CWCF is pleased to offer a series of free webinars over the coming months. The schedule for these is as follows: What is a Worker Co-op? Wednesday February 1st, 12 pm ET. Worker Co-op Finance 101, Wednesday, February 8th, 12 pm ET. Converting Businesses to Social Purpose Organizations for Equity-Denied Groups, Thursday, February 9th, 1 … Upcoming CWCF webinars
By Hazel Corcoran 2023 Conference / JEDDI Social Acquisition Project / CWCF Board Officers 2023 / Young Adult Arts and Culture Grant/ Worker Co-op Academy As we begin a new year, I hope everyone had a safe and restful holiday season. Our Collective Power Conference in Vancouver last November was definitely one of the year’s … Report from the Executive Director, January 2023
We’re excited to be growing the Union Cooperative Initiative team this year thanks to new grant funding from the Alliance for Cooperative Development and Vancity Credit Union. The following UCI job postings are up and close at 5 pm on January 10, 2022. Administrative Assistant: 22.5 hours per week (Tuesday – Thursday) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MLHGHI2xObboblqYzOJ5y4lwSMidMm6Y1q38MjGLzaQ/edit?usp=sharing Union … The UCI Team is Growing!
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
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