Social Utility Trust: First Steps (Summary Sheet)

Suggested citation: TIESS. Social Utility Trust: First Steps (Summary Sheet). Montreal: Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire (TIESS), 2023. This summary sheet contains a diagram outlining the life stages of a social utility trust (SUT) and the roles of stakeholders involved in its creation and implementation. Related resources: This resource is part of a […]

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Trust Deed Template: Creating a Social Utility Trust for Sharing and Pooling Data

Suggested citation: TIESS. Trust Deed Template: Creating a Social Utility Trust for Sharing and Pooling Data. Montreal: Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire (TIESS), 2023. This template has been created to guide project owners of data social utility trusts in drafting a trust deed, a core document for designing a social utility trust. Related […]

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Business Models for Data Partnerships

Suggested citation: Open North. Business Models for Data Partnerships. Montreal: Open North, 2023. This paper explores different business models for leveraging the social and human value of data through data partnerships and presents a set of financing strategies to fuel reflections and discussions on building and sustaining data partnerships. Related resources: This resource is part of […]

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Decision Support Tool: Questions and Exercises to Help You Design Your Data Social Utility Trust Deed Together

Suggested citation: TIESS. Decision Support Tool: Questions and Exercises to Help You Design Your Data Social Utility Trust Deed Together. Montreal: Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire (TIESS), 2023. This guide provides step-by-step instructions for creating a first draft of a data social utility trust (SUT) deed to achieve a goal in the public […]

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Trustees: The Heart of Social Utility Trusts: Definition, Roles, and Group Administration

Suggested citation: TIESS. Trustees: The Heart of Social Utility Trusts: Definition, Roles, and Group Administration. Montreal: Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire (TIESS), 2023. This resource explores the role of trustees for a social utility trust, including what their powers and responsibilities are, how they are appointed, how they make decisions for and administer […]

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Collective Governance of Social Utility Trusts: Four Community Engagement Strategies

Suggested citation: TIESS. Collective Governance of Social Utility Trusts: Four Community Engagement Strategies. Montreal: Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire (TIESS), 2023. This resource focuses on the collective governance of social utility trusts (SUTs), from mapping stakeholders and contributors within a SUT community to supporting participation through various engagement strategies. Related resources: This resource […]

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Brainstorming Tool: 7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Create a Data Social Utility Trust

Suggested citation: TIESS. Brainstorming Tool: 7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Create a Data Social Utility Trust. Montreal: Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire (TIESS), 2023. This tool is designed to guide you through seven key questions that should be asked during the design stage of a data social utility trust project. The […]

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Data Partnerships: An Introduction

Suggested citation: Open North and TIESS. Data Partnerships: An Introduction. Montreal: Open North, 2023. This guide introduces what data partnerships are and why they matter, outlines the high-level steps involved in setting up a data partnership, and explores legal arrangements and vehicles that can be used to create a data partnership. Related resources: This resource […]

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The Social Utility Trust: A Path to Data Partnerships

Suggested citation: TIESS. The Social Utility Trust: A Path to Data Partnerships. Montreal: Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire (TIESS), 2023. This guide explains what a social utility trust (SUT) is, when it is appropriate to use one, and the roles of the stakeholders involved in creating one. Related resources: This resource is part […]

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