The following abstracts are of projects that are apart of the Social Economy and Sustainability Reserach Network, Subnode 2: Inclusion and Empowerment which is based at the Institute of Island Studies.
Barbara Groome Wynne - "Examining the risk of lost knowledge with personnel changes in
small nonprofit organizations on
Trout River Environmental Committee – “Quality of Life and Environmental Awareness Survey”
Cooper Institute – “Community Engagement in Developing Prospects for a System of Domestic Fair Trade for Food Products” [A PEI PILOT]
PEI Women’s Network – “Advocating Changes to Parental Benefits Legislation”
Women for Environmental Sustainibility – “Role of women in fisheries management related social economy processes”
Institute of Island Studies (Internship) – “Expanding the Scope of Micro enterprise: Analysis of micro enterprises and small businesses in the context of insularity and marginalization”
Institute of Island Studies and Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI (Internship) – “Potential Uses of Seaweed for Indigenous Economic Development”
Subnode 2: Inclusion and Empowerment – “Mapping supports for the social economy on Prince Edward Island”
SAGE – “Beyond Silence”
Courtney Hall – "PEI Organic Farmer-Citizen Co-operative"
DiGiorgio – “Access of adults with learning challenges to postsecondary studies in PEI”
Hillsborough Promoters and Dr. Jean Mitchell – "Global Culture, Local Meanings and Contested Community: Youth Engagement in Hillsborough Park (Phase 2)"
Godfrey Baldacchino and PEI Association of Newcomers to Canada – "Internationally Educated Health Professionals in PEI: Why They Come, Why They Stay, and the Challenges They Face."
Launching Entrepreneurial Advantage for Parents (LEAP) Co-op
Crystal Fall – "Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland: A Comparative Assessment of Two Islands As Viable Destinations for Immigrant Entrepreneurs "
Laura Lee Howard – "We Don’t Keep Anybody Out; But We Don’t Let Them in Either: Stories of the First Island-Born Chinese on Prince Edward Island"
Institute of Island Studies