Cluster 5 – Developing Policy Frameworks for the Social Economy

Last Updated on September 14th, 2011

Cluster 5 has set out to create an inventory of existing policies relating to the social economy and determine what aspects of a policy make it sustainable. Additionally, the cluster will look at how governments evaluate the social economy and will conduct a broad survey to identify what social enterprises believe to be are the important policies that can effectively support the social economy. Regulations and taxation are also key issues in the social economy and researchers will explore what regulation and taxation structures can promote greater involvement of people in the social economy and foster social enterprise development.

Co-lead, Cristine de Clercy, University of Western Ontario (co-applicant), is a political scientist and public policy analyst; she studies leadership, democracy, and federated organizations, and is an expert regarding public opinion polling.

Co-lead, Brendan Reimer, is the Prairies/Northern Territories Regional Coordinator of the Canadian CED Network/la Réseau canadien de DEC (CCEDNet-RCDEC) and is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The following is a list of co-applicants and collaborators working with Cluster 5:

Cindy Coker, executive director of SEED Winnipeg, Inc. (collaborator), is a longtime community economic development advocate for Aboriginal and urban sectors as well as women. She has expertise in development, organizational governance, and worker-owned businesses.
Ellen Goddard, University of Alberta, Co-operative Chair in Agricultural Marketing and Business in the Department of Rural Economy (co-applicant), has research interests in agricultural marketing, trade and policy, consumer demand for foods in Canada, and co-operatives.
Greg Marchildon, University of Regina, Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Economic History (co-applicant), is also a fellow at the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University.
Kate Waygood, (co-applicant), formerly community co-director of the Community-University Institute for Social Research. Her interests include urban neighbourhood rejuvenation and stability, community development of non-profit organizations, housing, and social planning. She was for many years a community activist on Saskatoon’s city council.

The following is a list of community partners working with Cluster 5:

Canadian Co-operative Association, Ottawa
Community Development Society of Saskatchewan
Community Health Services (Saskatoon) Association
Co-operatives Secretariat, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Manitoba Co-operative Council
Ontario Co-operative Association
QUINT Development Corporation, Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Co-operative Association
Saskatchewan Council for Community Development
Saskatchewan Industry and Resources
Saskatchewan Rural Development

The following is a list of research projects being conducted under Cluster 5 (alphabetically by title):

Adult Education and the Social Economy: Rethinking the Communitarian Pedagogy of Watson Thomson (CL5-11) | Completed
Algoma Central Railway: Wilderness Tourism by Rail (CL5-03-NO) | Completed
Anishinaabek Communities of the Boreal and the Impacts of Roads: Paving the way Towards a Social Economy? (CL5-12)
Breathing Northwinds: Developing a Northern Ontario Arts Network(CL5-23-NO) | Completed
Building a Federal Policy Framework and Program in Support of Community Economic Development (CL5-27-MB) | Completed
Building Social Economy Support in Urban Settings (CL5-20-SK)
Culture, Creativity, and the Arts: Achieving Community Resilience and Sustainability Through the Arts in Sault Ste. Marie (CL5-01-NO) | Completed
Enabling Policy Environments for Co-operative Development: A Comparative Experience (CL5-05-MB) | Completed
Engaging Youth in Community Futures: The Rural Youth Research Internship(CL5-25-NO)
Exploring Key Informants’ Experiences with Self-Directed Funding (CL5-06-SK) | Completed
Exploring Social Entrepreneurship in Saskatchewan (CL5-16-SK)
Factors Affecting the Decisions of International Students and their Spouses to Settle in Saskatchewan/Canada (CL5-17-SK)
Globalization, Social Innovation and Worker Co-operatives: A Comparative Analysis of Co-operative Development in Québec and Saskatchewan from 1980 to 2010 (CL5-09)
Houses and Communities: Learning from a Case Study of Co-operative Assisted Home Ownership in Saskatchewan (CL5-14-SK)
The Importance of Policy for Community Economic Development: A Case Study of the Manitoba Context (CL5-04-MB) | Completed
Ken MacDougall: The Enjoyment of Form (CL5-24-NO) | Completed
Lessons Learned on the Justice Trapline (CL5-18-SK)
Mining and the Social Economy in Baker Lake, Nunavut (CL5-22) | Completed
Municipal Government Support of the Social Economy Sector (CL5-13) | Completed
Plan for Developing the Arts in Northern Ontario (CL5-26-NO)
Re-engaging Citizens: Co-operatives as Public Policy Instruments for Democratic Renewal (CL5-10)
Self Directed Funding: An Evaluation of Existing Self-Managed Contracts in Saskatchewan (CL5-19-SK)
Self Directed Funding Supporting National Partnership Building and Developing a Model that can Work for All (CL5-21-SK)
Social Economy Leadership: Lessons in Organizational Entrepreneurship and Government Partnership (CL5-08)
Social Economy Public Policy Survey (CL5-07)
Social Enterprises and the Ontario Disability Support Program: A Policy Perspective (CL5-02-NO) | Completed
South Bay Park Rangers Employment Project For Persons Living with a Disability: A Case Study in Individual Empowerment and Community Interdependence (CL5-15-SK) | Completed

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