Mt Auburn Associates were commissioned to do an evaluation of the cultural economy of Louisiana. A fantastic job, looking at a place with a strong culture, sense of place, and minority language, but a job that brought all sorts of challenges regarding definitions. The company came up with the following definition of the creative economy: “The people, […]
First nations group establish the first Social Enterprise in Canada!
A short history of Social Enterprise in Canada’s Rural & Aboriginal Communities by David LePage, Chair, Social Enterprise Council of Canada Most histories of North America and Canada begin when the Europeans landed and immigrated in the 16th through 19th centuries. But the Indigenous communities lived across the continent for many centuries prior to then. […]