. It looks at the role of Local…
Looking around at the wreckage left in the wake of the world economy’s latest crisis, veteran business journalist Marjorie Kelly noticed that some institutions were left relatively unscathed. What did…
Babita Bhatt and Tessa Hebb have developed a new Social Metrics Primer to measure social value. The primer guides readers through the process of measuring social outputs and valuing social…
Charles Printing is a self-described „affirmative business which provides printing services to customers in Hawkesbury. Such services include colour printing and copying, and tasks related to print finishing such as…
As a non-profit organization, COIN is committed to improving the skills of individuals in the Peterborough community in order to overcome obstacles they may encounter in obtaining employment, including a…
Jarret Value 2 Cooperative operated as a quality second hand retail store in downtown Sudbury. The store was cooperatively owned and run by individuals with developmental disabilities creating training and…
The mission of Out of this World Café is to assist the community by employing current in-patients and out-patients of the psychiatric community, increasing their communal integration by providing real-world…
These reviews built on trends toward the contracting out of community services that began in earnest in BC in the 1980s. Faced with pressure to do more with less, governments…
Plan d’action gouvernemental pour l’entrepreunariat collectif Le Plan d’action gouvernemental pour l’entrepreneuriat collectif vise à optimiser l’impact de ce secteur d’activité économique où se retrouvent des coopératives et des organismes…
Le gouvernement du Québec lance un vaste mouvement en faveur de l’approvisionnement des organismes publics et municipaux en biens et en services produits par des entreprises collectives. Les initiatives visent…
