Indigenous Communities and Social Enterprise in Canada: Incorporating Culture as an Essential Ingredient of Entrepreneurship

This article seeks to understand Indigenous social enterprise in a “current state snapshot” and in a complex historical context. Specifically, the authors begin by placing into theoretical context social enterprises serving Indigenous communities. The framework for Indigenous social enterprise is re...

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Published in:Canadian journal of nonprofit and social economy research
Main Authors: Sengupta, Ushnish, Vieta, Marcelo, McMurtry, JJ
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta Libraries 2015
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spelling ftjcjnser:oai:anser.journals.sfu.ca:article/196 2023-05-15T16:16:48+02:00 Indigenous Communities and Social Enterprise in Canada: Incorporating Culture as an Essential Ingredient of Entrepreneurship Sengupta, Ushnish Vieta, Marcelo McMurtry, JJ 2015-06-27 application/pdf https://anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser/article/view/196 https://doi.org/10.22230/cjnser.2015v6n1a196 eng eng University of Alberta Libraries https://anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser/article/view/196/121 https://anserj.ca/index.php/cjnser/article/view/196 doi:10.22230/cjnser.2015v6n1a196 Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research; Vol. 6 No. 1 (2015) Revue canadienne de re­cherche sur les OSBL et l'économie sociale; Vol. 6 No. 1 (2015) 1920-9355 Indigenous Aboriginal First Nations Entrepreneurship Culture Social enterprise Canada / Autochtone Aborigène Premières Nations Entreprenariat Entreprise sociale Canada info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2015 ftjcjnser https://doi.org/10.22230/cjnser.2015v6n1a196 2022-01-23T00:07:07Z This article seeks to understand Indigenous social enterprise in a “current state snapshot” and in a complex historical context. Specifically, the authors begin by placing into theoretical context social enterprises serving Indigenous communities. The framework for Indigenous social enterprise is related to theories of Indigenous entrepreneurship and “quadruple bottom line” organizations. The authors explain the role of culture as an under-researched element and as a critical component of Indigenous social enterprise. The article also highlights gender leadership of social enterprise in Indigenous communities. Finally, the article provides three case studies that exemplify Indigenous social enterprise in Canada. Dans cet article, les auteurs cherchent à comprendre les entreprises sociales autochtones dans leur état actuel ainsi que dans la complexité de leur contexte historique. Plus précisément, les auteurs commencent leur article en situant dans un contexte théorique particulier les entreprises sociales desservant les communautés autochtones. Le cadre utilisé pour décrire ces entreprises a des liens avec des théories sur l’entreprenariat autochtone et sur les organisations à quadruple résultat. Ensuite, les auteurs représentent la culture comme étant à la fois un élément insuffisamment étudié et une composante critique de l’entreprise sociale dans un milieu autochtone. D’autre part, ils rendent compte de la prédominance des leaders féminins dans ces entreprises. Finalement, ils présentent trois études de cas illustrant l’entreprise sociale autochtone au Canada. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Premières Nations Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research Canada Canadian journal of nonprofit and social economy research 6 1
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topic Indigenous
Aboriginal
First Nations
Entrepreneurship
Culture
Social enterprise
Canada / Autochtone
Aborigène
Premières Nations
Entreprenariat
Entreprise sociale
Canada
spellingShingle Indigenous
Aboriginal
First Nations
Entrepreneurship
Culture
Social enterprise
Canada / Autochtone
Aborigène
Premières Nations
Entreprenariat
Entreprise sociale
Canada
Sengupta, Ushnish
Vieta, Marcelo
McMurtry, JJ
Indigenous Communities and Social Enterprise in Canada: Incorporating Culture as an Essential Ingredient of Entrepreneurship
topic_facet Indigenous
Aboriginal
First Nations
Entrepreneurship
Culture
Social enterprise
Canada / Autochtone
Aborigène
Premières Nations
Entreprenariat
Entreprise sociale
Canada
description This article seeks to understand Indigenous social enterprise in a “current state snapshot” and in a complex historical context. Specifically, the authors begin by placing into theoretical context social enterprises serving Indigenous communities. The framework for Indigenous social enterprise is related to theories of Indigenous entrepreneurship and “quadruple bottom line” organizations. The authors explain the role of culture as an under-researched element and as a critical component of Indigenous social enterprise. The article also highlights gender leadership of social enterprise in Indigenous communities. Finally, the article provides three case studies that exemplify Indigenous social enterprise in Canada. Dans cet article, les auteurs cherchent à comprendre les entreprises sociales autochtones dans leur état actuel ainsi que dans la complexité de leur contexte historique. Plus précisément, les auteurs commencent leur article en situant dans un contexte théorique particulier les entreprises sociales desservant les communautés autochtones. Le cadre utilisé pour décrire ces entreprises a des liens avec des théories sur l’entreprenariat autochtone et sur les organisations à quadruple résultat. Ensuite, les auteurs représentent la culture comme étant à la fois un élément insuffisamment étudié et une composante critique de l’entreprise sociale dans un milieu autochtone. D’autre part, ils rendent compte de la prédominance des leaders féminins dans ces entreprises. Finalement, ils présentent trois études de cas illustrant l’entreprise sociale autochtone au Canada.
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Vieta, Marcelo
McMurtry, JJ
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McMurtry, JJ
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title Indigenous Communities and Social Enterprise in Canada: Incorporating Culture as an Essential Ingredient of Entrepreneurship
title_short Indigenous Communities and Social Enterprise in Canada: Incorporating Culture as an Essential Ingredient of Entrepreneurship
title_full Indigenous Communities and Social Enterprise in Canada: Incorporating Culture as an Essential Ingredient of Entrepreneurship
title_fullStr Indigenous Communities and Social Enterprise in Canada: Incorporating Culture as an Essential Ingredient of Entrepreneurship
title_full_unstemmed Indigenous Communities and Social Enterprise in Canada: Incorporating Culture as an Essential Ingredient of Entrepreneurship
title_sort indigenous communities and social enterprise in canada: incorporating culture as an essential ingredient of entrepreneurship
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