Research

SEIZE periodically endeavors in Community Action Research across our key sectors: Housing, Land-based Industries, Food Systems, Technology and Culture & Media. We conduct Community Action Research to clarify the strengths, challenges, and opportunities for advancing the social solidarity economy (SSE) across our key sectors. Below you can find the past, present, and future research SEIZE has undertaken!

2024 Community Action Research

Land Back Map

SEIZE is undertaking an ambitious project to create the first-ever comprehensive
Crown Land & Treaties Map of Canada, designed to be accessible to the public.

Housing Survey

A national survey of housing groups to identify points of consensus and debate around policy, action and organizing.

Tech policy

As an extension of our Tech Coops report and in collaboration with IT sector cooperators, We are exploring policy areas of campaigning and advocacy.

From Crisis to Consensus

SEIZE conducted a national survey of tenant union organizers, advocacy groups, and community organizations. The views expressed in the report diverge sharply from the loudest opinions on the housing crisis. Groups directly representing people at the front-lines of the housing crisis have been largely missing from the opinion columns, policy announcements and blue-ribbon panels that attempt to address the housing crisis.

Some of the key findings about these groups’ policy views include:

A consensus of the groups favours publicly-funded social housing
A strong majority support direct action to protect or improve access to housing, including 80% support of rent control policies
A near-consensus supports financing non-profit housing and cooperatives
The only policy measure that received strong opposition was government incentives for private rental housing