Social Economy Centre Research Contributions
Articles in research journals
Akingbola, K. (2013). Resourced-Based View of Unincorporated Social Economy Organizations. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 4(1), 66-85
Chum, A., Mook, L., Handy, F., Schugurensky, D. & Quarter, J. (2013) Degree and Direction of Paid Employee/Volunteer Interchange in Nonprofit Organizations. Nonprofit Management and Leadership, 23 (4), 409-426.
Dart, R., Clow, E., & Armstrong, A. (2010). Meaningful difficulties in mapping social enterprises. Social Enterprise Journal, 6(3), 186-193.
Gliedt, T., & Parker, P. (2008). Green community entrepreneurship: Creative destruction in the social economy. International Journal of Social Economics, 34(8), 538-553.
Henderson, A., Brown, S. D., & Pancer, S.M. (2012). Political and Social Dimensions of Civic Engagement: The Impact of Compulsory Community Service. Politics & Policy, 40((1), 93–130.
Henderson, A., Brown, S.D., & Pancer, S.M. (2011). Mandating civic engagement: the impact of compulsory volunteering on political behaviour. LISPOP Working Paper Series, currently under consideration by the Canadian Journal of Political Science.
Kistruck, G., & Qureshi, I. (2007). Disaggregating the impact of directors on financial performance. Invitation to resubmit to the Journal of Management received.
Le Ber, M. J., & Branzei, O. (2010). (Re)Forming strategic cross-sector partnerships: Relational process of social innovation. Business & Society, 49(1), 140-172.
Le Ber, M. J., & Branzei, O. (2010). Towards a critical theory of social value creation in cross-sector partnerships. Organization, 17(5), 1-34.
Le Ber, M. J., & Branzei, O. (2010). Value frame fusion in cross sector interactions. Journal of Business Ethics, 94(1), 163-195.
The following are links to research and position papers on social (purpose) enterprises, including co-operatives and microfinance initiatives, as well as the broader social economy.
BALTA, BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance
Mapping the Social Economy: Results, Reports & Papers
Social Economy: Analysis & Reflection
Social Economy Reader
BC Centre for Social Enterprise: Listings of current policy and research papers
Canadian Co-operative Association: Listings of over 1300 publications on co-operatives
CCEDNET, The Canadian CED Network: Database of publications searchable by term ‘social economy & social enterprise’
The Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan: Publications including occasional papers, research reports, booklets and guides; most are available online as pdfs
EMES, The European Research Network: Research publications and position papers on third sector issues, including a large volume of material on work integration social enterprises
Enterprising Nonprofits: Select research papers related to social enterprises
New research shows 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 significant contributors to both employment creation and economic generators.
The report, Strength, Size, Scope: A Survey of Social Enterprises in Alberta and British Columbia profiles data from 140 of 295 social enterprises in both provinces gathered in the spring and summer of 2010. These social enterprises are engaged in a wide variety of social, cultural, environmental and revenue raising market activities.
Of the total of 4,500 employees, 60 percent or 2,700 employees were members of a designated target group such as persons with a mental or physical handicap or a member of a marginalized population. In addition, the social enterprises that responded to the survey engaged 6,780 full- and part-time volunteers and 27,870 people as members. These social enterprises were responsible for training 11,670 people and providing services to an additional 678,000 people.
The sale of goods and services in the market generated $78 million in revenue across the two provinces and an aggregate net profit of $7.9 million, in the 2009 financial year. Like other nonprofit organizations, social enterprises solicit non-market funds from a variety of funders, including foundations, government and individual donors.
Edited by Laurie Mook , Jack Quarter , and Sherida Ryan
While the term ‘social economy’ is used widely in Western Europe and Quebec, it has had minimal currency in English Canada, where the differences between the public and private sectors and among nonprofits, co-operatives, social enterprises, and community economic development organizations have been emphasized. Researching the Social Economy addresses these limitations by presenting a collection of original essays on the burgeoning bodies of research on the social economy across Canada.
Speakers' Series 2014/2015
The Role of the Nonprofit Sector in Policy & Systems Change - Ontario Nonprofit Network: Cathy Taylor, Executive Director; & Heather Laird, Policy Lead (September 24, 2014)
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Investing in the People Behind the Project: The Role of Funders in Promoting Self Care and Community Care - Laidlaw Foundation: Ana Skinner, Program Manager, Laidlaw Foundation; & Farrah Khan, Coordinator, Outburst! Young Women Muslim Program at the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic (October 29, 2014)
The Social Economy Centre repository/referatory database includes articles, fact sheets, podcasts, presentations, webcasts, and other resources produced by the Social Economy Centre. It will also include links to other relevant resources on the topics of the social economy, social business and volunteers. To search the database, click on the search icon below.
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The following are factsheets developed from the research projects carried out by the Southern Ontario Social Economy Node.
#04 Building Stronger Communities: Organic Farmers and the Social Economy By Jennifer Sumner and Sophie Llewelyn, University of Guelph
#08 Partnering and Resilience: Environmental Service Organizations in Times of Funding Cuts By Travis Gliedt, Paul Parker and Jennifer Lynes, University of Waterloo
#11 Francophone Immigrants: Challenges of Inclusion and the Co-operative Movement By Ginette Lafrenière, Maike Zinabou, Matt Riehl, and Sandy Hoy, Wilfrid Laurier University
Social Business CURA Project Launch Workshop
Monday June 7, 2010
OISE Library
This workshop was an opportunity for university and community partners to meet each other and to introduce everybody to the overall project and to each other. In addition we discussed the research process and the development of the research questions.
Agenda
0915 - Registration – Coffee
0930 - Introductions
Overview of Social Business CURA
1030 - Refreshment Break
1045 - What do we mean by community-engaged scholarship
1215 - Lunch
1300 - Research Focus:
What we are looking for, why its important, how it might shed light on capacity issues, etc
1345 - Case Study Team discussion:
What are the specific case study impacts, stakeholders, indicators
1445 - Refreshment Break
1500 - Check-in with large group: Questions/Discussion (45 minutes)
Continue work in case study teams (45 minutes)
1630 - Next Steps
Case Study Proposals & Ethics Review
1700 - Reception: 7th Floor Peace Lounge
