Kenzie Love
CWCF Hosts Successful Screening of Atautsikut/Leaving None Behind
CWCF, in partnership with Just Us! Coffee and CCEDNet, hosted a successful screening of director John Houston’s 60-minute film Atautsikut/Leaving None Behind on April 19. Through interviews with elders, the film chronicles how the Inuit and Cree of Nunavik (northern Quebec) banded together to create a co-operative federation that allowed them to break free from … CWCF Hosts Successful Screening of Atautsikut/Leaving None Behind
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Solidarity Economy Principles Call for Transformative Change
By Kenzie Love A set of Solidarity Principles are in process of being developed by a US group in response to the realization that such guidelines could lead to more cohesion among the various types of groups and entities involved in the solidarity economy. The term “solidarity economy” does not have a precise definition. … Solidarity Economy Principles Call for Transformative Change
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coopérative Tënk Celebrates Documentaries – Hannah Rackow
For coopérative Tënk in Montreal, bringing lesser-known documentaries to audiences across Canada is both a passion and a mission. Florence Lamothe, co-founder and general manager of the co-op, explains that “the documentary is a rather under-circulated, under-loved and under-financed medium and cinematographic genre these days.” Tënk aims to address that gap by hosting and highlighting … coopérative Tënk Celebrates Documentaries – Hannah Rackow
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March 2022 newsletter
Worker Co-ops and the Sixth Principle
By Kenzie Love The term “solidarity” is often bandied about in co-operative circles, but what does it actually mean? Part of the answer lies in the sixth co-op principle: co-operation among co-operatives. When their interests align, traditional businesses might sometimes collaborate: a temporary joining of forces in pursuit of some shared goal. But co-operatives, as … Worker Co-ops and the Sixth Principle
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Together We’re Bitter (TWB) Crafts Community – Kenzie Love
When the founders of Together We’re Bitter opened shop six years ago in Kitchener, Ontario, they wanted to create something that would make their surrounding community, in cofounder Alex Szaflarska’s words, “a little bit more interesting and a little bit more fun.” And what better way to do that, they concluded, than a co-operative craft … Together We’re Bitter (TWB) Crafts Community – Kenzie Love
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Report from the Executive Director, March 2022
By Hazel Corcoran – Next Worker Co-op Academy: Starts May 2nd, 2022 – Federal Worker Co-op Development Lobby Gains Traction – More CWCF Technical Assistance Grants – Conference 2022: November in Vancouver! (and seeking Committee members) – Film screening: Atautsikut / Leaving None Behind – BIPOC Advisors to CWCF’s Board Worker Co-op Academy: CWCF will … Report from the Executive Director, March 2022
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Statement on the situation in Ukraine
CICOPA, the international federation of industrial and service co-operatives, has issued a statement on the situation in Ukraine. CWCF is a signatory to the statement. Read the statement.
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Solidarity Economy Principles
The Solidarity Economy Principles and practices to build the Solidarity Economy Movement have recently developed and the team is currently in consultation to garner feedback from players in the Solidarity Economy Movement. Here is a bit of information from the developers: Why did we do this? Tool to build unity & shared culture around solidarity … Solidarity Economy Principles
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