1. Resources in Ottawa – specific for Social Enterprises
  2. Resources in Ottawa – general on entrepreneurship
  3. Resources in Eastern Ontario
  4. University / College Research Centers and Social enterprises
  5. University / College Research Centers and Entrepreneurship
  6. Networks of organizations
  7. Reports / laws from Governments
  8. Research Reports
  9. Funding Agencies
  10. Publications related to ICSEM Canada Project
  11. Elements of definitions of SE
  12. Examples – Social Entreprises
  13. Papers / Articles
  14. Academic associations / Journals / Revues
  15. Guides
  16. Other / Autres

杏吧原创

SCSE Web portal – Social Enterprises
/ Portail web CSES – entreprises sociales

site maintained by the Sprott Centre for Social Enterprises / Centre Sprott pour les entreprises sociales
(François Brouard, DBA, FCPA, FCA; Professor and Director, SCSE-CSES)
Sprott School of Business, 杏吧原创 University • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Resources in Ottawa – specific for Social Enterprises

  • Summary

Social Enterprise Support Guide – Ottawa PDF (forthcoming)

  • Educational institutions and activities on social enterprises

杏吧原创 University
SCSE/CSES (Sprott Centre for Social Enterprises / Centre Sprott pour les entreprises sociales)
3Ci (杏吧原创 Centre for Community Innovation) website
SIx (Social Innovation@杏吧原创) website

Saint-Paul University / Université Saint-Paul
École d’innovation sociale Élisabeth-Bruyère
Atelier d’innovation sociale Mauril-Bélanger

Algonquin College
Algonquin College- Summit

  • Organizations offering help (coaching, events, spaces)

Impact HUB Ottawa
Centre for Innovative Social Enterprise Development (CSED Ottawa)
mécènESS
SOCIUS
Institut social
Innoweave
Volunteer Ottawa / Bénévoles Canada

  • Ressources en Outaouais

Pole d’économie sociale de l’Outaouais
Incubateur en économie sociale de l’Outaouais
Coopérative de développement régional Outaouais-Laurentides

Resources in Ottawa – general on entrepreneurship

  • Educational institutions and activities in entrepreneurship

Ottawa region educational institutions consortium
Capital Entrepreneurs Ottawa
(Campus Linked Accelerator (CLA) (杏吧原创, uOttawa, Algonquin, Invest Ottawa))

杏吧原创 University
杏吧原创 Lead to Win
Enactus 杏吧原创 Sprott
杏吧原创 Entrepreneurs Association (CEA)
杏吧原创 Future Funder

University of Ottawa / Université d’Ottawa
uOttawa- Entrepreneurship Hub
uOttawa- The Entrepreneurship Club (TECDE)
uOttawa- Makerspace
uOttawa- Startup Garage
Enactus uOttawa Telfer

Algonquin College
Algonquin College
Algonquin College- Applied Research & Innovation Office

La Cité collégiale
La Cité – Entrepreneurship

  • Organizations offering help (coaching, events, spaces)

Invest Ottawa
City of Ottawa – Ottawa Public Library
City of Ottawa – Business
City of Ottawa – Locate Ottawa
Startup Ottawa
Code factory
eSax, entrepreneurial network

  • Organizations helping with funding

Ottawa Community Foundation / Fondation communautaire d’Ottawa
Ottawa Community Loan Fund (OCLF) / Fonds d’emprunt communautaire d’Ottawa (FECO)
United Way / Centraide Ottawa
Community Forward Fund (Ottawa)
Just Change
Awesome Ottawa
Soup Ottawa

Resources in Eastern Ontario

Social Enterprise Support Guide – Eastern Ontario PDF (forthcoming)

Community Opportunity and Innovation Network (COIN) Peterborough

University / College Research Centers and Social enterprises

  • Ontario

杏吧原创 – Sprott Centre for Social Enterprises (SCSE / CSES)
杏吧原创 – Centre Sprott pour les entreprises sociales (SCSE / CSES)
杏吧原创 – 杏吧原创 Centre for Community Innovation (3ci)
Queen’s – Centre for Social Impact (CSI)
Queen’s – Public Policy and Third Sector Program Initiative (TSP) (2001-2011)
UToronto – Centre for Learning, Social Economy & Work (CLSEW)
UToronto – The Mowat Centre
Ryerson – Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies (CVSS)
Ryerson – Social Ventures Zone (SVZ)
Waterloo – Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR)
Waterloo – Social Innovation Generation (SiG@Waterloo)

  • Québec

HEC – IDEOS Pôle en gestion des entreprises sociales
HEC – Institut international des coopératives Dorimène et Alphonse Desjardins
HEC – Chaire de gestion des arts Carmelle et Rémi Marcoux
McGill – Social Economy Initiative (SEI)
Sherbrooke – IRECUS coopératives et mutuelles
Sherbrooke – Chaire Desjardins en finance responsable
Sherbrooke – Centre sur les pratiques socialement responsables
Sherbrooke – Groupe de recherche en responsabilité sociétale des organisations
UQAM – Chaire de recherche du Canada en économie sociale
UQAM – Chaire de coopération Guy-Bernier
UQAM – Centre de recherche sur les innovations sociales (CRISES)
UQAM – Chaire de responsabilité sociale et de développement durable
UQAM – PhiLab Laboratoire de recherche sur la philanthropie canadienne
UQAM – Alliance de recherche universités-communautés (ARUC) en économie sociale (/2014)
UQO – Chaire de recherche du Canada en développement des collectivités (CRDC)
UQO – Chaire de recherche du Canada en organisation communautaire
UQO – Centre d’étude et de recherche sur l’intervention sociale (CÉRIS)

  • Western Canada

Saskatchewan – Center for the Study of Cooperatives
Winnipeg – Business Chair in Coop-enterprises
Mount Royal – Institute of Community Prosperity
Alberta – Canadian Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (CCCSR)
Alberta – Canadian Centre for Social Entrepreneurship (CCSE) (closed)
UBC – Centre for Social Innovation & Impact Investing
Simon Fraser – RADIUS, Social innovation lab and venture incubator
Victoria – Centre for Social and Sustainable Innovation (CSSI)
Victoria – Centre for Co-operatives & Community-Based Economy

  • Eastern Canada – Maritimes

CBU – Cape Breton University (MBA-CED)
Memorial MUN – Centre for Social Enterprise
Moncton – Chaire des caisses populaires acadiennes en gestion des coopératives
Moncton – Groupe de recherche sur la gestion des coopératives
MSVU – Social Economy and Sustainability Research Network / Partenariat sur l’économie sociale et la durabilité
Saint Mary’s – Centre of Excellence in Accounting and Reporting for Co-operatives (CEARC)
UNB – Pond Deshpande Centre – Social Enterprise

  • United States

Harvard University – Social Enterprise
Northeastern University – NU Social Enterprise Institute
New York University – Social Enterpreneurship
Columbia University – Research initiative on social entrepreneurship (RISE)
Pace University – Wilson Center for Social Entrepreneurship
Duke University – Fuqua Center for the advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE)
Stanford – Center for Social Innovation

  • Europe

ESSEC Chaire en entrepreneuriat social (France)
School for social entrepreneurs (UK)
London Business School
Oxford Said – Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
Social Entrepreneurship and Education Consortium (SEEC)
EURICSE – European Research Cooperative Social Entreprise

University / College Research Centers and Entrepreneurship

  • Ontario

杏吧原创 – Master TIM
Wilfrid Laurier – Entrepreneurship
Wilfrid Laurier – Lazaridia Institute for the Management of Technology Enterprises

  • Québec

HEC – Institut d’entrepreneuriat Banque Nationale
HEC – Chaire d’entrepreneuriat Rogers – J.A. Bombardier
HEC – EntrePrism L’inclusion par l’entrepreneuriat
HEC – Centre des familles en affaires Deschenes Molson Lesage
HEC – Chaire sur la relève et sur les entreprises familiales
Laval – Entrepreneuriat Laval
Laval – Centre d’entrepreneuriat de PME
Laval – Chaire en entrepreneuriat et innovation
Sherbrooke – Entrepreneuriat
UQAM – Centre d’entrepreneuriat ESG UQAM

  • Western Canada
  • Eastern Canada – Maritimes

Acadia – Entrepreneurship Centre
Dalhousie – Norman Newman Centre for Entrepreneurship
Moncton – Centre Assomption de recherche et de développement en entrepreneuriat (CARDE)
Saint Mary’s – Sobey Master MTEI
UNB – Pond Deshpande Centre

Networks of organizations

  • Canada – National

ASHOKA /
B Corporation /
Buy Social Canada
Canadian Community Economic Development Network / Réseau canadien de développement économique communautaire (CCEDNet-RCDEC)
Canadian Council on Social Development / Conseil canadien de développement social (CCSD)
Centre for Social Innovation (CSI)
Enterprising Nonprofits (enp) Canada
Futurepreneur Canada
Réseau de développement économique et d’employabilité (RDÉE Canada)
Social Enterprise Alliance (SEA)
Social Enterprise Council of Canada / Conseil des entreprises sociales du Canada (SECC)
Social Enterprise Ecosystem Project
Social Enterprise Institute
Soshent

  • Ontario

Conseil de la Coopération de l’Ontario (CCO)
LIAISOn (Linking Infrastructure And Investment for Ontario)
MaRS Discovery District
MaRS Centre for Impact Investing
MaRS Centre for Social Innovation (CSI)
Ontario Cooperation Council
Ontario Co-operative Association (ON co-op)
Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs
Ontario Nonprofit Network (ONN)
ONN’s Rural Social Enterprise Constellation (RSEC)
Ontario Centres of Excellence website
PARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise in Northwestern Ontario
Pillar Nonprofit Network
Société économique de l’Ontario (SEO)
SE Ontario
Social Enterprise Toronto (SET)
Social Innovation Generation (SiG National)
The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) Co-op Network
The School for Social Entrepreneurs – Ontario (SSE-O)

  • Québec

Chantier de l’économie sociale
Conseil québécois de la coopération et de la mutualité
Économie sociale Québec
Fiducie du Chantier de l’économie sociale
Réseau d’investissement social du Québec (RISQ)
PME Mtl

  • Western Canada

BC Partners for Social Impact
BC Social Innovation Council

  • Eastern Canada – Maritimes

Atlantic Canada Council for Community and Social Enteprise / Conseil atlantique pour la Communauté et l’entreprise sociale (ACCSE/CAESC)
Common Good Solutions
Social Enterprise in New Brunswick
Social Enterprises Network of Nova Scotia (SENNS)

  • International

Grameen Creative Lab

  • United States
  • Europe

Reports / laws from Governments

  • Canada – National
  • Ontario

Ontario (2016). Social Enterprise Strategy 2016-2021
Ontario (?). Impact: A Social Enterprise Strategy for Ontario
Ontario (2008a). Seizing Global Opportunities: Ontario’s Innovation Agenda, Government of Ontario – Ministry of Research & Innovation, 30p.
Ontario (2008b). Breaking the Cycle: Ontario’s Poverty Reduction Strategy, Government of Ontario – Ministry of Children and Youth Services, 45p.
Ontario (2012). Draft Ontario’s Social Innovation Policy Paper, 27p.
Ontario (2013a). State of the Sector: Profile of Ontario Not-for-Profit and Charitable Organizations – Volume I: Overall Report, Queen’s Printer for Ontario, Pollara, September 19, 79p.
Ontario (2013b). Impact: A Social Enterprise Strategy for Ontario – For a strong economy and a fair society, Queen’s Printer for Ontario, September, 32p.

  • Québec

Québec. Loi sur l’économie sociale (chapitre E.1.1.1)

  • Western Canada
  • Eastern Canada – Maritimes

Nova Scotia Social Enterprises Sector Strategy (2017)

  • United States

Research Reports

  • Canada – National

SESS – Social Enterprises Sector Survey
Canadian Task Force on Social Finance (2010). Mobilizing Privatye Capital for Public Good, December, 40p.

  • Ontario

Enterprising Change – 2015 Social Enterprise Survey for Ontario ?

  • Québec
  • Western Canada
  • Eastern Canada – Maritimes
  • United States
  • Europe

Funding Agencies

  • Canada – National

The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation
Trico Charitable Foundation
BDC – Business Development Bank of Canada
Canada Business Ontario
Canada Small Business Financing Program
Canada’s Business Network – Funding Opportunities
Government of Canada’s Concierge: Guide to Innovation
Imagine Canada website
The Natural Step Canada website

  • Ontario

Ontario Trillium Foundation / Fondation Trillium de l’Ontario (OTF)
Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs (ONE)
Toronto Enterprise Fund

  • Québec

Caisse d’économie solidaire Desjardins

  • Western Canada

Canadian Social Entrepreneurship Foundation (CSEF)

  • Eastern Canada – Maritimes
  • International

Schwab Foundation for Social entrepreneurship
The Institute for Social Entrepreneurs
Skoll Foundation

Publications related to ICSEM Canada Project

Brouard, F. (2014). Note on Financial Statements for Social Enterprises, February, 17p.
see page ICSEM Canada Group web page

Elements of definitions of SE

– Brouard, F., Larivet, S. (2010). «Essay of clarifications and definitions of the related concepts of Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneur and Social Entrepreneurship», in Fayolle, A. and Matlay, H. (Ed.)
Handbook of Research in Social Entrepreneurship, Edward Elgar Publishing, 352p. (chapter 3 – p.29-56) PDF
– Brouard, F. (2015). Characteristics and Definition of Social Enterprises, SCSE-CSES Note, December 11, 2p. PDF
– Brouard, F. (2015). Characteristics and Definition of Social Entrepreneurs, SCSE-CSES Note, December 11, 2p. PDF
– Brouard, F. (2015). Characteristics and Definition of Social Entrepreneurship, SCSE-CSES Note, December 11, 2p. PDF
– Brouard, F. (2015). Relationships between SE Concepts (Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneur, Social Entrepreneurship), SCSE-CSES Note, December 11, 2p. PDF
– Brouard, F. (2015). List of the Main and Secondary Laws for Social Enterprises in Ontario, SCSE-CSES Note, May 5, 2p. PDF
– Definition ESSEC

Examples – Social Entreprises

  • Ottawa region

Adorit Boutique
African Bronze Honey
Antiques Hawkesbury (Groupe Convex)
ArtWorks (Operation Come Home)
Beads of Awareness
BottleWorks (Operation Come Home)
BYBO Buy Your Beau’s Online (Operation Come Home)
Café Bistro (Groupe Convex)
Café le Plateau (Groupe Convex)
Causeway Work Centre
(Cycle Salvation, Good Nature Groundskeeping, Krackers Katering, Right Bike)
Centre for Innovative Social Enterprise Development (CSED Ottawa)
CompuCorps Services Ottawa
Corala Cashmere
Cycle Salvation (Causeway)
EcoEquitable
Emballage Prescott-Russell Packaging (Groupe Convex)
Evidence for Democracy
Express Net (Groupe Convex)
Family Services Employment Assistance Program
FarmWorks (Operation Come Home)
FaunApparel
Feline Cafe Ottawa
FoodWorks (Operation Come Home)
Gallery 101
Good Nature Groundskeeping (Causeway)
Groupe Convex Prescott-Russell
(Antiques Hawkesbury, Café Bistro, Café le Plateau, Emballage Prescott-Russell Packaging, Express Net, Les glaneurs / The Harvesters, Menuiserie Casselman Woodshop, Recycle-Action)
Good Food Box Ottawa Boîte de bonne bouffe
Gourmet Xpress
Grow Studios
Hearty Tails Pet Food Treats
Hidden Harvest Ottawa
Highjink Ottawa
Impact HUB Ottawa
Impress Business Cards (Enactus uOttawa)
Just Food Farm
Krackers Katering (Causeway)
Laundry Matters (Family Matter Co-op)
Le Clé
Les glaneurs / The Harvesters (Groupe Convex)
Little Voice the Book
Lost Ottawa
Maison Tucker House
Maker House Co – Handmade Furniture & Homewares
Market Mobile Ottawa
mécènESS
Menuiserie Casselman Woodshop (Groupe Convex)
Mom Friends
Nu Grocery
Operation Come Home (BYBO, BottleWorks, FoodWorks, FarmWorks, ArtWorks)
ORCC Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre (ORCC)
OREC Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-op
Ottawa Incubator Kitchen
Ottawa Inuit Children’s Centre
Ottawa Tool Library
Propeller Dance
Recycle-Action (Groupe Convex)
ReStore (Habitat for Humanity NCR) Right Bike (Causeway)
Savour Ottawa
Spread the Joy
SuraiTea
Tetra Society of North America – Ottawa chapter
Thirteen: a social enterprise
Uptown Sox
Vice versa (services linguistiques) (SEO)

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Ottawa Social Enterprise Directory

  • Gatineau region

Dépanneur Sylvestre
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  • Montréal area (Québec)

Fondation One Drop
Cirque du soleil – Cirque citoyen
Communauto
Robin des Bois
L’itineraire
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  • Other

Animal Justice (Toronto)
Eepmon (Eric Chan)
Tides Canada
Thétis International (SEO) (Toronto)

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Papers / Articles

Dees (1998) The meaning of SE
Dees (2001) The meaning of SE
Ashoka – What is SE?
Boschee & McClurg (2003) – Toward a better understanding of SE
Authenticity Consulting – Social Entrepreneurship Toolbox
Business structure
Business Plan social Guide methodologie (2007)

Academic associations / Journals / Revues

ANSER/ARES – Asociation for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research / Association decrecherche sur les organismes sans but lucratif et l’économie sociale
ANSERJ – Canadian journal of nonprofit and social economy research / Revue camadienne de recherche sur les OSBL et l’économie sociale
ARNOVA – Asociation for research on Nonprofit organizations and voluntary action
NVSQ Nonprofit and Vokuntary Sector Quarterly
SSIR Stanford Social Innovation Review
JCAR Journal of Co-operative Accounting and Reporting (Saint Mary’s Sobey)
JEOD Journal of Entrepreneurial and Organizational Diversity
SB Social Business
JSE Journal of Social Entrepreneurship
RECMA Revue internationale de l’économie sociale
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Guides

  • Vidéos en français

Formation en bref – Centre de formatîon communautaire de la Mauricie (CFCM)

Other / Autres

  • Canada – National
  • Ontario
  • Québec
  • Western Canada
  • Eastern Canada – Maritimes

Andy Horsnell Links

  • United States
  • Europe

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Updated / Mise-à-jour March 23 mars 2023