The Social Economy Podcast

Hosted by SEEnet Social Economy Manager Hoffman Wolff, SEEnet’s podcast takes an in-depth look at social economy enterprises from all over Québec. In the series, Hoffman interviews founders, organizers, and creators who play a part in the province’s robust social economy scene with their innovative, unique collective enterprises.

Startop

Since starting in 2018, Montreal-based Startop, a nonprofit, has worked with hundreds of immigrant women throughout Québec to take their business ideas and show how they can turn them into social economy enterprises.

Patriotes de Québec Gaelic Football Club

The Patriotes de Québec Gaelic football club promotes Irish culture, gets Québec City-area adults active in a new sport, and integrates people from around the world into a close-knit club that does more than just play football.

Antitube / Cinéma Beaumont

In a domestic scene where independent cinemas throughout Canada are being increasingly squeezed out by larger chains, Québec City nonprofit Antitube’s Cinéma Beaumont has created an enviable niche in the community.

L’Outillerie

Most of us have tools we rarely use which take up space in our closets, garages, and basements. A group of social economy entrepreneurs in Rimouski took a different approach: creating a “library of things” called L’Outillerie.

The Gleaner

Based in Ormstown in the Montérégie West region, The Gleaner, a newspaper in existence since 1863, pivoted to an innovative community nonprofit format when the media chain owning it wanted to shut down the publication.