CWCF’s Conferences can always be counted on to deliver great presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities. This year, however, features an additional draw, courtesy of the Conference’s location in Quebec City: tours of the city’s dynamic worker co-op scene, which will visit four local enterprises. It’s one of the many parts of this year’s Conference you … Worker Co-op Tours Are a Highlight of Conference 2023
Transform Practice, a not-for-profit consulting group, is a worker co-op that specializes in design, facilitation, reflective practice, evaluative learning, and strategy, working with community, non-profit, philanthropic, government and private sectors. As its name would suggest, however, the members of Transform Practice seek to go beyond merely tinkering with the framework of the organizations they serve. … Transform Practice Works Towards Change One Organization At a Time – Kenzie Love
September 21, 2023 Sun Certified Builders Co-op (SCBC) is looking for a Journeyperson carpenter. Are you interested in a career opportunity in high-performance new construction and renovations? Would you like to participate in a democratic business structure as a co-op member? SCBC is an employee-owned worker co-op offering competitive wages ($29.43-$36.42/hr depending on experience), training … Sun Certified Builders Coop is hiring Journeyperson Framing Carpenters
CWCF is pleased to announce Aniqah Rahman as our new JEDDI Business Conversions project intern, supported by the CreateAction youth employment program. Based in Toronto, Aniqah is an artist, program facilitator, and researcher. The common thread that connects these endeavours are a curiosity and appreciation for the ways in which people shape and communicate their experiences; … CWCF Welcomes New Intern
CWCF is pleased to announce the recent addition of Leslie Brown to its board of directors, representing the Atlantic region. Leslie is Professor Emerita in the Sociology Department , Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, where her work has involved teaching, research, policy analysis, and knowledge dissemination. She credits her doctoral thesis on “New Wave” retail … CWCF Welcomes New Atlantic Region Director
CWCF is pleased to announce the hiring of Chloë Williams as our Executive Assistant. Based in Montreal, Chloë first got involved with the co-operative sector as a worker-member and co-founder of the Hive Cafe Solidarity Co-operative at a student-run multi stakeholder co-op at Concordia University, where she is currently an active board member. She recently … CWCF Welcomes New Executive Assistant
By Kenzie Love Momentum is growing in Canada behind the idea of Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs), variations of which already exist in the US and UK. The UK model, which is the more similar of the two to the one the federal government has slated to take effect in 2024, promotes employee ownership by … Employee Ownership Trusts Are Not the Only Solution to Succession Planning
By Hazel Corcoran CWCF Conference/Staff Retreat and Transitions/JEDDI Project/New Director/National Day for Truth and Reconciliation As we enter into the fall, CWCF staff and board are hard at work preparing for our 2023 Conference, “Stronger Together”. While there’s more information about this event in the separate article in this newsletter, it will contain a great … Report from the Executive Director, September 2023
Do you have a group of at least three people and a concept for a worker co-op? If so, we want to hear from you! The CWCF Worker Co-op Academy, an online training program that coaches start-up groups through the process of developing and launching their worker co-op enterprises in a supportive cohort, with the … Apply now to CWCF’s Worker Co-op Academy