February 2023 Newsletter
Volume 15 Issue 2
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CWCF's Statement on Racial Justice in the Co-op Sector
Black lives matter. We acknowledge that while racism and oppression have come to the forefront again recently in the United States, Canada has its own historic and present-day systemic racism towards Black, Indigenous and Peoples of Colour.
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MAKING REPARATIONS: SEEDING A JUST FUTURE | Realizing the extent to which the dominant economic system remains rooted in legacies of colonial violence and slavery, addressing the systemic injustices of racism and colonialism remain essential elements of a just and regenerative future. |
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NEW ECONOMY COALITION: BLACK CO-OP HISTORY RESOURCE LIST | From mutual aid societies to freedom farms and credit unions — Black communities have been using co-operative economics as a tool for collective liberation, self-determination, and to resist the violence of racial capitalism for centuries. | |
BLACK FEMINISTS IN THE THIRD SECTOR | Black, Indigenous, and other minority groups tend to congregate in the solidarity economy, also known as the third sector, as a place of refuge when they are marginalized and alienated from the state and private sectors. | | |
ROSCAS: A MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | Women in small communities across the world are building resilient economic systems that nurture solidarity, equity, and trust. | |
DID YOU KNOW?
The CWCF Worker Co-op Academy is an online training program that coaches start-up groups through the process of developing and launching their worker co-op enterprises in a supportive cohort, with the help of experienced co-op developers.
Next cohort starts May 8, 2023
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CWCF WEBINARS, Conference |
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What Is a Worker Co-op? Friday, March 10th, 12 pm ET
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Worker Co-op Finance 101, Wednesday, March 15th, 12 pm ET
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Worker Co-op 101: An Introduction, Tuesday, March 21st, 12 pm ET
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What Is a Worker Co-op? Tuesday, April 11, 12 pm
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Worker Co-op Governance 101, Wednesday, April 19, 12 pm
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CWCF-CoopZone 2023 Conference, Quebec City, November 14 - 16.
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CWCF WELCOMES NEW STAFF MEMBER | CWCF is pleased to welcome Lindsay Reid as the Program Assistant for Common Good Capital. Lindsay will be serving in this position over the coming year to cover for a maternity leave. | |
CWCF staff, board members, and advisors have started this year’s member meetings and calls. We are trying to connect with as many members as we can. In light of this, we will be hosting a series of Meet-and-Greet events. Dates are still being finalized; however, we are planning events in Halifax in late March, Toronto in the evening of April 5th, Ottawa on May 16th, and Quebec City on June 8th (or 9th), as well as Victoria in June (Victoria date - TBC). More information will be provided once locations etc. are finalized. |
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CWCF HOSTS WEBINAR ON BUSINESS CONVERSIONS FOR EQUITY-DENIED GROUPS
Cet article est disponible en français ici.
| CWCF reprised its successful pre-Conference session on Business Conversions to Social Purpose Organizations for Equity-Denied Groups on February 9 in the form of a webinar, which over 30 participants attended. | |
CWCF now has its own LinkedIn page! Follow it to stay up to date on the latest goings on with our members and in the wider worker co-op sector. | | |
CWCF WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS | |
GOVERNMENT SUPPORT IS CRITICAL TO A STRONG WORKER CO-OP SECTOR | In pondering the question of why worker co-ops flourish more in some countries than others, cultural differences are often cited. But Hazel Corcoran, CWCF’s Executive Director, points to another important factor: government support. | |
LE SOUTIEN GOUVERNEMENTAL, UN FACTEUR INDISPENSABLE AU DYNAMISME DU SECTEUR COOPÉRATIF | Les différences culturelles figurent souvent parmi les raisons qui expliquent pourquoi les coopératives de travail prospèrent davantage dans certains pays. Mais Hazel Corcoran, directrice générale de la FCCT, souligne autre facteur important : le soutien gouvernemental. | |
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LOUDER THAN TEN SUCCEEDS AS A CO-OP CONVERSION | If Louder Than Ten’s founders had known about worker co-ops at the time of its inception, they probably would’ve incorporated as one. | |
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Cooperatives at Work shows how – in the face of the climate emergency and the multiple interwoven crises that are bound up with it – worker cooperatives can contribute to the fundamental social, economic, political and cultural change that is urgently needed.
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Grassroots Economic Organizing's recent newsletter contains a series of articles on worker co-ops.
- Co-op Cincy's February newsletter is now available.
- The Decolonizing Economics Summit virtual conference takes place April 20-22, 2023.
- The Association of Co-operative Educators' 2023 Institute takes place in Puerto Rico on August 7-10, with the theme of Climate, Cooperatives and Resilience!
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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 any comments and suggestions, or news about your co-op, to:
Kenzie Love
Editor of CWCF Newsletter
admin@canadianworker.coop
(403) 276-8250
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