For Immediate Release

Housing For All: The Social Economy and Homelessness in Victoria By Benjamin Isitt Solutions to homelessness in British Columbia’s Capital Region already exist – in innovative and diverse social economy organizations that today house more than 7,000 Greater Victoria residents. This study illuminates the emergence of the region’s homelessness crisis through personal stories, statistical data, and a broad interdisciplinary literature.

September 18, 2008 - The first guest in the 2008 BCICS and CSEHub Fall Speakers Series: Co-operation and Sustainability was Uriel Leviatan, of the Dept of Sociology and Anthropology and the Institute for Kibbutz Research at the University of Haifa in Israel. Prof.

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The Social Economy Centre (OISE/UT) Presents

The Conversion of Alexandra Park Public Housing into Atkinson Housing Co-Operative

Tom Clement
Executive Director, Co-Operative Housing Federation of Toronto
Jorge Sousa
Assistant Professor, University of Alberta

Wednesday, September 24, 2008
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the Universit

The Centre for the Study of Co-operatives is proud to announce to its stakeholders in the co-operative community, its management board, and associated fellows, scholars, and staff that our director, Lou Hammond Ketilson, is this year’s winner of the Co-op Merit Award for Exemplary Contributions to Co-operative Studies.

• Interview with Darryl Reed by Annie McKitrick
  (MP3 file, 12:38 mins, 5.8 MB)

Please click on the above link to listen to the interview.

Darryl Reed is Associate Professor in the Division of Social Science at York Univers

Listed here are various academic journals and periodicals that cover subject areas relevant to Social Economy-oriented research and publication:

American Journal of Economics and Sociology
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy
Canadian Journal of Development Studies
Canadian Journal for New Scholars in Education
Canadian Review of Social Policy
Columbia Journal of Law

July 3-8, 2008 - The first ever International Doctoral Summer School on the Social Economy took place in Corsica, France, providing participating students with an opportunity to connect with established researchers, professors, and potential collaborators. Hosted by Cinefogo, EMES, and the University of Corsica, this event was attended by more than 40 students from around the world.