May 2023 Newsletter

Volume 15 Issue 5

CWCF News & Events

SAVE THE DATE: CWCF CONFERENCE 2023

November 14-16 in Quebec City, QC at the Monastère des Augustines.

Programming and registration details TBA.

UPCOMING CO-OP MIXER EVENTS

Connect with CWCF staff and other local co-ops, as well as co-op developers, educators & allies.

CWCF INVITES EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST FOR CEBA REPAYMENT LOANS

CWCF’s Tenacity Works Fund is developing a loan offering which may be helpful to worker co-ops with CEBA loans.

CWCF WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS

Transform Practice, Toronto
Yeomen Tree Service Co-operative, Nanaimo
The Makehouse Co-op, Victoria
MYDAS Worker Co-op, Charlottetown

2023 CASC CONFERENCE

On Wednesday, May 31 from 1:30 - 3:00 pm, the Conference will feature the session Business Conversions to Social Purpose Organizations for Equity-Denied Groups (EDGs) facilitated by CWCF's JEDDI Business Conversions Project Manager Janielle Maxwell and featuring CWCF BIPOC Board Advisor Juliet Kego Ume-Onyido; Marcelo Vieta; and Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard.

DID YOU KNOW?

Summer is approaching, and with it comes increased opportunities to get outdoors, for many of us on our bikes. CWCF includes multiple bike shops among its members, among them Nanaimo's Hub City Cycles Community Co-op, Winnipeg's Natural Cycleworks, and Toronto's Urbane Cyclist.

From the CWCF Blog

ASIAN CO-OPERATIVE ETHOS OFFERS LESSONS FOR EVERYONE

Although it goes by a variety of different names, the ethos of co-operation is a constant across Asian cultures. May, being Asian Heritage Month, offers an opportunity to recognize and reflect not just on how Asian diaspora communities have co-operated in the past, but the lessons this offers for a more co-operative future for everyone.

LA PHILOSOPHIE COOPÉRATIVE ASIATIQUE : UN EXEMPLE À SUIVRE

La philosophie de la coopération, qui porte aussi plusieurs autres noms, est une constante parmi les cultures asiatiques. Mai, le Mois du patrimoine asiatique, est donc l’occasion toute désignée de reconnaître non seulement l’apport coopératif passé de la diaspora asiatique, mais aussi les leçons à retenir pour un avenir coopératif pour tous et toutes.

LOCAL INVESTING YYC LOOKS BEYOND THE BOTTOM LINE

The founders of Local Investing YYC were looking for ways that all types of investors could invest into the local economy in businesses having a positive environmental or social impact.

Worker Co-op/ Other Co-op News

IN CANADA

CMC Congress June 12-14, Ottawa / Congrès CMC, 12-14 juin

CHF Canada: Re-building co-op community post-pandemic

Saint Mary's University: Credit Union Leadership Certification Halifax June 4-9 & Vancouver July 17-22

CMC: Cooperative Financing Resources

Webinar, August 13th: Canadian Charity Law, "Co-operatives in our Midst"

INTERNATIONAL

Network for Developing Conscious Communities: Conference on the Black Co-op Agenda, Las Vegas June 1-3

Project Equity: Employee Ownership Ideas Online Forum, June 14th

California Center for Co-op Development: June Conference

ACE Institute Conference: August 7-10

International Conference, Social & Solidarity Economy in the Commons: November 9-10, Lisbon, Portugal

Book Release: Humanity@Work&Life: Global Diffusion of the Mondragon Cooperative Ecosystem Experience

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:

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