- Join us in October for an exciting new short course
- New Cooperators Scholarship to attend our short course plus Co-op IMPACT conference
- 2nd International Co-operative Governance Symposium
- Research on Canadian co-ops and Covid-19 - participate in the survey
- Dates set and registration open for CanadaDE 2022 program for CU leaders
- We're hiring an instructor in Co-operative Strategy
- Doing a Masters in Co-op Management: Does it affect practice? (Panel recording)
- Co-operative research leading up to Congress: A conversation with Sonja Novkovic
- Congratulations are due! ICCM community members receive recognition
- ICCM featured in CASC Spring Newsletter 2021
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New Short Course:
Operationalizing Co-operative Identity- Strategy to Practice
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On October 20-21, join us for a new professional development course on 'Operationalizing Co-operative Identity - Strategy to Practice' offered in conjunction with NCBA CLUSA's Cooperative IMPACT Conference. Designed for seasoned decision makers and emerging leaders from any sector or type of co-operative. Deliberate the multiple facets of co-operative identity including how purpose, values and principles translate into strategy and practice spanning your co-operatives' governance, management and operations.
Details
- October 20 & 21 from 11am-4pm ADT (10am-3pm EDT)
- Offered virtually
- Course fee is $200 USD
- Register through the Cooperative IMPACT Conference system
- We encourage you to attend both the conference and our course
- See our website for more information
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New Cooperator Scholarship | |
The Cooperative Development Foundation (US) is offering scholarships for emerging cooperators to attend the 2021 Cooperative IMPACT Conference and related programming including our new virtual course 'Operationalizing Co-operative Identity- Strategy to Practice'. Deadline to apply is August 31. Click here to learn more. | |
Participate in Study on Canadian Co-ops and COVID-19 | |
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How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected Canadian co-operatives and mutuals? How have they adapted or responded to the COVID-19 pandemic? Is the co-operative difference apparent in this time of crisis? We are engaged in a multi-year partnered research project investigating these questions.
This research project, commissioned by Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC), will be carried out by the centre, The Research & Education Institute for Cooperatives & Mutuals (IRECUS) of the Université de Sherbrooke, and the Shannon School of Business at Cape Breton University.
In July, we launched a short survey intended for the Canadian co-operative sector. If your organization is a non-financial or a financial co-op, mutual, federation or association, we would like to hear from you to know how your organization is dealing with the pandemic.
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Registration Open! Credit Union Leadership Program
CanadaDE May 29-June 3, 2022
We are thrilled to share that dates have been set for Canada Development Education (DE) 2022. Join us May 29-June 3 for this internationally accredited credit union leadership program hosted by International Centre for Co-operative Management at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, NS, Canada (Kjipuktuk, Mi'kma'ki).
CanadaDE is designed to boost credit union leaders (and emerging leaders) who want to make an impact and be innovative. Renew and deepen your understanding and appreciation for the co-operative and credit union sector. It emphasizes the member-centred credit union enterprise model and the importance and potential to leverage this model for social, environmental and economic transformation forwards sustainable and just futures. Understand your credit union in new ways and thus, see new opportunities to deliver on member and community needs.
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We're Hiring an Instructor for Co-operative Business Strategy
Our Centre is looking for an instructor in Business Strategy for Co-operative Enterprises. We offer a part-time, online Masters, Graduate Diploma and Certificate in Co-operative and Credit Union Management. We are interested in content exploring the nature of co-operative enterprise – people centred, jointly owned and democratically controlled - as a competitive advantage.
The suitable candidate will have a Ph.D. or be near completion, teaching experience and knowledge of co-operatives. Industry experience is an asset. Interested candidates should contact Sonja Novkovic snovkovic@smu.ca by September 1, 2021.
See job posting for more details.
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Doing a Masters in Co-op Management: Does it Affect Practice?
Our Masters students and alumni say YES! We were so pleased to have offered a panel discussion on this topic featuring Michelle Iversen, Adam Trott, Susanna Collins and Fred Medlicott as part of the Association for Cooperative Educators 2021 Virtual Institute.
"Networking is big for me. Seeing people in your cohort in leadership in their co-ops makes you a better leader in your own co-op.” - Michelle Iversen, COO, Co-operative Housing Federation of Brtish Columbia (Canada) and 3rd year Master's student
Enjoy the recording.
Learn about our graduate programs.
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Co-operative Research Leading up to the International Congress:
A Conversation with Sonja Novkovic
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ICCM Academic Director, Dr. Sonja Novkovic, was interviewed by the International Cooperative Alliance on co-operative research leading up to the World Cooperative Congress in 2021.
"It is increasingly clear that the cooperative identity and the structure of cooperative enterprises are relevant, unique, and identifiable. A cooperative can be different things to different people, but the ICA’s Statement of Cooperative Identity unifies a diverse group of cooperative enterprises within a very diverse movement and helps distinguish cooperative enterprises from other enterprises.”
Read the article here.
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Congratulations are Due! ICCM Community Members Receive Recognition | |
Tom Webb is a founder of our Co-operative Management Education and long time co-operator, educator, author, organizer and volunteer. We at the Centre, along with students and alumni nominated him for Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada / Coopératives et mutuelles Canada Co-operative Achievement Award and he won! Read on. | |  |
An incoming Master's student, Alex Stone of CooperationWorks, was awarded the Association of Cooperative Educators' William Hlushko Award to Young Co-operative Educators. Read on. | | |
Master's student, Iva Jankovic of the British Columbia Co-operative Association, was awarded the Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation (CASC)'s 2021 Lemaire Co-operative Studies Award. Read on | | |
Master's student, Cynthia MacNeil-Burke of Connect First Credit Union, was awarded the Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation (CASC)'s 2021 Lemaire Co-operative Studies Award. Read on | | |
ICCM Profiled in CASC Spring Newsletter 2021 | |
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ICCM Academic Director Sonja Novkovic reflects on global co-operative research and her role
From the Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation (CASC) newsletter: 'As she approaches the end of her eight-year tenure as the CASC/ACÉC representative and Chair, International Co-operative Alliance Committee on Co-operative Research (The Committee on Co-operative Research (CCR) | ICA CCR), Sonja
Novkovic reflects on that ICA CCR experience...' Read on (see page 10)
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ICCM Master's graduate Adam Trott reflects on impact of 2019 Lemaire Co-operative Studies Award for his capstone research project
'My graduate school experience at the International Centre for Co-operative Management (ICCM) at Saint Mary’s University was filled with highlights; working with the incredible staff and faculty at ICCM, I also had the opportunity to learn from my fellow students from co-ops of all kinds and more. One highlight like no other was the opportunity to present my capstone research at the Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation (CASC) conference in 2019, made possible with the support of the Lemaire Scholarship...' Read on (see page 16)
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