City incubator hatches culinary entrepreneurs
As newcomers to Canada in the late 1990s, India-born chef Hemant Tallur and his wife Minal dreamed of starting a food business that captures the ethnic diversity of Toronto. Their idea - signature dishes from India, the Caribbean and the Philippines packaged as ready-to-eat meals for the North American market - was a blend of his recipes and her expertise in food technology.

Social Economy is the Way of the Future
The international social economy is growing in importance, according to delegates at a recent local conference. The social economy operates outside of business and government. It includes charities, non-governmental organizations, and co-operatives. The first International Research Conference on the Social Economy brought more than 300 students, professors, researchers and practitioners to Victoria's Empress Hotel from Oct. 22 to 25.

• Interview with David Natcher by Annie McKitrick
  (MP3 file, 4:31 mins, 1.8 MB)

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David Natcher, from the website of the Memorial University of Newfoundland:

The social economy at work: Delegates to a conference in Victoria hear of academic's role in changing the lives of impoverished Brazilian waste collectors
A UVic assistant professor is playing a bit part in changing the world's economic forces through garbage. Of course, Jutta Gutberlet objects to the word "garbage" used in the context of her work.

"Social Economy: Building Inclusive Economies"

Edited by Antonella Noya and Emma Clarence

The social economy at work
A UVic assistant professor is playing a bit part in changing the world's economic forces through garbage. Of course, Jutta Gutberlet objects to the word "garbage" used in the context of her work. She's co-ordinator of a $1-million project in Brazil aimed at improving networks among 400 people who informally pick up waste, separate it, and then resell it.

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World's First Research Conference on Social Economy
Changing how business is done is at the forefront of a four-day conference next week in Victoria, hosted by the University of Victoria’s BC Institute for Co-operative Studies (BCICS). “Strengthening and Building Communities: The Social Economy in a Changing World” is the first conference of its kind to bring academics and practitioners from around the globe together in an academic research setting.

BCSER Provides Feedback on Government Procurement

Today representatives of the BC Social Economy Roundtable participated in a dialogue session organized by the Ministry of Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) through their Office of Small and Medium Enterprises – Pacific Region.