By Kenzie Love CWCF held our 2022 AGM on November 18, and as always it was an important exercise in fulfilling our commitment to the second co-operative principle of democratic member control. Evan Proven was acclaimed to a second term as director for the Prairies/NWT/Nunavut region, while the seat for the Atlantic region remains vacant. … CWCF AGM News
By Kenzie Love Note that the available Conference presentations can be found at this link. CWCF was excited to hold our first in-person Conference since 2019 from November 17-19 in Vancouver, BC. We were fortunate to have a beautiful setting, great weather, and most importantly, the chance to connect after so long apart. Although the … Conference 2022 Overview
By Joy Emmanuel Once again, CWCF’s annual conference was a source of inspiration and renewal, bringing co-operators together from across the country to focus on the multiple ways we can work in our co-ops and our communities to support the growth and health of the worker co-op sector. From east to west there was representation … Reflections on CWCF’s Annual Conference
CWCF’s Worker Co-op Best Practices Award is presented by the board to to a worker co-operative which has demonstrated best practices in governance and/or operations, including in upholding the values and principles of the co-operative movement within their co-operative, and has shared, or is willing to share their experience and learnings with other … Wood Shop Workers’ Co-op Receives Worker Co-op Best Practices Award
Annual Report 2022 Report on Strategic Plan 2019-2022 AGM 2022 Agenda AGM 2022 Slides AGM 2021 Minutes Audited Financial Statements 2021-22 Current year budget 2022-23 Candidate statement for Evan Proven – Prairies By-law Amendments-resolutions for discussion only Form and process for late resolutions
Growing Slow, a short film focusing on Vancouver Island’s Island Flower Growers Co-operative, is now available to watch on YouTube. Director Nick Ogden was the recipient of CWCF’s 2021 young adult arts and culture grant, which he used to help produce the film.
The Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation (“CWCF”) seeks to fill a term position for a Program Assistant with Common Good Capital (“CGC”), which is a Registered Plans Program available to members of CWCF. This position will be a one-year part-time term (maternity leave replacement), beginning December 5, 2022 and continuing until December 29, 2023, with hours … Program Assistant (Term Position) – Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation
By Hazel Corcoran CWCF had planned to hold a fully hybrid Conference in Vancouver next month, with something at nearly every time slot to be available virtually as well as in-person. We regret to announce that we have realized that a hybrid Conference to the degree we’d planned is beyond our capacity, at least this year. We … Change to Hybrid Nature of CWCF Conference
CWCF is pleased to launch the Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization and Inclusion (JEDDI) Social Acquisition project, which started in September. This project, funded by an Investment Readiness Program Ecosystem Builders’ grant, is a continuation of the work of the University of Waterloo’s Legacy Leadership Lab (L3), whose final report is available here. The JEDDI Social … CWCF Launches JEDDI Social Acquisition Project
By Kenzie Love Democratic member control is a key co-op principle, and as the International Co-op Alliance’s guidance notes for the seven principles state, “democracy is a simple concept: the governance or control of an organization by its members through majority decision-making.” Compared to the autocratic decision-making that characterizes many traditional businesses, majority decision-making might … Sociocracy – a Compelling Governance Model for Worker Co-ops