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
Registration is open for CWCF’s 2025 Conference, taking place in Edmonton, Alberta, November 18-20. Check out our draft program and presenter bios and read up on everything else you need to know here. Our early bird rate ends September 26, so register now for all the compelling speakers, engaging workshops, and great networking opportunities!
By Lacey Chyz Lacey Chyz is the founder of Self Help and Solidarity, an empowerment agency that educates people about the power of cooperation, and facilitates opportunities for sustainable community economic development. The Connections and Networking Every conference boasts about networking opportunities, but nothing compares to cooperation among cooperatives! This fundamental co-op … Five Reasons to Plan Ahead to Attend the 2025 CWCF Conference
Jackie Somerville is a past CWCF board member who once belonged to Edible worker co-op, an experience she recalls fondly. Thank you for allowing me to join the Zoom call for the CWCF 2024 Conference. The enthusiasm and ideas of all the participants reawakens my zest for my own life and projects. It brought back … Conference 2024 Reflection
By Kenzie Love CWCF’s second-ever fully virtual conference took place from November 19-21 with a theme of Unleashing Worker Co-ops for Success. In keeping with this theme, the event recognized the profound economic, social, and environmental challenges facing both workers and worker co-ops, while also celebrating the creativity, passion, and excitement worker co-ops have … Conference 2024 Overview
CWCF is pleased to feature Daphane Nelson of CoActive Developments Worker Co-op as a presenter at its Forum on co-op conversions, taking place November 20 from 7 – 9 pm ET. The Forum will explore the value of co-op conversions. and also the benefits of proposed new legislation to give co-op conversions comparable tax treatment … CWCF 2024 Conference: Worker Co-op Conversions
CWCF is pleased to feature Let’s Talk Worker Co-ops: Building Decolonized Co-ops, a workshop at the 2024 Conference presented by Kisa Hamilton, Denise Bishop-Earle, and Yvette Bailey of Transform Practice. Taking place from 2:30 – 4:00 pm ET on November 19, the workshop will explore how to build diverse, inclusive, and welcoming co-ops focusing on … CWCF 2024 Conference: Let’s Talk Worker Co-ops
CWCF Announces 2024 Award Recipients CWCF is pleased to announce the recipients of two awards at the 2024 Conference. The Mark Goldblatt Merit Award was presented to Juliet ‘Kego Ume-Onyido and the Worker Co-op Best Practices Award was presented to Sustainability Solutions Group (SSG). The Worker Co-op Merit Award, named in honour of the late … CWCF Announces 2024 Award Recipients
CWCF is pleased to feature Russ Christianson (of Campbellford, ON) and Daniella Preisler (originally from Chile, now in California and a past USFWC staffperson, now with Colmenar Consulting Co-op) as presenters for the Worker Co-op Finance 201 skill-building session, Wednesday November 20, 12 – 1:30 pm ET, at its upcoming free Conference. The session will … CWCF Conference Session Spotlight: Finance 201
By Nasreen Omar Nasreen is one of CWCF’s BIPOC board advisors and a founding member of Edmonton’s Multicultural Health Brokers Co-op. CWCF’s annual Conference “Stronger Together” was held in Quebec City from November 14-16, 2023. Our location in Quebec City was in beautiful surroundings; and the City is home to a number of flourishing workers’ … Reflections on CWCF’s 2023 Conference