Marty Meyer was acclaimed as CWCF’s Prairies/NWT/Nunavut Director at the 2025 AGM. Marty has been a Registered Massage Therapist in Calgary for over three decades, blending a deep passion for hands-on healing with a lifelong curiosity about how things work—whether that’s the human body, cooperative businesses, or the systems that support community well-being. Marty’s journey … Board Member Profile: Marty Meyer
By Kenzie Love CWCF held our 2025 AGM on November 19-20, and as always, it was an important exercise in fulfilling our commitment to the second co-operative principle of democratic member control. We received reports from the Co-Presidents and Executive Director, both of which can be read in CWCF’s Annual Report. CWCF’s Treasurer, Kelly Storie, … CWCF AGM and Board Reorganization
By Hannah Nielsen, The Vancouver Cleaning Cooperative It started with “Co-op Bingo” – an icebreaker game to kick off the 2025 CWCF annual conference. My eyes, darting back and forth between the multitude of new faces and the colourful bingo card in my hand, finally settled on one sentence in particular. This sentence hit me … Belonging in Action: Connection and Community at the 2025 CWCF Conference
By Kenzie Love Over 50 worker co-operators from across Canada gathered in Edmonton, November 18-20, for CWCF’s annual Conference, with a theme of Worker Co-ops Build a Better World: Democracy, Diversity, and Justice. The Conference featured compelling presentations and great networking opportunities, and an impromptu dance party that broke out after the awards ceremony. Throughout … CWCF 2025 Conference Overview
By Kenzie Love Members of the co-op sector from over 30 countries gathered in Portugal last month for the Global Co-op Innovation Summit. The Summit was organized with the intention of inspiring, promoting, and fostering the development of cooperative and mutual enterprises around the world, with a theme of Facing Tipping Points Through Cooperative Innovation. … Global Co-op Innovation Summit Reaffirms Value of Co-operation Among Co-ops
By Kenzie Love Aster Group Environmental Services Co–op was formed in Sackville, New Brunswick in 2013 with a mandate to donate 10 percent of its profits to an environmental charity. In the absence of an existing charity suited to this purpose, however, the Aster Foundation was created in 2017, charged with making annual grants to … The Aster Foundation Provides Valuable Support to New Brunswick’s Environmental Movement
CWCF made a submission to the Minister of Finance to urge the Government to: • include worker co-operatives in the implementation of the $10 million capital gains exemption for sales of businesses to worker co-operatives; and • make the provisions permanent. Complete document
CWCF Recommendations: I. That the Government of Canada implement the tax incentives announced for worker co-operatives in harmony with incentives provided to Employee Ownership Trusts permanently or at least for 2026 through 2028. II. That the Government support CWCF’s Building Community Resiliency Program to maintain and create jobs and businesses, primarily through conversions to worker co-operatives, with … Pre-budget Submission for the November 2025 Federal Budget