Magazines and Organizations
The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder (MSR)
News Articles and Written Stories
Carlberg, A. (2023, March) There’s a New Way to Find Black-Owned Businesses Near You in Toronto. Blog T.O. (Online).
Daniel, N. (2022, July 13th). ‘It All Happened Really Fast’: College Grad Turns Her Love for HBCUs into a Clothing Line Now Being Sold In Department Stores. The Atlanta Black Star. (Online).
Duncan-Smith, N. (2022, August 1st). Beauty Boot Camp Helps Young Girls with an Entrepreneurial Spirit Become the Next Generation of Beauty-Savvy Hairstylists. The Atlanta Black Star. (Online).
Chisholm, C. (2020, March 3rd). Story of Syrian Refugee Who Started a N.S. Chocolate Company Turned into a Movie. CBC News. (Online).
Harmon, S. (2018) July 3rd). Alliance Helps Black Women Build Wealth. The Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder. (Online).
Toronto Metropolitan University (2018, Spring). Promoting Ethnic Businesses and Entrepreneurship Can Help Newcomers Integrate. Innovation Newsletter Issue 29. (Online).
Rachelle, A. (2015, July 9th). Black Women Entrepreneurs on the Rise: A Q&A with Chef Adrienne Scales. The Atlanta Black Star. (Online).
Videos/Creative Works
Little India: Village of Dreams.
TVO Documentary. 2017
This documentary explores the vibrant and diverse Toronto neighbourhood known affectionately as Little India, or the Gerrard India Bazaar. Behind the myriad colourful restaurants, beauty shops, clothing and grocery stores are the South Asian immigrants and entrepreneurs who founded this community over 40 years ago. Now, the children of the westernized second generation are adapting the family businesses, reshaping them yet preserving the legacies of their parents for the 21st century.This documentary explores the vibrant and diverse Toronto neighbourhood known affectionately as Little India, or the Gerrard India Bazaar. Behind the myriad colourful restaurants, beauty shops, clothing and grocery stores are the South Asian immigrants and entrepreneurs who founded this community over 40 years ago. Now, the children of the westernized second generation are adapting the family businesses, reshaping them yet preserving the legacies of their parents for the 21st century.
Reports
Toronto Metropolitan University (2017). Immigrant entrepreneurship: Barriers and facilitators to growth. Ted Rogers School of Management’s Diversity Institute. (PDF).
Journal Articles
Falcão, Q.R.P.; Machado, M.M.; Cruz, E.P. & Hossein, C.S. (2021). Mixed embeddedness of Brazilian entrepreneurs in Toronto. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. 27(7): 1724-1750. (Online) (PDF)
Machado, M.M.; Falcão, Q.R.P, Cruz, E.P. & Hossein, C.S (2021). Aspects of Brazilian immigrant entrepreneurship in Toronto. Interactions (Campo Grande). 22(3): 959-975. (English Online) (Portuguese Online) (English PDF) (Portuguese Online).
Machado, M.M.; Hossein, C.S.; Falcão, Q.R.P. & Cruz, E.P. (2021). Brazilian-Canadian Immigrant Businesses Configuration in the Greater Toronto Metropolitan Area, Canada. Frontera Norte. 33(14). (Online) (PDF)
Book Chapters
Hossein, C.,S.; S.D., Wright Austin & K., Edmonds. (2023). Preface. in Hossein, C. S.; S.D., Wright Austin & K. Edmonds (Eds). Beyond Racial Capitalism: Cooperatives in the African Diaspora. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Hossein, C.; S.D., Wright Austin & K., Edmonds. (2023). Introduction: Taking note of informality in an era of racial capitalism. Beyond Racial Capitalism: Cooperatives in the African Diaspora. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Hossein, C. (2023). Chapter 1: Black Canadian co-operators and countering anti-Black racism. Beyond Racial Capitalism: Cooperatives in the African Diaspora. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Hossein, C. (2023). Chapter 9: Caribbean banker ladies remaking equitable economies: An empirical study on Jamaica, Haiti, Guyana, Trinidad and Grenada. Beyond Racial Capitalism: Cooperatives in the African Diaspora. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Sifa, C.,B. & Hossein, C.,S. (2023). Cooperatives and mutuals. In Yi, I. et al. (Eds). Encyclopedia of the Social and Solidarity Economy. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD). Edward Elgar Press. (PDF)
Hossein, C. (2022). Preface. In Hossein, C., & Christabell P.J. (Eds). Community Economies in The Global South. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Hossein, C. & M. N., Kinyanjui (2022). Indigeneity, politicized consciousness and lived experience in community economies. Community Economies in the Global South. Hossein, C. & Christabell, PJ. (Eds). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.