By Hazel Corcoran This month: Conference 2023 JEDDI Business Conversions Project New Staff Lobbying Update Conference 2023 As we head into the summer, CWCF is busy preparing for our upcoming Conference this November. Our Conference theme of Stronger Together will explore challenges many worker co-ops are currently facing, such as burnout and conflict management, … Report from the Executive Director, June 2023
The federal government’s Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) program offered interest-free loans of up to $60,000 to small businesses and not-for-profits at the height of the pandemic, a program that several CWCF members participated in. For eligible CEBA borrowers in good standing, repaying the balance of the loan on or before December 31, 2023 will … Call for expressions of interest for a CEBA loan from Tenacity Works fund
By Kenzie Love Local Investing YYC, an associate member of CWCF through its participation in Common Good Capital, was incorporated in the fall of 2017. Its founders were looking for ways that all types of investors could invest into the local economy in businesses having a positive environmental or social impact. Travis Inlow, the Co-op’s … Local Investing YYC Looks Beyond the Bottom Line
CWCF’s Worker Co-op Academy is an online incubator program that coaches start-up groups through the process of developing and launching their worker co-op enterprises in a supportive cohort, with the help of experienced co-op developers. CWCF has run two cohorts through the program and is planning to launch the third cohort this May. Members of … Worker Co-op Academy Participants Offer Testimonies in Support of Program
Highlights Co-op Mixers Worker Co-op Academy New Member Orientation Lobbying CEBA Loans JEDDI Project Spring is in the air across Canada, and CWCF is gearing up for a busy stretch as the days get warmer and longer. One highlight of this period has been our co-op mixers, which have already taken place in Toronto and … Report from the Executive Director, April 2023
If you have or know of a group of three or more members and a concept for a worker co-op, CWCF’s Worker Co-op Academy wants to hear from you! Our next cohort is beginning May 8, and applications are due two weeks prior. The Academy is an online training program that coaches start-up groups through … Calling all groups interested in launching a worker co-operative!
The federal government’s Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) program offered interest-free loans of up to $60,000 to small businesses and not-for-profits at the height of the pandemic, a program that several CWCF members participated in. For eligible CEBA borrowers in good standing, repaying the balance of the loan on or before December 31, 2023 will … Covid-19 Financing: CEBA Loan Repayment Support
Black lives matter. We acknowledge that while racism and oppression have come to the forefront again recently in the United States, Canada has its own historic and present day systemic racism towards Black, Indigenous and Peoples of Colour. Anti-Black racism in Canada dates back to the social, economic, and structural exclusion of Black people who … Black Lives Matter
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 … CWCF Worker Co-op Academy Accepting Applications
The Canadian Worker Co-op Federation (CWCF) offers grants to assist worker co-ops that are, or agree to become, members of CWCF to hire a co-op developer or other professional to help with a challenge that the co-op is facing. Assistance can be sought in any area needed such as marketing, financial administration, governance, conflict resolution, … Update on Technical Assistance Grants