Dear CWCF members, allies, and friends, After 30 years as CWCF’s Executive Director and involvement from its early beginnings in 1991, I have decided to retire from CWCF at the end of 2026. It’s an emotional decision, but it also feels very right. With a new cycle of Strategic Planning beginning, it’s the right … Retirement from CWCF – and the Transition Plan
Maurice Amiri was elected as CWCF’s Atlantic Region Director at the 2025 AGM. Maurice is a project manager and strategic lead with a background in engineering and digital innovation. He holds an engineering education that equipped him with strong analytical and technical skills, which he has applied in industrial feasibility studies, EPC project management, and … Board Member Profile: Maurice Amiri
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
CWCF is thrilled to announce the 2025 winners of the Mark Goldblatt Merit Award and the Worker Co-op Best Practices Award, which will be presented at the Mixer and Award Night at our Conference in Edmonton. The Mark Goldblatt Award goes to Colin MacDougall of Sustainability Solutions Group for his leadership and contributions to the … Announcement of CWCF Awards!
By Kenzie Love The title of Ludovic Viger’s new book The Great Canadian Reset says it all. Faced with a series of interlocking political, economic, and environmental crises, the current system isn’t sustainable and can’t be fixed with some minor tweaks. Instead, a full “reset” is required. The subtitle of his book is clear on … Author Envisions Co-operative “Reset” for Canada
CWCF is pleased to feature members of Sunflower Facilitation and Counselling Co-op as presenters of Co-regulation & Co-operation – How we grow our capacity to practice democracy at its 2025 Conference. Taking place Tuesday, November 18 from 3:30 – 5 pm, the session will explore how participants can come into safe connection with themselves and … 2025 Conference session spotlight – Sunflower