May 2024 Newsletter

Volume 16 Issue 5

Report from the Executive Director

As we move towards summer, CWCF has many projects underway:

  • Worker Co-op Academy
  • Mixers
  • Conference
  • Lobbying
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Rapport de la directrice générale

L’été se pointera bientôt le bout du nez, et plusieurs projets avancent à la FCCT:

  • Académie des coopératives de travail
  • Réseautage
  • Congrès
  • Lobbyisme
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From the CWCF Blog


VALUE AND CHALLENGES OF THE WORKER CO-OP MODEL

A cursory glance at worker cooperative history reveals the worker cooperative model to be remarkably flexible.

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AVANTAGES ET DIFFICULTÉS DU MODÈLE DES COOPÉRATIVES DE TRAVAIL

Pour quiconque jette un bref regard sur l’histoire des coopératives de travail, la remarquable flexibilité de ce modèle saute aux yeux.

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Co-op Profile



WORKER CO-OP SEEKS TO SHIFT TOWARDS A BETTER WORLD

SHIFT Collaborative was founded in 2017 by a group of five British Columbia women seeking to create a better world.

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CWCF News & Events

UPCOMING WEBINAR


Conflict Alchemy: Turning Discord Into Co-operative Gold: June 6 at 2 pm ET.


Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash

2024 YOUNG ADULT ARTS AND CULTURE GRANT RECIPIENT CHOSEN

Congratulations to Jack Gross and Eadha Bakery, who will receive a grant of $1000 to paint a mural on the bakery's exterior shutters celebrating the worker co-op movement.


Photo by Anna Kolosyuk on Unsplash

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH CWCF MEMBERS

Check out the latest positions listed on our job board today. Please message Communications Assistant Kenzie Love at admin@canadianworker.coop to have your job posting included.


Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash

UPCOMING MIXERS


Connect with members of the local worker co-op community.

DID YOU KNOW?


CWCF is always looking for members to feature in our profile series, and it's also a great way to spread the word about your co-op. Email our newsletter editor Kenzie Love at admin@canadianworker.coop if you'd like to be next.'


Worker Co-op News

IN CANADA


  • BC Co-operative Association AGM and in person-social at Union Co-op Initiative's event space takes place May 30.
  • Deadline to apply for Saint Mary's University Masters and Graduate Diplomas in Co-operative and Credit Union Management is May 31.
  • Manitoba Cooperative Association Co-op Connections Zoom series begins June 4.
  • Alberta Community and Co-operative Association AGM takes place virtually June 6.
  • Nova Scotia Co-operative Council AGM takes place in Halifax June 12.
  • Eadha Bakery is fundraising to install air conditioning.
  • The Youth Entrepreneurship Program for young Black entrepreneurs is accepting applications.


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The Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation (CWCF) is a national, bilingual grassroots membership organization of and for worker

co-operatives, related types of co-operatives (multi-stakeholder co-ops and worker-shareholder co-ops), and organizations that support the growth and development of worker cooperatives. CWCF's e-newsletter is available free of charge to anyone with an e-mail address and an interest in worker co-operative developments in Canada. Please send comments, suggestions, or news about your co-op to:  


Kenzie Love

Editor of the CWCF Newsletter 

admin@canadianworker.coop

(403) 276-8250