These 12 case studies explore the practical promises and pitfalls of converting existing businesses to worker cooperative ownership—a key strategy for building more democratic workplaces. 

Survey of Co-operative Capital Report highlights innovative ways of raising capital in co-operatives

The Olympic, Commonwealth & Pan Am Games, and the growing case for Social Procurement Policy in Canada

Procurement: Moving from ‘Do no harm’ to ‘Do some good’

A scan of the local social enterprise economy

Social Purpose Enterprises: Case Studies for Social Change presents case studies of twelve organizations that operate in a growing niche within the Canadian social economy: market-based entities supported by a nonprofit organization and operated for the benefit of a workforce who lives on the margins of society.

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