The Canadian Social Economy Hub and the Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships have produced six series of papers in order to provide a resource for those seeking to learn about the Social Economy, and an opportunity for researchers to have their work published.

Currently there are six series:

1. Occasional Paper Series
2. Public Policy Paper Series
   
3. Canadian Perspectives on the Meaning of the Social Economy
4. Education Paper Series
5. Knowledge Mobilization Papers
6. Papers from the Canadian Worker Cooperative Federation
   

Occasional Paper Series

• Laying the Foundation for Mutuals in Canada                                              Ron Dueck, May 2007, PDF, 960 kB 60 pages

• Becoming a Social Entrepreneur in Canada                                       Jean-Marc Fontan, Julie Allard, Anaïs Bertrand-Dansereau et Julien Demers June 2008, English and French PDF, 2.4 MB 126 pages
  

• Social Economy in the co-construction of public policy                          Yves Vaillancourt, July 2008, English and French PDF, 1 MB 74 pages
  

• Social economy, social policy and federalism in Canada                            Yves Vaillancourt and Luc Thériault, July 2008 English PDF, 800 kB 38 pages
  

• Un profil du secteur des organismes caritatifs offrant des services à la personne au Nouveau-Brunswick                                                                  Luc Thériault, Carmen Gill, Heather McTiernan, and Scott Bell, August 2008 French PDF, 4 MB 34 pages
  

• Housing For All: The Social Economy and Homelessness in Victoria Benjamin Issit, October 2008, English PDF, 4.5 MB 60 pages

• From Indigenous Nationhood to Neoliberal Aboriginal Economic Development: Charting the Evolution of Indigenous-Settler Relations in Canada. Cliff Atleo, Jr., University of Victoria Master of Arts Student in Indigenous Governance. Fall 2009. English, 36 pages.

Public Policy Paper Series

• Advancing the Social Economy for Socio-economic Development: International perspectives. Crystal Tremblay, September 2009, PDF, 54 pages.

• Public Policy Trends and Instruments Supporting the Social Economy: International Experiences. Crystal Tremblay, February 2010, PDF, 61 pages.

• Public Policy for the Social Economy: Building a people-centred economy in Canada. Sarah Amyot, Rupert Downing, and Crystal Tremblay, June 2010, PDF, 53 pages.

           Public Policy Profiles:

1. Co-operative Development Initiative (Federal)
2. CED Policy Framework (Manitoba)
3. Community Economic Development Investment Funds (Nova Scotia)
4. Edmonton Social Enterprise Fund (Edmonton)
5. Great Bear Rainforest Sustainable Development Initiative (British Columbia)
6. Green Energy and Green Economy Act (Ontario)
7. The Montréal Social Economy Plan (Montréal)
8. Québec Action Plan for Collective Entrepreneurship (Québec)
9. Social Venture Fund (Ontario)
10. Solidarity Co-operatives Enabling Legislation (Manitoba)
11. Sustainable Development Act (Manitoba)

Canadian Perspectives on the Meaning of the Social Economy

• A Rose by Any Name: The thorny question of Social Economy discourse in Canada. Brett Fairbairn, October 2009, 22 pages.

• Current Conceptualizations of the Social Economy in the Canadian Context. Janel Smith and Annie McKitrick, May 2010, PDF, 40 pages.

Education Paper Series

• A Snapshot of Social Economy Content in Canadian Senior Secondary Schools. Sarah Amyot, Annie McKitrick, Janel Smith, Sarah Cormode, Melissa Fong. May 2010, PDF, 141 pages.

Knowledge Mobilization Papers

• Governance and Movement-building for the Social Economy in Canada.
  Rupert Downing and Alexandre Charron. May 2010, PDF, 47 pages.

• Financing Social Economy Organizations. George Karaphillis, Seth Asimakos, and Stephen Moore. May 2010, PDF, 28 pages.

• Procurement and a People's Centred Economy. J.J McMurty and Darryl Reed. July 2010, PDF, 16 pages.

Papers from the Canadian Worker Cooperative
Federation
Funding for the research and drafting of these papers was provided by the Canadian Social Economy Research Partnerships.

• The Worker Co-operative Movements in Italy, Mondragon and France: Context, Success Factors and Lessons. By Hazel Corcoran and David Wilson, Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation. May 31, 2010, 38 pages.

• The Worker Co-op Sector in Canada: Success Factors, and Planning for Growth. By Peter Hough, David Wilson and Hazel Corcoran, Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation. May 31, 2010, 20 pages.