The Latest News From Canada's Worker Co-op Sector
July 2021 Volume 13 Issue 7
In This Issue

  • Just and Accessible Music School Strikes a Chord With Both Teachers and Students, by Kenzie Love
  • Principle Three and the Co-operative Values, by Kenzie Love
  • Le troisième principe et les valeurs coopératives, par Kenzie Love
  • CWCF Virtual AGM/Conference - Reminder
  • AGA/Congrès virtuel de la FCCT - Rappel
  • A Story of Coffee and Cooperation
  • Celebrate Summer With CWCF Members
  • CMC Survey on Covid-19
  • Sondage de CMC sur la Covid-19
Just and Accessible Music School Strikes a Chord With Both Teachers and Students
By Kenzie Love

The founders of the Just and Accessible School were inspired by a desire to compensate music teachers fairly, make music education affordable for students, and ensure members of marginalized groups were no longer shut out.
Principle Three and the Co-operative Values
By Kenzie Love

Member economic participation is a way of helping to ensure that worker-owners can earn a decent living with a high quality of work life and that their work benefits people, not capital.



Le troisième principe et les valeurs coopératives
par Kenzie Love

Dans un sens, la participation économique des membres est avant tout un moyen d’arriver à une fin, une façon d’aider à garantir aux travailleurs et travailleuses propriétaires un salaire décent ainsi qu’une belle qualité de vie professionnelle, tout en leur assurant que leur travail profite aux gens, et non au capital.

CWCF Virtual AGM/Conference - Reminder

 (Image developed by artist, Molly Graham for the Social Justice Co-operative of Newfoundland)

CWCF’s AGM/Conference this year will be a virtual one; it will be held as a series of online events on November 16th, 17th, and 18th. While we regret that it isn’t feasible to gather in person, we’re sure that this Conference will still offer useful and engaging content. Our theme, “Worker Co-ops – Building Better Together”, will cover some of the ways that worker co-operatives have demonstrated and continue to demonstrate their resilience and solidarity during and (we expect) after the pandemic, and share particular strategies for dealing with crisis. This theme will also explore how society would benefit from rebuilding with more worker co-operatives, including through the lens of racial and economic justice. In addition, there will be several workshops of practical interest.
AGA/Congrès virtuel de la FCCT - Rappel


(Image développée par l'artiste Molly Graham pour la Coopérative de justice sociale de Terre-Neuve)

Cette année, l’assemblée générale annuelle et le Congrès de la FCCT seront virtuels. Une série d’événements en ligne est prévue du 16 au 18 novembre. Nous regrettons de ne pas pouvoir nous rassembler en personne, néanmoins, nous avons la certitude que ce Congrès sera pertinent et stimulant. Sur le thème « Mieux construire ensemble », nous aborderons la résilience et la solidarité dont les coopératives font preuve depuis le début de la pandémie (et dont elles continueront certainement de faire preuve), ainsi que certaines stratégies pour composer avec les situations de crise. Nous explorerons aussi en quoi il serait bénéfique que la société se reconstruise avec davantage de coopératives de travail, notamment sur le plan de la justice raciale et économique. De plus, il y aura plusieurs ateliers d'intérêt pratique.








A Story of Coffee and Cooperation

By marketing Sister’s Story Coffee exclusively online, Sumac Community Worker Cooperative (which owns Planet Bean Coffee) is able to donate 15 per cent of every purchase to a women’s organization of the buyer’s choice.



Celebrate Summer With CWCF Members

  • Together We're Bitter Co-operative Brewing in Kitchener, Ontario will be featuring DJ Tom playing the best of 60s, Soul and R&B, Thursday evenings from 7- 9 pm.
  • London Brewing Co-op will be featuring live music on its patio for the first time in a while the afternoon of Sunday, July 25, with tunes from Kay Howl.
  • Calgary's The Allium co-operatively owned restaurant recently revealed its new summer menu.
CMC Survey on Covid-19

As part of a study to better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the co-operative sector in Canada, CMC is inviting co-op organizations to participate in a survey. To date there have not been a lot of worker co-op responses. CWCF strongly encourages its members to participate.

Sondage de CMC sur la Covid-19

Dans le cadre d'une étude visant à mieux comprendre l'impact de la pandémie de COVID-19 sur le secteur coopératif au Canada, CMC invite les organisations coopératives à participer à un sondage. Jusqu'à maintenant, il n'y a pas eu beaucoup de réponses par les coopératives de travail. La FCCT encourage les coopératives de travail à participer dans ce sondage.
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 any comments and suggestions, or news about your co-op, to:  

Kenzie Love
Editor of CWCF Newsletter 
.(403) 276-8250 
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