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Since the 2010s, all levels of governments in Canada have gradually initiated social procurement as a policy tool to further their social values and political agendas. Social enterprises of various…
Policy Research Initiative periodical Horizons, Volume 8, Number 2, February 2006 Contents Social Economy: Entrepreneurial Spirit in Community Service Jean-Pierre Voyer, PRI Horizons The Government of Canada and the Social…
Reflections on Past, Present and Future Directions This publication explores the possibilities, opportunities and challenges that the social innovation movement has faced and will continue to face in support of…
In this final session of the Just Transition Research Collaborative webinar series, the focus is on power and politics and unpack what has happened to Just Transitions in the five…
THIS REPORT is about the value of Indigenous lands. Picking up from Land Back, the first Red Paper by Yellowhead about the project of land reclamation, Cash Back looks at how…
Co-Creating A New Economics for the 21st Century: We are in the midst of an epoch paradigm shift, from inequality to solidarity. Capitalism’s contradictions have birthed four great, increasingly interconnected…
The intersecting crises of income and wealth inequality and climate change, driven by systemic white supremacy and gender inequality, has exposed the frailty of the U.S. economy and democracy. This…
ABSTRACT For social enterprise to matter to racialized people, it must be purposefully embedded in the community. This study examines three nonprofit organizations led by women engaged in community economic…
Elinor Ostrom humanised the study of economics and politics. She discovered what is possible, and the problems that can be solved, when we trust each other. Her work inspires optimism,…
Peter A. Victor, author of Managing without Growth. Slower by Design, not Disaster, is a Professor Emeritus at York University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from UBC in 1971…
Winnipeg’s social enterprise community has spawned an exciting new book called The Beautiful Bailout: How Social Innovation Will Solve Government’s Priciest Problems. The book is penned by Shaun Loney, an…
In January of 2019, the Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet), and partners commissioned a small project focusing on the emergent Federal Social Finance Fund. This initiative was part of…
