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March 2023 Newsletter

Volume 15 Issue 3

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.

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UPCOMING CO-OP MIXER EVENTS


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

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CWCF TO OFFER CEBA REPAYMENT LOANS

Recipients of the federal government’s Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) loan program who fully repay their loans by December 31st, 2023 will receive loan forgiveness of up to 33%, or $20k.


CWCF’s Tenacity Works Fund is developing a loan offering to support CWCF member co-ops who would otherwise not be able to fully repay their CEBA loan by this deadline.

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UPCOMING GRANT DEADLINES




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UPCOMING WEBINARS


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INFO WEBINAR: MEMBER BENEFITS PROGRAM &

CO-OP GUARD INSURANCE

Thursday, April 27th | 12 pm ET


Learn about Co-operator's Member Benefits Program (exclusive to CWCF members), and their Co-op Guard insurance offer, developed in collaboration with the co-operative sector.

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UPDATE: CWCF'S JEDI BUSINESS CONVERSION PROJECT

Since our Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Business Conversion Project began in September 2022, the CWCF has been working diligently towards the completion of project tasks and communication objectives.

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JOB POSTING: JEDI BUSINESS CONVERSION PROJECT INTERN

The employment opportunity will allow the individual to explore their sense of belonging within the SPO space, while helping others arrive at that same realization through the creation of tailored education materials, research, & the possible delivery of group presentations.

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DID YOU KNOW?


CWCF is hosting in-person Co-op Mixer events in cities across Canada over the coming months, starting in Halifax and Toronto in the next two weeks. Watch this space and our social media for future details.

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From the CWCF Blog

ENTREVUE AVEC L'ARGOT

Co-op l'Argot est une coopérative de traduction et de services linguistiques basée à Montréal, PQ. Elles offriront la traduction simultanée au Congrès annuel de la FCCT à Québec ce novembre.

Dans le cadre de la journée internationale des droits des femmes le 8 mars, nous avons voulu mettre en lumière l’entrepreneuriat au féminin et les coopératives de notre réseau qui sont exclusivement ou très majoritairement dirigées par des femmes.


Marie Bordeleau et Fannie Poirier, co-fondatrices de la coopérative L’Argot, ont répondu à nos questions.


Merci à RéseauCOOP pour leur permission de re-partager cet article de 2021.

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INTERVIEW WITH L'ARGOT

Co-op l'Argot is a translation and language services co-op based in Montréal, QC. They will be offering simultaneous translation services at CWCF's 2023 Conference in Quebec City this November.


As part of International Women's Day on March 8, we're highlighting women entrepreneurs and the co-operatives in our network that are exclusively (or predominately) led by women.


Marie Bordeleau and Fannie Poirier, co-founders of Coop l'Argot, sat down with RéseauCOOP to answer some questions.


Thank you to RéseauCOOP for their permission to re-share this article from 2021.

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LEARNING AND LISTENING WILL HELP CANADA'S WORKER CO-OP SECTOR BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

As in many other BIPOC communities, Indigenous people in Canada have a long history of co-operativism.

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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 comments, suggestions, or news about your co-op to:  


Kenzie Love

Editor of the CWCF Newsletter 

admin@canadianworker.coop

(403) 276-8250 

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