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
CWCF is pleased to feature Júlia Martins Rodrigues, Ph.D., as a speaker on the keynote panel at its upcoming Conference. She is a researcher and professor at the International Centre for Co-operative Management, Saint Mary’s University. She will speak about the Namasté Solar Multi-stakeholder Network in the U.S. renewable energy industry, joined on the panel … Keynote Speaker Profile: Julia Martins Rodrigues
Aug 14, 2024 by Leslie Brown, CWCF and Flourish Community Development Co-operative – Intro NOT delivered; John Harvie introduced all the nominees. Best Western Hotel & Conference Centre Nova Scotia Co-op Council, 75th Anniversary, with invited guest Governor General Mary Simon. Your Excellencies and honoured guests – Good afternoon – It is my pleasure … Linda Best Receives Distinguished Co-operators Award from Nova Scotia Co-operative Council
Call for AGM Resolutions Resolutions for the CWCF AGM in November are due on September 20, 2024, for the virtual AGM which will take place on November 20th. Please see the CWCF Resolutions process, including the Resolutions Form on the last page, at this link. Please submit resolutions to Resolutions Committee Chair Jessica Provencher, copying Executive … Call for Resolutions and Awards
REGISTER VIA EVENTBRITE >> Monday, January 22, 2024 12 pm ET Part of CWCF’s Free webinar series This introductory training in the cooperative enterprise, covers the 4 main types of cooperatives and more specifically covers all the aspects affecting the functioning of a cooperative managed by workers: internal organization, legal guidelines, capital structure, conditions for … What is a worker Co-op? 2024 event
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
By Em Kieffer A newer member of Toronto’s Urbane Cyclist, this was Em Kieffer’s first CWCF Conference. Attending the Canadian Worker Co-op Federation Conference in Quebec City this November as a representative of Urbane Cyclist was a rewarding and inspiring experience. Held primarily in the beautiful Monastère des Augustines, the event brought together a wide … CWCF Conference Reflection
By Kenzie Love Worker co-operators from across Quebec and the rest of Canada gathered in Quebec City November 14-16 for CWCF’s 2023 Conference, Stronger Together, hosted jointly with Quebec’s Réseau COOP. The Conference theme was chosen to demonstrate that in a world that often prizes individual achievements over collective success, we need a co-operative … CWCF Conference 2023 Overview