Research at CLSEW
 

Members of the CLSEW team as well as CLSEW's associate resarchers are active researchers in the fields of social economy, workplace learning and community organizing. At any given point, there are a number of active research projects going on. In this section, you'll see the research projects that we're currently working on and also some of the completed ones.

Many of these projects currently receive or received funding support from a wide range of agencies, including:

• The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
• Employment and Social Development (ESDC)

Thank you! Further details of the funding received for specific projects are included under the separate projects.

You can also browse through the Resources section of this website to look for specific publications resulting from some of these research initiatives. 

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS:

• WISE project for training at-risk youth (2017—2022)
• The conversion to cooperatives (CoopConvert) project (2018—2022)
• Selling social: Experiences of social enterprises with social procurement and social purchasing (2017—2021)
• Changing workplaces in a knowledge economy (2015—2020)
• Survey of public attitudes towards education (1978—onoing)

COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS:

• Buying social justice: Social procurement and community development in Indigenous communities in Canada (2017—2019)
• Business done differently (2011—2016)
• Anti-Poverty community organizing & learning project (APCOL; 2009—2014)
• Volunteers count: Social accounting for volunteer contributions (2009—2011)
• Southern Ontario social economy node (SOSEN; 2005—2011)
• Work and life long learning
  • Work and lifelong learning project (WALL; 2003—2010)
  • New approaches to lifelong learning project (NALL; 1998—2003)