CWCF News

Call for CWCF AGM Resolutions and Board Nominations

Call for AGM Resolutions   Resolutions for the CWCF AGM in November are due September 19, 2022. Please see the CWCF Resolutions process, including the Resolutions Form on the last page, at this link: https://canadianworker.coop/cwcf-agm-resolutions-process/. Please submit any resolutions to Resolutions Committee members Jessica Provencher and Frank Bezanson-Harris, copying Executive Director Hazel Corcoran.   Call for Call for CWCF AGM Resolutions and Board Nominations


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CWCF Hiring Project Coordinator

The Canadian Worker Co-op Federation is seeking a Project Coordinator for its JEDDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, and Inclusion) Social Acquisition Project.  This role requires connections within communities serving equity-deserving groups; previous experience managing and leading projects projects; and excellent organizational and time management skills. This position will be remote. Applications are due July 17, 2022. CWCF Hiring Project Coordinator


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CWCF Welcomes BIPOC Board Advisors

CWCF is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Paul DeVillers and Juliet ‘Kego Ume-Onyido to its board as the BIPOC Advisors. Please join us in welcoming them both to CWCF!   Paul DeVillers’ bio  Juliet ‘Kego Ume-Onyido


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CWCF Executive Assistant (Bilingual/Remote) Adjoint∙e administratif∙ve à la FCCT (bilingue/télétravail)

(Le français suit) Download the job description The Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation (CWCF) is a national, bilingual grassroots membership organization of and for worker co-operatives, related types of co-operatives, and organizations that support the growth and development of worker co-operatives. CWCF is seeking a an ambitious, results-driven Executive Assistant to support the Executive Director and CWCF Executive Assistant (Bilingual/Remote) Adjoint∙e administratif∙ve à la FCCT (bilingue/télétravail)


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CWCF Hosts Successful Screening of Atautsikut/Leaving None Behind

CWCF, in partnership with Just Us! Coffee and CCEDNet, hosted a successful screening of director John Houston’s 60-minute film Atautsikut/Leaving None Behind on April 19. Through interviews with elders, the film chronicles how the Inuit and Cree of Nunavik (northern Quebec) banded together to create a co-operative federation that allowed them to break free from CWCF Hosts Successful Screening of Atautsikut/Leaving None Behind


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Report from the Executive Director, March 2022

By Hazel Corcoran –  Next Worker Co-op Academy:  Starts May 2nd, 2022 –  Federal Worker Co-op Development Lobby Gains Traction –  More CWCF Technical Assistance Grants  – Conference 2022: November in Vancouver! (and seeking Committee members) – Film screening: Atautsikut / Leaving None Behind – BIPOC Advisors to CWCF’s Board Worker Co-op Academy:  CWCF will Report from the Executive Director, March 2022


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Statement on the situation in Ukraine

CICOPA, the international federation of industrial and service co-operatives, has issued a statement on the situation in Ukraine. CWCF is a signatory to the statement. Read the statement.


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