December 18, 2019 New CWCF Look and Website Coming in 2020 / Connecting with Members / Vancouver Region WC Business Succession Project / WC Start-up Training Program – Parcours COOP (Toronto) / Reconfirming Fall 2020 Conference Dates, & more! CWCF is excited to be working with the Montreal-based, bilingual team of social justice-focused LOKI Design … Executive Director’s Report, December 2019
This day started out with great anticipation and enthusiasm and it didn’t disappoint. The session was facilitated by Quebec board member, Jessica Provencher, who started the day off with a survey of who was in the room. Then we got right into things with Stephen Law who has extensive experience in mediation and conflict. Stephen … Worker Co-op Intensive Report: Human Issues in a Worker Co-op
By Kaye Grant At our recent AGM in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, the board election was held. CWCF has three new board members: Frank Bezanson-Harris from Just Us Coffee Roasters Co-op in Grand Pré, NS (At-Large Director), Jessica Valentine from Woodshop Workers Co-op of Vancouver (BC/Yukon Director – completing a term, for two years) and Evan … CWCF AGM News
PDF version Vision To be a growing, cohesive network of democratically controlled worker co-ops that provide a high quality of worklife, and support the development of healthy, just and sustainable local economies, based on co-operative values and principles. Mission To work in solidarity with our members to achieve our Vision of a Co-operative Economy; To … CWCF’s 2019-2022 Strategic Plan
The Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation acknowledges that the “Ministère de l’Industrie et du Commerce, Direction des coopératives,” the Government of Quebec’s Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Co-operative Directorate is the drafter of this document, which originally appeared in French as part of their publication Coopérative de solidarité: Constitution, Organisation, Fonctionnement. We are grateful for their … Model By-Laws: Multi-stakeholder Co-operative (under the Quebec Co-operatives Act)
Click to view the following presentations from the 2018 CWCF-CoopZone Conference: Russ Christianson Financial Management of a Worker Co-op Pascal Billard New generation coops kristen Wittmen new generation coops Marty Frost Financing your worker co-opChristina Baker CCIF financing for co-operatives Bill Dinsdale ACU financing your worker co-op Cooperatives First Social Enterprise Worker Co-ops Co-operators CoopGuard and MBP … CWCF-CoopZone 2018 Conference Presentations
Below are the files you will want to read for CWCF’s 2018 AGM in Winnipeg. We regret that most of these documents are available only in English. / Nous regrettons que la plupart de ces documents ne soient disponibles qu’en anglais. Si vous avez besoin d’aide pour comprendre la langue, consultez en français s’il vous plaît avec … 2018 AGM Materials
This webinar presented information on concepts, tools and insights into how to reduce the potential for conflict and gain new ideas on how to deal with it when it appears. Participants had the opportunity to share and learn from each other’s experiences and insights. Brian shared and explored concepts and insights which he has gleaned … Conflict Management in a Worker Co-operative with Brian Scott, December 5, 2017
This webinar discussed practices in good governance for worker co-operatives including discussion on the following governance-related topics as requested by worker co-op members in CWCF’s 2017 member survey. How can worker co-ops move good workers to good member-owners? Discussion about membership and responsibilities and how to share/disseminate that information to new members. Participatory decision-making and … Good Governance in a Worker Co-operative with Lynn Hannley; November 21, 2017
Worker-Owned Cooperatives in Marginalized Communities: Incompatibility and Innovation By Princie Reza Supervised by Justin Podur A Major Paper submitted to the Faculty of Environmental Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree in Master in Environmental Studies, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. July 2017 This paper examines the sufficiency of the worker cooperative model in addressing precarious … Worker-Owned Cooperatives in Marginalized Communities: Incompatibility and Innovation