By Hazel Corcoran Worker Co-op Academy / CWCF Lobbying / Worker Co-op 101 Webinar Series / Strategic Plan Update / Session with MP’s Matthew Green, Peter Julian, and Alexandre Boulerice / and CWCF’s 2021 Conference As we begin a new year, I hope everyone had a safe and restful holiday season. 2021 was another challenging … Report from the Executive Director, January 2022
As announced at the AGM, CWCF is seeking two BIPOC Board Advisors. The characteristics sought are: That they be BIPOC : Black, Indigenous, or (other) People of Colour. That they be engaged in the co-op movement and/or in co-op development, with preference to those in the worker co-ops movement. The time commitment is for approximately … CWCF Seeks BIPOC Board Advisors
The Worker Co-op Best Practices Award goes 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 worker co-operatives in Canada. This year’s award … London Brewing Receives Worker Co-op Best Practices Award
The Mark Goldblatt Worker Co-op Merit Award For those who did not have the pleasure of knowing the late Mark Goldblatt (for whom this Award is named), we shall explain who he was. Mark was an iconic figure in the Canadian co-operative movement generally and the worker co-op movement in particular. He was CWCF’s board … Eric Tusz-King Receives Mark Goldblatt Worker Co-op Merit Award
By Elias Crim, Ownership Matters (Chicago, IL) With about 70 others (total Conference registration of 165), we attended the Nov. 16 sessions of the Conference hosted by the Canadian Worker Coop Federation and came away energized, impressed, and better informed. Here are some highlights of what we saw and heard. The Keynote Panel was comprised … Report: Among the Canadian Co-operators (November 26, 2021)
By Kaye Grant At our recent 2021 Virtual AGM held on November 17, 2021, there was the usual business, however, we were delighted to have greetings provided by Hugues Bourgeois, Interim Executive Director, Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada, and Alexandra Wilson, Board Vice Chair, Co-operators and Francesca Zaganelli, Membership Coordinator, CICOPA, Brussels. Reflecting on the conference … CWCF AGM News
By Kenzie Love CWCF’s first-ever fully virtual conference began with a fun icebreaker activity organized by BC director Sandra Allen of Shift Delivery, in which she invited participants to imagine headlines from newspapers a decade into the future on what the worker co-op movement looked like. Sandra encouraged everyone to strike a hopeful tone, and … Conference 2021 Overview
Learn How Worker Co-ops are Building Better Together at Virtual, Bilingual, National Conference Nov. 15, 2021, Calgary, AB. – The Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation (the “Federation” or “CWCF”) will focus on opportunities for worker co-ops and the movement for economic democracy in Building Better Together, at its annual fall Conference, taking place virtually from … CWCF Conference Press Release
Below are the files related to CWCF’s 2021 AGM. We regret that these documents are available only in English. / Nous regrettons que de ces documents ne soient disponibles qu’en anglais. Si vous avez besoin d’aide pour comprendre la langue, consultez en français s’il vous plaît avec la directrice générale Hazel Corcoran, hazel@canadianworker.coop. Merci. AGM … 2021 AGM Documents
The Canadian Worker Co-op Federation (CWCF) is one of 46 member organizations of Co-operators. Having been invited to join Co-operators in 2007, CWCF and its members have benefited in many ways. CWCF and our members (as well as members of the Quebec Réseau COOP) have access to member- and co-op-specific insurance and financial services products … Co-operators and CWCF