Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) Committee for the Promotion and Advancement of Cooperatives (COPAC) a successful on-going partnership between representatives of the coop movement, farmers´ organizations, and the United Nations and its agencies.
Canadian CED Network promotes excellence and investment in community economic development.
Canadian Cooperative Research Network The CCRN-RCRC is your gateway to research on co-operatives in Canada. The goal of this site is to create an online network of co-operative researchers and practitioners that allows for idea exchange, research-sharing, collaboration, determining research priorities and creating a link between researchers, students, practitioners and existing co-op networks year-round. Researchers … Canadian Co-operative Research Network
Canadian Information Guide on Co-operatives, https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/106.nsf/eng/h_00073.html . The guide was developed in partnership with the provinces and territories and was designed to provide Canadians with essential information on the co-operative business model. This guide is intended to: introduce you to different aspects of the co-operative business model in Canada; present you with the key characteristics of federal, … Canada Business Network: Co-operative resources
Canada’s worker co-operative movement is deeply saddened by the loss of CWCF’s Past President Mark Goldblatt, who died on Tuesday, February 3rd of an apparent heart attack. “Mark’s contributions to building the worker co-operative movement in Canada were instrumental in building the movement, and its national Federation,” said Hazel Corcoran, Executive Director of the Canadian … Canada’s worker co-ops mourn the loss of co-op pioneer Mark Goldblatt
UnionCo-ops Council of U.S. Federation of Worker Co-ops ANNUAL REPORT 2014* Conference Calls The UnionCo-ops Council of U.S. Federation of Worker Co-ops held monthly conference calls (except August) with a high attendance of twenty-two people, a low attendance of five people, and an average attendance of 12.27 people. Participation People from the following states and … UnionCo-ops Council of U.S. Federation of Worker Co-ops ANNUAL REPORT 2014*
The Community Economic Development Program is a part-time program that is built to give you maximum learning and hands-on experience, while still giving you the ability to balance your other life obligations. It starts with a one-week in-person intensive, followed by three live, scheduled web-conference courses over the course of several months, and finishes with … Simon Fraser University – Certificate in Community Economic Development
Saint Mary’s University offers three on-line, part time programs that provide exceptional management skills to current and future co-operative leaders. Designed for working professionals seeking a program geared to co-operatives, the programs draw students, faculty, and researchers from around the globe and from a diversity of co-operatives and credit unions. Visit their website for more … Master of Management, Co-operatives and Credit Unions
This paper aims to help build the field of U.S. worker co-op development by providing a current view of the cooperative landscape and by analyzing factors that inhibit or promote cooperative development. Although informed by the cooperative giants in Europe, this analysis highlights lessons learned through the development and growth of worker co-ops in the United States. Click here … Worker Cooperatives: Pathways to Scale
This Resource Guide, in the form of web links to practical documents, is designed to be used as a reference guide by people considering the start-up of a worker co-op and organizations that support business development of various types, as well as by worker co-ops that are operating. Worker Co-op Resource Guide