If you are thinking about starting up a social enterprise and need assistance, welcome to the BC Centre for Social Enterprise. The Centre offers the tools that you need to get started.

Here are some current papers generated by the Centre.

1. For the Centre's newest information piece entitled 'The fine print -- Canadian charities operating social enterprises', click here. January 2010.

2. For a short paper on 'greening' businesses, including social enterprise and community projects, click here.

2. For the Centre's paper entitled Legislative Innovations and Social Enterprise Structural Lessons for Canada, click here.

3. For a Centre document outlining the characteristics of the US and UK legal models for social enterprise, click here.

4. For a sector brief on training and employment social enterprises, click here.

5. For a recent review of three 'must have' social enterprise primers, click here.