Kenzie Love

ROSCAs Are an Overlooked But Vital Part of the Co-operative Sector

By Kenzie Love Growing up in Canada as the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, Andria Barrett was familiar with the Jamaican concept of “partner”. What she only learned later in life was that while it has sometimes been overlooked in Western histories of the co-operative movement, partner is just one name for a Rotating Savings and ROSCAs Are an Overlooked But Vital Part of the Co-operative Sector


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Sales Associates: Urbane Cyclist

This position is responsible for excellent customer service, generating sales,merchandising, and safeguarding the Co-op’s merchandise. It plays an integral role upholdingthe Co-op’s high standards. It impacts customer satisfaction, the Co-op’s reputation in themarketplace and profitability. Core competencies for this role are teamwork, problemsolving, leadership, communication and accountability. The sales associate job is broken down into Sales Associates: Urbane Cyclist


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SSG is hiring a consultant

For this recruitment, SSG is looking to bring on a consultant with specific experience in: Project Leadership. This includes being a primary point of contact with clients, leading and managing SSG Project Teams, and leading the writing of final project reports. Climate Change Adaptation/Vulnerability/Resilience Project Delivery. This includes  analyzing and interpreting modelling outputs from SSG’s technical SSG is hiring a consultant


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Co-operative Cleaners of Ontario Harnesses the Power of Worker Co-ops

By Kenzie Love Co-operative Cleaners of Ontario (CCOO) began in 2019 when Janet Bennett-Cox, the Co-op’s Vice President, stumbled upon an upcoming event organized by the Women’s Multicultural Resource and Counselling Centre (WMRCC) in Durham. The organization had received funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to establish worker co-operatives, and CCOO was one of the Co-operative Cleaners of Ontario Harnesses the Power of Worker Co-ops


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Organic Planet

We are putting the word out for a worker to join us at OP starting asap!   This position would offer 3-4 shifts a week with extra shifts available as needed.   Who we are looking for: Ideally we are looking for someone who is available Friday 2-9pm, Saturday 2-9pm, Sunday 10-6pm and Monday 8am-1:30pm. Organic Planet


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Worker Co-op 101 webinar series

The Worker Co-op 101 series is targeted for members of CWCF’s worker co-ops. More information about the webinars in the series is available here.


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TREC Sees a Bright Future for Renewable Energy

By Kenzie Love CWCF Associate Member TREC Renewable Energy Co-operative was founded in 1998 by a group of Torontonians interested in addressing their carbon footprint collectively. They drew particular inspiration from Germany, where the renewable energy co-operative model had achieved great success. “They could see they could make small steps in their own life,” says TREC Sees a Bright Future for Renewable Energy


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