Social Purpose Enterprises: Case Studies for Social Change presents case studies of twelve organizations that operate in a growing niche within the Canadian social economy: market-based entities supported by a nonprofit organization and operated for the benefit of a workforce who lives on the margins of society.

Preface 1. Social Purpose Enterprises: A Conceptual Framework JACK QUARTER, SHERIDA RYAN, ANDREA CHAN Section A: Marginalized by Stigma 2. Common Ground Co-operative: Supporting Employment Options FRANCES OWEN, ANNE READHEAD, COURTNEY BISHOP, JENNIFER HOPE, JEANNETTE CAMPBELL 3. When the Business is People: The Impact of A-Way Express Courier KUNLE AKINGBOLA 4. Miziwe Biik Case Study: Microloans in the Urban Aboriginal Community MARY FOSTER, IDA BERGER, KENN ROSS, KRISTINE NEGLIA 5. Groupe Convex: Measuring its Impact USHNISH SENGUPTA, CAROLINE ARCAND, ANN ARMSTRONG Section B: Women on the Social Margins 6. Inspirations Studio at Sistering: A Systems Analysis AGNES MEINHARD, ANNIE LOK, PAULINE O'CONNOR 7. Micro-Entrepreneurs in Economic Turbulence: The Alterna Savings Micro-Finance Program EDWARD T. JACKSON, SUSAN HENRY, CHINYERE AMADI 8. Canadian Immigrants and their Access to Services: A Case Study of a Social Purpose Enterprise MARLENE WALK, ITAY GREENSPAN, HONEY CROSSLEY, FEMIDA HANDY 9. Wellbeing of Childcare Workers at the Learning Enrichment Foundation, a Toronto Community Economic Development Organization ANDREA CHAN, ROBYN HOOGENDAM, PETER FRAMPTON, ANDREW HOLETON, EMILY POHL WEARY, SHERIDA RYAN, JACK QUARTER Section C: Urban Poor and Immigrants 10. Doing Markets Differently: FoodShare Toronto's Good Food Markets MICHAEL CLASSENS, J.J. MCMURTRY, JENNIFER SUMNER 11. Stakeholders' Stories of Impact: The Case of Furniture Bank ANDREA CHAN, LAURIE MOOK, SUSANNA KISLENKO 12. Northwood Translation Bureau JENNIFER HANN, DANIEL SCHUGURENSKY Section D: Youth 13. Market-based Solutions for At-Risk Youth: River Restaurant RAYMOND DART 14. Social Purpose Enterprises: A Modified Social Welfare Framework JACK QUARTER, SHERIDA RYAN, ANDREA CHAN Contributors