RSEP Resources
Mary Ferguson and Cathy Lang have prepared an excellent document entitled "Who's Who in Social Enterprise" which outlines the landscape of social enterprise in Canada and provides details on organizations of interest to social entrepreneurs. The full document is available here for download and distribution.
Organizations listed in this document include:
Ontario Non Profit Network http://www.ontariononprofitnetwork.ca
Ottawa Community Loan Fund www.oclf.org
Ottawa Social Purchasing Portal http://www.spp-pcsottawa.ca
CEDTAP (although the program has ended they have some good research on their site) http://www.carleton.ca/cedtap
Sprott Centre for Social Enterprise (Carleton U) http://sprott.carleton.ca/scse-cses
The Social Enterprise Reporter http://www.sereporter.com
Canadian Centre for Social Enterprise http://www.business.ualberta.ca/Centres/ccse.aspx
Harvard Business School (website for SE) http://www.hbs.edu/socialenterprise
Ottawa Chamber of Voluntary Organizations http://www.cvsrd.org
HR Council for the Voluntary Non-Profit Sector http://www.hrcouncil.ca
Social Sector Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Warren Tranquada, John Baker and John Pepin Web articles: http://www.aperio.ca/
CoopZone: National tools and resources for co-op development: http://www.coopzone.coop/
Canadian Centre for Community Renewal, Social enterprise Page: Resources and reports including SE Workshop Curriculum & Orientation Materials: http://www.cedworks.com/socialenterprise_01.html
Resources on Social Enterprise compiled by CSEF (Canadian Social Entrepreneurship Foundation) http://www.csef.ca/best_practices.php
Causeway Social Finance Initiative: http://sites.google.com/a/socialfinance.ca/causeway/
Southern Ontario Social Economy Research Alliance, Business with a Social Mission - Backgrounder http://sec.oise.utoronto.ca/english/pdfs/backgrounders/socialbusinessesF.pdf
