What is a Worker Co-op?
Wednesday, September 24 at 12 pm ET
Part of CWCF’s Free webinar series
This introductory training in the cooperative enterprise, covers the 4 main types of cooperatives and more specifically covers all the aspects affecting the functioning of a cooperative managed by workers: internal organization, legal guidelines, capital structure, conditions for success, etc.
This training is for:
> entrepreneurs
> potential new members of cooperatives
> the curious
Presented by Juliet ‘Kego Ume-Onyido, CWCF Board Equity Advisor Juliet ‘Kego is Financial Advisor with one of Canada’s leading Financial Institutions; an international Speaker-Poet, and a Master-Certified Leadership Coach-Trainer-Consultant.
She is a passionate proponent of the cooperative movement and the solidarity economy using an ecosystem approach, and committed to fostering financial inclusion, dignity and shared prosperity, by bridging the gap between formal and informal cooperative institutions.
She is the Co-founder of Whole Woman Network Social Enterprise, and Whole Women Network Co-operative (WWN Co-op); a worker co-operative focused on culturally informed financial literacy, peer-to-peer funding and cooperative education for historically underrepresented Women and Youth, using an iterated digital model of ROSCA – Rotating Saving and Credit Association (SUSU) and community-based ‘village banking’ models.
Juliet is one of the ten founding members of Black Women Professional Co-operative Inc.; a multi-stakeholder consulting co-operative offering strategic planning, ESG advisory and business analysis training services, while providing linkages for Black Women co-operators from the global South and North to share resources towards socio-economic agency.
As a Feminist and Poet, her poems amplify the lived experiences of women and girls, with proceeds from all global poetry recitals and speaking engagements supporting the education and empowerment of vulnerable demographics in under-served communities.
Her professional and educational experience spanning several companies (Honeywell Group, American Express, Emex Systems, MIS Systems, Edward Jones Investments, & Sun Life Financial), and multi-disciplinary fields: Engineering, International Business, Gender Studies, Wealth Management and Financial Advisory. She has an MBA from the Manchester Business School, UK, and a Credit Union Development Educator designation (CUDE), from the International Centre for Co-operative Management at St. Mary’s University, Canada. She is a coach-strategist for organizations and leaders in civic and corporate sectors.
A recipient of several awards including the 2023 Co-operative Spirit Award by the Ontario Co-operative Association (OCA), for outstanding contribution to Awareness, Diversity & Equity building in the Co-operative sector, and CWCF’s 2024 Mark Goldblatt Merit Award.
She serves on the board of organizations in Canada, USA, Nigeria, such as: PARO Women’s Enterprise Centre, Canadian Association for the Studies in Cooperation (CASC), Global Rights, and BOATS Foundation (Life Bank). She is the Board Equity Advisor to Canadian Worker Co-op Federation (CWCF); a member of the Black Food Sovereignty Advisory Circle under the City of Toronto Confronting Anti Black Racism unit (CABR); and a founding member of the Banker Ladies Council of Canada and the ROSCA Network.
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