Social Enterprise; Capacity



|Theme |Title |Node |Description |Key words |Researchers |Deliverables |

|Social Enterprise;|CL1-02-NO Penokean Hills |Northern ON, |Identify the demand for local beef; create a business|Social enterprise; |Academic |Report; creation of a holistic |

|Capacity |Farms Marketing Project |MB, and SK |plan and marketing strategy; increase awareness of |capacity; network; |Alicia Mills, Gayle Broad, |business plan and marketing strategy; |

| | | |local beef; network; share knowledge; assist in |agriculture |David Thompson, Shannon |conference presentation in Hearst; |

| | | |leveraging other resources (i.e. a marketing firm and| |Atkinson (Nordik |radio interviews and a CTV interview; |

| | | |a marketing co-operative). View the poster here. | |Institute-Algoma University); |articles in the Sault Star (Why |

| | | | | |Community |shouldn’t Algoma eat its own beef, |

| | | | | |Algoma Co-operative Livestock |farmers ask; Farmers go local; |

| | | | | |Sales; Penokean Hills Farms; |Penokean Hills Farm Inc.; The Ethics |

| | | | | |Ontario Cattlemen’s |of Eating) |

| | | | | |Association; Northern Quality |(End date: July 2007) |

| | | | | |Meats; East Algoma CFDC and | |

| | | | | |Sault Ste. Marie Area CFDC | |

| | |Atlantic |How can farmer-citizen co-operatives be developed in |Co-ops; agriculture |Academic |Case study on farmer/citizen |

| |2.8 PEI Organic | |ways that address: small-scale (family) farm | |Pamela Courtney Hall |cooperation; journal article; op-ed |

| |Farmer-Citizen | |attrition, centralization of farming, global | |(Philosophy-UPEI), Ford and |for newspaper; conference papers; |

| |Co-operative | |corporatization of food supply, and environmental | |Garland |community workshops; course curriculum|

| | | |degradation and energy waste? Goals of this project | |Community |for a new course in Philosophy at |

| | | |are premised upon 1) providing food for local needs | |Gary Clauseheide, Jane MacNeil,|UPEI; model for citizen-industry |

| | | |first, exporting whatever is surplus, 2) ensuring | |Joyce Coffin (PEI Growing |cooperation (long term) |

| | | |that farmers get a fair price for the food they | |Circle Organic Food Co-op), | |

| | | |grow, and 3) developing a store in Charlottetown that| |Marie Burge | |

| | | |creates economic and educational opportunities for | |(Cooper Institute) | |

| | | |farmers and citizens. | | | |

| | | | | | |(End date: June 2009) |

|Capacity; food |2.17 Community Engagement in |Atlantic |Document regional and national fair trade |Fair trade; best |Community |Research report; learning circle |

|security |Developing Domestic Fair | |initiatives, history of fair trade, successes and |practices; Social |Cooper Institute; |educational materials and engagement |

| |Trade for Food Products | |challenges in establishing and maintaining fair trade|Economy; public |SeaSpray Atlantic Organic |processes; workshops (for farm family |

| | | |practice. Undertake education. Engage producers, |education; |Marketing Cooperative; National|support orgs; for community promoter |

| | | |retailers, consumers. Undertake Fair Trade Learning |agriculture |Farmers’ Union (University of |training); public forums; conference |

| | | |Circles. Design process to establish a Fair Trade | |PEI) |presentation; national fair trade |

| | | |system. Export model to other parts of Canada. | | |network development; PEI conference; |

| | | | | | |national dissemination plan |

| | | | | | |(End date: December 2009) |

|Food security; |3.1 Food Box Program: Current|Atlantic |Evaluate the contributions and potential |Food security; |Academic |Report and paper (journal to be |

|evaluation; |and Potential Contributions | |contributions to the Social Economy of the Kids |Evaluation; Social |Patty Williams (Applied Human |determined); presentations (i.e. at |

|communication; |to the Social Economy | |Action Program’s food box program, including benefits|Economy |Nutrition-Mount Saint Vincent |the Community Forum on Food Security |

|public policy | | |and challenges from the perspective of other | |University); Jessica Penner |and the Social Economy, at SMU’s Lunch|

| | | |vulnerable groups that might benefit from access to | |(International |and Learn); report to the Kids Action |

| | | |the program, and suppliers and producers who might | |Development-Saint Mary’s |Program’s Board of Directors; |

| | | |support the program. | |University) |expansion of the food box program at |

| | | | | |Community |Kids Action Program; develop Phase 2 |

| | | | | |Debra Reimer, Lesley Frank |of the research project |

| | | | | |(Kids Action Program) |(End date: Spring 2008) |

|Food security; |3.2 Community Forum on Food |Atlantic |Bring together local politicians, farmers, |Food security; |Academic |Call for further research proposals (4|

|public policy |Security and the Social | |representatives from local organizations, academics, |community; Social |Patty Williams, Liesel Carlsson|priority themes: Education-Children; |

| |Economy | |students, public health staff and community members |Economy; barriers |(Applied Human Nutrition-Mount |Public Awareness; Food Box |

| | | |already involved in or with an interest in becoming | |Saint Vincent University); |Program-Expansion; Schools |

| | | |involved in community food security (CFS) and food | |Jessica Penner (International |Groups-Building Partnerships; and |

| | | |systems in the Annapolis, Kings and Hants Counties. | |Development-Saint Mary’s |Agricultural Community and Non-Profit |

| | | |Clarify the relationship between CFS and the Social | |University) |Organizations-Increasing Opportunities|

| | | |Economy. Gain in-depth understanding of CFS and the | |Community |for Dialogue); community forum (Nov. |

| | | |different groups involved in the local area. Create | |Debra Reimer, Lesley Frank |7, 2007); forum proceedings |

| | | |shared understanding of barriers to CFS development. | |(Kids Action Program); David | |

| | | |Identify resources and facilitate dialogue around | |Upton (NS Association of | |

| | | |opportunities to build CFS. Discuss and create | |Community Business Development | |

| | | |action supporting local CFS (including policy | |Corporations); Kevin Randall | |

| | | |recommendations). Explore how the Social Economy and| |(FEED Nova Scotia); Deanna | |

| | | |Sustainability Network can support community | |Beck, Stacy Hanninen (Public | |

| | | |mobilization on food security and the Social Economy | |Health Services, | |

| | | |in Kings, Hants, & Annapolis Counties in Nova Scotia.| | | |

|Food security; |3.3 Mobilization around Food |Atlantic |National scan of food security research to fuel |Food security; |Academic | |

|capacity; public |Security within the Canadian | |discussions around potential collaborations and |schools; procurement |Patty Williams, Liesel Carlsson| |

|policy |Social Economy Research | |future research, identify gaps in the food security |policies; health; |(Applied Human Nutrition-Mount | |

| |Partnerships:  A National | |research fabric on a national level, and to initiate |Canada; US |Saint Vincent University); | |

| |Scan | |cooperation among the Canadian Social Economy | |Leslie Brown (Sociology/ | |

| | | |Research Partnerships’ (CSERP) regional nodes to | |Anthropology-Mount Saint | |

| | | |synthesize food security-related results. | |Vincent University) | |

| | | | | |Community | |

| | | | | |Debra Reimer (Kids Action | |

| | | | | |Program); Annie McKitrick | |

| | | | | |(Coordinator, CSEHub) | |

|Food security; |3.4 Mobilization Around Food |Atlantic |Fuel discussions within the SES and SN3 around |Food security; |Academic | |

|mapping; |Security within the Canadian | |potential collaborations and research; identify gaps |networking; Social |Patty Williams, Liesel Carlsson| |

|capacity |Social Economy Research | |in national food security research; initiate |Economy; mapping |(Applied Human Nutrition-Mount | |

| |Partnerships: A National | |cooperation among CSERP regional nodes to synthesize | |Saint Vincent University); | |

| |Scan | |food security-related results | |Leslie Brown (Sociology/ | |

| | | | | |Anthropology-Mount Saint | |

| | | | | |Vincent University); Annie | |

| | | | | |McKitrick (Coordinator, CSEHub)| |

| | | | | |Community | |

| | | | | |Debra Reimer (Kids Action | |

| | | | | |Program); | |

|Food Security; |Project 3.5: Making Healthy, |Atlantic |The purpose of this project was to foster supportive |Food security; youth;|Academic | |

|capacity; |Local Food Possible: Rural | |and sustainable community food networks in rural | |T. Caldwell; J. Llewellyn; | |

| |Community Solutions | |Kings and Hants Counties that begin to meet the needs| |Acadia University | |

| | | |of traditionally marginalized families; specifically | | | |

| | | |families meeting the mandate of the Kids Action | |Community | |

| | | |Program (KAP). | |D. Reimer, Kids Action Program | |

| | | |This project addressed issues related to food | | | |

| | | |insecurity in a very concrete way.  Families were | | | |

| | | |supported to plant and grow food and were provided | | | |

| | | |with the tools and resources necessary to continue to| | | |

| | | |plant gardens in the future.  Experiencing success | | | |

| | | |over this past year has increased the likelihood of | | | |

| | | |future gardening thus contributing to a sustainable | | | |

| | | |food source for those involved.  We will be following| | | |

| | | |up with the families who were provided with | | | |

| | | |containers for their back yards to offer support | | | |

| | | |during the upcoming growing season further | | | |

|Food security; |4.3 Alternative farming |Atlantic |Importance of alternative traditional farming on the |Agriculture; Social |Académique |Nov. 2007 workshop resulting in 14 of |

|public policy |practices and food security | |local economy |Economy; co-ops; food|Omer Chouinard, Gilles Martin |29 farmers prepared to modify their |

| |at the Really Local | | |security |(Sociologie et |agricultural input practices (O. |

| |Cooperative | | | |l'environnement-Université de |Chouinard); ICA/Dourdan Oct. 2006 |

| |4.3 L’utilisation de compost| | | |Moncton); |(L.Bourgeois); Montréal 2007 (L. |

| |comme pratique visant une | |Importance de l’agriculture artisanale alternative | |Communauté |Bourgeois) ; Article in |

| |plus grande viabilité des | |dans l’économie locale | |Léopold Bourgeois (Récolte de |online journal 2008-09 ; Educational |

| |sols chez les fermiers du | | | |chez-nous co-op) |sessions on compost use to farmers : |

| |Sud-Est du Nouveau-Brunswick | | | | |Novembre 2007 and Mars 2008 ; Poster |

| |(La Coopérative de la Récolte| | | | |session , Mobilizing Knowledge and |

| |de Chez-Nous (RCN)) | | | | |Action: Social Economy Research in |

| | | | | | |Atlantic Canada, St-John’s |

| | | | | | |NewFoundland, October 17-19, 2008 |

| | | | | | |Articles : |

| | | | | | |L’utilisation de compost comme |

| | | | | | |pratique visant une plus grande |

| | | | | | |viabilité des sols chez les fermiers |

| | | | | | |du Sud-Est du Nouveau-Brunswick |

| | | | | | |Submitted to Social Economy and |

| | | | | | |Sustainability in Atlantic Canada |

| | | | | | |Économie sociale et solidarité : la |

| | | | | | |Coopérative la Récolte de chez-nous et|

| | | | | | |la viabilité des petites fermes |

| | | | | | |agricole du sud-est du NB. Actes de la|

| | | | | | |22è Conférence de l’Alliance |

| | | | | | |Coopérative Internationale, Revue des |

| | | | | | |études coopératives, mutualistes et |

| | | | | | |associatives (RECMA) accepté le 15 |

| | | | | | |juillet 2008. |

|Food security; |S.5 Cultivating Food Security|Atlantic |Explore the value of school gardens in advancing |School gardens; |Student |Journal article; conference |

|public policy; |in NS Public Schools: A Case | |Community Food Security at the school level. |community; Nova |Liesel Carlsson (Applied Human |presentation |

| |Study of the Gaspereau Valley| |Discover the health, social and ecological effects of|Scotia |Nutrition-Mount Saint Vincent | |

| |Elementary School Garden | |these gardens, how these effects are felt, by whom; | |University) | |

| |Project | |what the key factors are in reconciling benefits, and| |Supervisor | |

| | | |what resources are necessary to ensure the programs | |Patty Williams (Applied Human | |

| | | |are successful | |Nutrition-Mount Saint Vincent | |

| | | | | |University) | |

| | | | | | | |

| | | | | | |(End date: 2009) |

|Mapping | |Southern ON |Explore the Social Economy in the organic farming |Social Economy; |Academic |Journal articles; book chapter; |

| |4. The Social Economy in | |movement, and to investigate its contributions to the|rural; agriculture; |Jennifer Sumner, Ann Clark |conference papers; a Social Economy in|

| |Organic Agriculture | |sustainability of rural communities. This study |food security |(Environmental Design and Rural|organic agriculture conference; |

| | | |builds upon previous research on the links between | |Development-University of |presentation at the Guelph Organic |

| | | |the organic farming movement—built through mutual | |Guelph) |Conference; research report (to be |

| | | |co-operation and communication in the absence of | |Community |posted on the OACC website); policy |

| | | |institutional support—and sustainable rural | |Steve Cavell (OntarBio Organic |recommendations from the Expert |

| | | |communities (Clark & Maitland, 2004; Sumner, 2003a, | |Farmers Co-op Inc.); Debbie |Committee on Organic Agriculture; news|

| | | |2003b, 2005). | |Field (FoodShare Toronto) |story released by OACC; short fact |

|Food Security; |10. To Explore the Synthesis |Southern ON |Look at the synthesis between urban food security and|Food Security; Social|Academic |Local food strategies in Ottawa area; |

|Capacity; |Between Urban Food Security | |rural food producers through social-economy that are |Economy; networking; |David Welch (Social |enhanced cross-pollination across |

|Communication |and Rural Food Producers | |part of ‘buy local’ strategies projects like |non-profits; |Work-University of Ottawa); |Anglo- and Franco Social Economy |

| |Through Such Social-Economy | |catering, community gardens and collective kitchens |Franco-Anglo |Community |agencies |

| |Projects as Catering, | |(City of Ottawa, 2001). Propose policies for a |relations |Lisa Jayne (Ottawa CED | |

| |Community Gardens, Collective| |sustainable, long-term solution for food security. | |Network); Moe Grahan (Just | |

| |Kitchens | |Focus is on rural Franco-Ontarian communities of | |Food/Ottawa Food Security | |

| | | |Eastern Ontario but will develop policies with | |Council | |

| | | |broader application. | | | |

|Social Enterprise;|CL1-02-NO Penokean Hills |Northern ON, |Identify the demand for local beef; create a business|Social enterprise; |Academic |Report; creation of a holistic |

|Capacity |Farms Marketing Project |MB, and SK |plan and marketing strategy; increase awareness of |capacity; network; |Alicia Mills, Gayle Broad, |business plan and marketing strategy; |

| | | |local beef; network; share knowledge; assist in |agriculture |David Thompson, Shannon |conference presentation in Hearst; |

| | | |leveraging other resources (i.e. a marketing firm and| |Atkinson (Nordik |radio interviews and a CTV interview; |

| | | |a marketing co-operative). View the poster here. | |Institute-Algoma University); |articles in the Sault Star (Why |

| | | | | |Community |shouldn’t Algoma eat its own beef, |

| | | | | |Algoma Co-operative Livestock |farmers ask; Farmers go local; |

| | | | | |Sales; Penokean Hills Farms; |Penokean Hills Farm Inc.; The Ethics |

| | | | | |Ontario Cattlemen’s |of Eating) |

| | | | | |Association; Northern Quality |(End date: July 2007) |

| | | | | |Meats; East Algoma CFDC and | |

| | | | | |Sault Ste. Marie Area CFDC | |

|Food Security |CL1-07-NO Community Supported|Northern ON, |Assist new community supported agriculture (CSA) |Food security, |Academic |Publication: Miranda Mayhew et. al. |

| |Agriculture |MB, and SK |groups through the production of a handbook. View |agriculture |Cecilia Fernandez, Miranda |(2007) Community Supported |

| | | |poster here. | |Mayhew, Lee-Ann Chevrette |Agriculture: Putting the “Culture” |

| | | | | |(Community Economic and Social |Back into Agriculture; handbook on how|

| | | | | |Development-Algoma University) |to start a CSA |

| | | | | | | |

| | | | | | |(End date: March 2007) |

|Food Security |CL1-12-MB Harvest Moon |Northern ON, |Identify how new generation co-operatives, |Interviews; food |Academic |Literature review; academic |

| |Society Marketing Co-op: |MB, and SK |specifically those focused on local food systems, |security; |Stéphane McLachlan, Colin |publications; conference papers; |

| |Building Social Capital | |increase social cohesion and social capital within |participatory action |Anderson (Environmental |communications tools (i.e. website |

| |through an Alternative Food | |the immediate marketing group, the larger communities|research; rural; |Conservation-University of MB),|development but also a communication |

| |Economy | |in which they are nested, and among the diverse |focus groups; | |tool for HMS marketing group, a |

| | | |stakeholders represented in the food system. Describe|questionnaires |Community |brochure); press releases; articles |

| | | |group dynamics and evolving nature of social cohesion| |Jo-Lene Gardiner, Celia |for local and regional newspapers and |

| | | |and capital within this emerging rural social | |Guildford (Harvest Moon |television (Harvest Moon Society |

| | | |enterprise. Explore role of social capital in local | |Society) |celebrates sixth year at Clearwater; |

| | | |sustainable food systems. Evaluate role agricultural | | |Producers form marketing group); |

| | | |co-operatives play in managing risk and adapting to | | |workshops at Harvest Moon Festival |

| | | |BSE and future stressors. View poster here. | | |regarding local food, social |

| | | | | | |enterprise development, sustainable |

| | | | | | |agriculture; master’s thesis |

|Food Security; |CL1-13-MB Eat Where You |Northern ON, |Assess possibilities for improving local food |Food security; social|Academic |Academic articles; presentation at |

|Social Enterprises|Live: Building a |MB, and SK |security through the Social Economy with specific |enterprises |Joel Novek |Academic conferences; master’s thesis;|

| |Social Economy of Local Food | |focus on Winnipeg and SK; examine obstacles and | |(Sociology-University of |summary report |

| |in Western Canada | |solutions faced by social enterprises and community | |Winnipeg), Shirley Thompson, | |

| | | |organizations in the food sector. View poster here. | |Cara | |

| | | | | |Nichols, James Kornelson | |

| | | | | |(University of MB), | |

| | | | | |Community | |

| | | | | |Kim Bailey (Mount Carmel | |

| | | | | |Clinic); Paul Chorney (MB Food | |

| | | | | |Charter) | |

| | | | | | |(End date: October 2008) |

| |CL1-24-MB Beyond Local: |Northern ON, |Characterize local food initiatives as a response and| |Academic |Video documentary; journal article |

| |Building Urban-Rural |MB, and SK |alternative to the global agro-food system; identify | |Stephane McLachlan, Colin |(Journal of Agriculture and Human |

| |Solidarity Through Food | |the role and success that local food initiatives have| |Anderson (Environment & |Values); research brochures; |

| |Relationships | |in reducing risk associated with rural decline; | |Geography-University of MB) |conference presentations (Manitoba |

| | | |identify the degree that local marketing is shaped by| |Community |Food Charter Food Security Conference |

| | | |regional variables; evaluate the ways in which local | |Jo-Lene Gardiner, Celia |2009 and Congress 2009: Canadian |

| | | |marketing generates social capital and the degree to | |Guildford (Harvest Moon |Association of Food Studies Annual |

| | | |which this capital increases farm-level resilience to| |Society) |Conference); report; PhD Thesis; blog |

| | | |future crises. | | |(Farm to Fork Research) |

| | | | | | |(End date: April 2009) |

|Food security; |Project 2a: Impact of |North |Examine the qualitative and quantitative effects of | |Academic |25-30 interviews/surveys (March – May |

|Indigenous |Participation in the Wage | |the wage economy on the traditional economy in the | |Brenda Parlee, Zoe Todd (Rural |2008) |

|Communities; |Economy on Traditional | |Inuvialuit Settlement Region. How do different forms| |Economy-University of Alberta);| |

| |Harvesting, Dietary Patterns | |and patterns of employment influence the amount, | | | |

| |and Social Networks in the | |value, and structure of time spent on the land; | |Community | |

| |Inuvialuit Settlement region | |social networks utilized for harvesting, sharing and | |Debbie Gordon Ruben (Hamlet of | |

| | | |distributing country foods; and dietary | |Paulatuk); Bernice Elias | |

| | | |patterns/health? | |(Inuvik Hunters and Trappers | |

| | | | | |Committee); Bob Simpson | |

| | | | | |(Inuvialuit Regional | |

| | | | | |Corporation) | |

|Food Security |Project 2b: The Boom and Bust|North |This research project will investigate to what extent|Food security; |Academic |Master’s thesis; journal articles |

| |of Food Security | |the economic benefits of industrial development are | |Brenda Parlee, | |

| | | |increasing food security in northern communities. | |Ellen Goddard. Angie Chiu (MSc | |

| | | | | |Candidate) Department of Rural | |

| | | | | |Economy  University of Alberta | |

| | | | | | | |

| | | | | |Community | |

|Food Security; |Project 4c: Food Security and|North | | |Academic | |

|indigenous |the Cross-Border Dimensions | | | |David Natcher (Agricultural | |

|communities |of the Vuntut Gwich'in Social| | | |Economics-University of | |

| |Economy | | | |Saskatchewan); | |

| | | | | |Tobi Jeans, University of | |

| | | | | |Saskatchewan) | |

| | | | | | | |

| | | | | |Community | |

| | | | | |Norma Kassi and Jody | |

| | | | | |Butler-Walker, Arctic Health | |

| | | | | |Research Network -Yukon | |

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