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Enterprising Change: Report of the 2015 Social Enterprise Survey for Ontario

Organization: 
The Canadian CED Network, MaRS Centre for Impact Investing, Simon Fraser University, Mount Royal University
Author: 
Paul Chamberlain, Kelly Gillis, Taralyn Prindiville, Olivia Bechard, Muska Ulhaq, Peter R. Elson, Peter V. Hall

Enterprising Change 2015 Social Enterprise Survey for OntarioThere has been a lot of talk about social enterprise (SE) over the last few years, with many ideas about what it is and what it means for the future of our communities.

Year: 
2015
Format: 
Research report
Categories: 
Research & Development
Social Economy & Social Enterprise
Source: 
CCEDNet
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The Community Land Trust Reader

Author: 
Edited by John Emmeus Davis

The Community Land Trust ReaderThe community land trust is an innovative form of tenure that combines common ownership of land with individual ownership of any buildings that are located upon that land. It first appeared in the United States forty years ago.

Year: 
2010
Format: 
Book
Categories: 
Community Capacity Building
Housing & Real Estate
Policy Development & Advocacy
Stories and Experiences
Source: 
Buy

The Power Of Civic Action

Organization: 
Metcalf Foundation and Thorncliffe Park Women's Committee
Author: 
Margaret Webb

How the Thorncliffe Park Women’s Committee revitalized their park and created an engine of grassroots economic activity

Year: 
2015
Format: 
Document
Categories: 
Community Capacity Building
Culture and the Arts
New Canadians
Women
Source: 
Weblink

The Aspiring Workforce: Employment and Income for People with Serious Mental Illness

Organization: 
Mental Health Commission of Canada

The Aspiring WorkforceA disproportionate number of people with serious mental illness in Canada are unemployed, or detached from the labour market, and the numbers of people with mental illness transitioning onto disability income suppor

Year: 
2013
Format: 
Research report
Categories: 
Job Training
Health
Psychiatric Survivors
Source: 
Weblink

The Cooperative Advantage for Community Development

Organization: 
The Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity (JEOD)

Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity (JEOD)Empirical evidence has shown that cooperatives are diverse organizations that efficaciously address a plurality of socio-economic needs. Cooperative organizations are effective in provisioning for myriad life needs, and do so in more democratic and sustainable ways than investor-owned firms.

Year: 
2015
Format: 
Document
Categories: 
Community Capacity Building
Co-operatives
Source: 
Weblink
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