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Worker Co-op Academy Participants Offer Testimonies in Support of Program

CWCF’s Worker Co-op Academy is an online incubator program that coaches start-up groups through the process of developing and launching their worker co-op enterprises in a supportive cohort, with the help of experienced co-op developers. CWCF has run two cohorts through the program and is planning to launch the third cohort this May. Members of … Worker Co-op Academy Participants Offer Testimonies in Support of Program


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Job Posting: Intern, CWCF Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDDI) Business Conversion Project

  This position has been filled   View full job posting >>   Job title: Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDDI) Social Acquisition Project Assistant (or “JEDDI Project Intern”)   Project: JEDDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Decolonization, and Inclusion) Social Acquisition Project   Reports to: JEDDI Project Coordinator, Executive Director, and/or Communications and Member Services Manager … Job Posting: Intern, CWCF Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDDI) Business Conversion Project


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JEDDI Business Conversion Project Update, March 2023

Since our Justice,Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Social Acquisition Project began in September 2022, the CWCF has been working diligently towards the completion of project tasks and communication objectives. To this end, we have participated in three main outreach events, and have completed several online (and print) educational and awareness materials, for members of Equity-Denied Groups … JEDDI Business Conversion Project Update, March 2023


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Learning and Listening Will Help Canada’s Worker Co-op Sector Build Relationships With Indigenous Communities

By Kenzie Love As in many other BIPOC communities, Indigenous people in Canada have a long history of co-operativism. As Mark Intertas and James Thunder note in their paper Indigenizing the Co-operative Model: “While the co-operative is a relatively new construct in the context of European history, Indigenous peoples exhibited the characteristics and principles of … Learning and Listening Will Help Canada’s Worker Co-op Sector Build Relationships With Indigenous Communities


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SSG Is Hiring a Public Engagement Specialist

Working under the guidance of SSG’s Engagement Lead, and supported by an Engagement Team, the Engagement Specialist will lead all aspects of SSG’s engagement process through the full project life cycle. This work will include preparing engagement plans, preparing engagement activities in collaboration with the project delivery teams and leading the delivery of key engagement … SSG Is Hiring a Public Engagement Specialist


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Black Lives Matter

Black lives matter. We acknowledge that while racism and oppression have come to the forefront again recently in the United States, Canada has its own historic and present day systemic racism towards Black, Indigenous and Peoples of Colour. Anti-Black racism in Canada dates back to the social, economic, and structural exclusion of Black people who … Black Lives Matter


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