January 2024 Newsletter

Volume 16 Issue 1

Executive Director's Report

2023 Conference Evaluation
JEDDI Business Conversion Project Update
Worker Co-op Academy
CEBA Loans Repayment

RAPPORT DE LA

DIRECTRICE

GÉNÉRALE

Évaluation du Congrès 2023
Projet de conversion d’entreprise JEDDI (justice, équité, diversité, décolonisation et inclusion)
L'académie des coopératives de travail
Remboursement du prêt du CUEC

CWCF News & Events

WORKER CO-OP ACADEMY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Groups of three or more people with a concept for a worker co-op are encouraged to apply.

APPLY NOW >>

CWCF YOUNG ADULT ARTS AND CULTURE GRANT RECIPIENT HOSTS DRAG SHOW

A group led by Coco Einarsen, recipient of CWCF's 2023 Young Adult Arts and Culture grant, hosted a successful drag show at Co-op Bar Milton-Parc in Montreal on November 25, 2023 promoting the new solidarity cooperative's offering and ongoing crowdfunding campaign.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH CWCF MEMBERS

Several worker co-ops across the country are currently hiring. Check out our job board for more information.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS AVAILABLE

CWCF's Technical Assistance program provides grants of up to $4,000 to cover specialty consulting services such as marketing, financial administration, governance, expansion, conflict resolution or legal issues.

DID YOU KNOW?

CWCF's Worker Co-op 101 series is targeted towards members of CWCF’s worker co-ops, or those preparing to join a worker co-op, but everyone is welcome to attend. Register now for Worker Co-op 101: An Introduction on February 14, Worker Co-op Finance on February 22, and Worker Co-op Governance 101 on March 7 (all at 12 pm ET).

LEARN MORE >>

Co-op Profile

TREC SEES A BRIGHT FUTURE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY

The Toronto-based Co-op has maintained its founders' focus on taking collective action against the climate crisis.

TREC IMAGINE UN AVENIR RADIEUX POUR L’ÉNERGIE RENOUVELABLE

La coopérative basée à Toronto a maintenu la concentration de ses fondateurs sur l'action collective contre la crise climatique.

From the CWCF Blog

GOVERNMENT SUPPORT IS CRITICAL TO A STRONG WORKER CO-OP SECTOR

As CWCF continues its lobbying, here's a primer on why government support is so important.

LE SOUTIEN GOUVERNEMENTAL, UN FACTEUR INDISPENSABLE AU DYNAMISME DU SECTEUR COOPÉRATIF

Alors que la FCCT poursuit son lobbying, voici un aperçu des raisons pour lesquelles le soutien du gouvernement est si important.

Worker Co-op News

IN CANADA

2024 CMC Awards application deadline is February 9.
Documentary series on sustainable agriculture profiles Tourne-Sol Co-operative Farm.
Fairbnb Canada Coop is a Canadian workers’ cooperative with the goal of providing an innovative pathway to sustainable tourism and addressing the current crisis of housing affordability in tourist areas across Canada.
The Makehouse is Stitching a Co-operative Future in Victoria.

INTERNATIONALLY

A Factory Without Bosses: Indorca Worker Resistance Series.
The 2023 UN Secretary General report on cooperatives in social development has been released.
Seeding Solidarity Economies: What’s Behind the Emerging Ecosystems.
Co-operative Ways to Weather the Silver Tsunami.

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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