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We excel in co-operative and credit union business education.
Join us on this journey.
In this edition:
- Registration open and bursaries available for online programs: Master's, Graduate Diploma and Certificate in Co-operative Management
- Executive Education: Enhancing business performance (Winnipeg, May 7-9)
- Credit Union Development Education: CanadaDE (Halifax, June 9-14)
- Me'Lea Connelly - Realizing racial and economic justice through co-operative finance
- The International Centre for Co-operative Management receives major research grant -We're Hiring!
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Registration Open and Bursaries Available
Master's, Graduate Diploma and Certificate in Co-operative Management
Planning your career, organizational succession or leadership development? These
Master's level
business programs are designed to meet the growing demands of co-operative and credit union managers. From marketing to accounting and finance, co-operatives have a significant opportunity to take unique approaches that optimize this business model.
Co-operative Management Education will equip
you with the knowledge and tools needed to propel your co-operative or credit union towards business excellence while deepening the principles and values at the core of the co-operative economy.
Your opportunity is here!
Each year we open up to 25 seats for co-operative professionals to join the ranks of some of the most innovative and creative leaders in the co-operative system. Join new, stimulating conversations. Build your business skills. Meet other keen co-operators from around the world. Get exposed to new solutions to current issues.
We are tapped into the co-operative community internationally. Students receive a unique educational experience, combined with access to people, ideas, and networks.
- Karen Miner, Managing Director, CME
Online, part-time education
for working co-operative professionals
- Master of Management, Co-operatives and Credit Unions (3 years, includes 10-day co-operative study tour to Italy or Spain)
- Graduate Diploma in Co-operative Management (20 months)
- Certificate in Co-operative Management (10 months)
CME bursaries available
Apply by April 1st for early consideration for financial support.
For a complete list of scholarships and financial aid, visit
here.
Attend a Webinar?
Join us for a online informational webinar to learn more about our programs and opportunities from the comfort of your office, anywhere in the world. Next sessions will take place:
Contact Erin Hancock at
cme@smu.ca or 902-802-7897 to discuss these options.
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Executive Education
Enhancing Business Performance through Co-operative Management Practices: How to Strengthen Identity, Loyalty and Participation
Executive Education, Winnipeg 2018
This course tackles how to manage the co-operative equilibrium, building on the dual aspects of membership and enterprise embedded within the co-operative business model. Learn how to strengthen identity and loyalty. Led by Dr. Daniel Cote, participants will dig into case studies that help illuminate major issues and opportunities for the co-operative business model (co-ops and credit unions).
REGISTER TODAY!
- May 7-9, 2019 (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) - Hosted by Arctic Co-operatives
- October 24-24, 2019 (Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA) - Hosted by Neighbouring Food Co-op Association
More details and registration information.
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Harness your leadership
with
Credit Union Development Education
Springing from the philosophy of
"People helping people",
Credit Union Development Education (DE) offers a unique learning opportunity for credit union professionals to breath new life into the co-operative principles, values, and practices while leveraging the co-operative finance model for deep social and economic development. Experience the benefits of an international educational curriculum and network of leaders and practitioners.
CanadaDE
From June 9-14th Halifax, NS, Canada, join inspired credit union professionals from around the world for this international leader
ship program. This week-long, immersion program focuses on sharing and elevating your credit union knowledge while expanding your network.
This CanadaDE 2019, learn how your credit-union can be an agent in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs).
CanadaDe 2018 Graduating Class
AfricaDE
AfricaDE was a success! This February, credit union leaders from across the globe came together in Kenya to learn and share insights into key opportunities, challenges and best practices for the international credit union sector.
Karen Miner, CME Managing Director, had the pleasure of attending:
"...T
his February I graduated from the Africa DE (ADE) program in Kenya! The global network of DE programs offers an amazing opportunity to learn about the diversity of credit union movements in different parts of the world. Plus, in my role as Co-Program Director for CanadaDE, building relationships with other programs strengthens the program in Canada."
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The International Centre for Co-operative Management Receives Major Research Grant
We are pleased to announce the International Centre for Co-operative Management (ICCM) are partners in a research initiative that received 2 million euros in funding focused on co-operative governance. The international co-operative sector will play a pivotal role in the direction of the project.
The project is funded by the Strategic Fundamental Research (SBO) program of the Flemish Foundation for Scientific Research (FWO) in Belgium. This very selective program supports high-level and innovative research projects with a significant economic and/or societal application dimension as well as strong commitment of stakeholders throughout the process.
Congratulations to Dr. Sonja Novkovic, Academic Director of CME and Director of ICCM, for spearheading this endeavour!
We are Hiring!
Postdoctoral Research Fellow/ Research Associate [Full Time]
We are looking for a collaborative, enthusiastic, and curious social scientist or organizational psychologist with expertise in research of co-operative and social economy enterprises, governance, humanistic management, or related fields. Work in a small and dynamic interdisciplinary team at Saint Mary's University in Halifax (Canada) to explore governance and collaborative decision making in democratic organizations!
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nternational Co-op Study Tour - Italy
Congratulations Venkat Kondam!
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Venice Reflections |
Venktat, CME second-year Masters student, was selected as a winner of the Saint Mary's University Study Abroad Photo Contest.
Venkat captured this beautiful photo while participating in our study tour to Emilia-Romagna, Italy in Fall 2018. Each year, Co-operative Management
Education organizes a 10-day study tour of Italy or Spain to experience the first-hand benefits of a successful co-operative economy.
"My favourite picture of Venice waterways. I took this shot in late afternoon, still water, traditional houses, there is nothing touristy here. You can even see cloth string, boats that are for regular use, no gondolas or tourists. The arched bridge nicely reflects. To me this is reflections of Venice life
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- Venkat Kondam
C
urious about our study tours?
Our upcoming tour to Mandragón, Spain in October 2019 is FULL
Spots AVAILABLE for Italy 2020
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"I think our project has given people something to opt into that's hopeful and that has a real, tangible outcome connected to it"
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Me'Lea Connolly on cover of YES! Magazine (2018)
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We are delighted to see our 2nd year Co-operative Management Education Masters student, Me'Lea Connelly, featured in YES! Magazine.
Connelly is recognized for her leadership in conceiving the Village Financial Cooperative, a Black -owned credit union in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She believes this institution will play an important role in pushing back against historical and ongoing wealth extraction from Black communities. Through "non extractive" or "regenerative finance", this co-operative aims to channel capital into communities of colour and support local efforts to gain democratic control over their community economics.
We commend Connelly for her commitment to racial and economic justice and co-operative economics for a better world.
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News in the Co-op Sector
Grant Funding for Worker Co-operatives : March 15 , 2o19
Co-op Radio -
"Try co-operating, you'll feel better for it!"
Tune into
the Vancouver Co-op Radio show Each For All: The Co-operative Connection for latest news and hot topic debates in the co-operative sector. Each For All: The Co-operative Connection featured CME Program Manager Erin Hancock and our 2nd year Masters student [BC Cooperative Association], Lisa Furfaro, on a podcast "Curious about Co-ops? We're here to help!
Take a listen
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A New Resource for Co-op Curious Individuals
This *free* online learning resource is tailored to individuals looking to expand their co-operative knowledge (everything from an introduction to co-operative principles to a wide collection of resources on governance, co-op development and more). Engage at your own pace.
Start here.
The Synergia Institute Launches Newly Revised Course
In 2017, the Synergia Institute piloted a Massive, Open, Online Course (MOOC)
Towards Cooperative Commonwealth: Transition in our Perilous Century." Changemakers from around the world are now invited to participate in the newly revised MOOC Certificate Program - to be launched March 11, 2019. Learn about pathways for systems change towards economic, social and ecological justice through solidarity and social economics and social movements.
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