In this E-News

• It's application time for our co-operative management programs!
• There's still time to register for ONLINE Principle 6 short course April 25 & 26
• Give a warm welcome to Cathy and Júlia!
• New open access book on humanistic governance in democratic organizations
• New case study research on Fagor Ederlan Tafalla (FET)
• New documentary on building a better economy with co-ops features ICCM friends

It's application time for online part-time graduate programs in co-operative and credit union management

We offer online, part-time programs for co-op and credit union professionals:

●     Master of Management, Co-operatives and Credit Unions (3 years)

●     Graduate Diploma in Co-operative Management (16 months)

●     Certificate in Co-operative Management (10 months)

The co-op sector needs your leadership! Join a growing network of leading co-op and credit union practitioners from around the world and experience education in a co-operative learning environment. Deepen your understanding of the unique co-op enterprise model as people-centred, democratic and jointly-owned and develop tools to grow your co-op career and improve the impact of your organization. Study while continuing to work full-time. Applications are due May 31.

We look forward to connecting, so you're invited to join an info webinar to learn more.

Don't miss virtual short course on Principle 6, April 25 & 26!

In this interactive short course, take a deep dive into Principle 6 from the role of associations and federations to business partnerships and supply chains to co-op development. Come away with a network and strategies that will help to elevate your co-op and leverage our collective potential.

Special guest presentations will be offered by:

• Fred Freundlich, LANKI, Mondragon University
• Erbin Crowell, Neighboring Food Co-op Association, National Co-operative Business Association
• Alberto Irezabal Vilaclara, Yomol A’tel
• Cornelius Blanding, Federation of Southern Cooperatives / Land Assistance Fund
• Iva Jankovic, British Columbia Co-operative Association, In Our Hands Co-operative

Our team has grown! Welcome, Cathy and Jùlia!

We are hugely excited to welcome Cathy Statz and Júlia Martins Rodrigues to our team!

Cathy (she/her) is our Outreach Specialist; you will find her at local to global co-op sector events connecting co-operators to our education and research. Cathy is a longstanding co-operative advocate, educator and connector with a passion for empowering young people.

Júlia (she/her) is our Research and Project Coordinator stewarding research on multi-stakeholder co-operative networks. Júlia has a rich background in co-operative and human rights law with a passion for intersectional economic justice.

Let's give them a warm welcome!

New Open-Access Book on Governance

We are thrilled to share "Humanistic Governance in Democratic Organizations: The Co-operative Difference" edited by our very own Sonja Novkovic, Karen Miner and Cian McMahon. From the publisher:

“This open access edited book brings together a number of theories under the umbrella of humanistic governance to develop a persuasive alternative perspective on governance, particularly for democratic organisations such as co-operatives. It examines how we can move beyond a profit-first approach to governance, into a framework that prioritises human dignity in all aspects of an operation. This book also discusses key issues for different types of cooperatives and how these might be addressed. And, finally, it addresses how cooperatives can better cope with dynamic change processes. [..] This book will be of interest for academics working in the areas of stakeholder governance, social solidarity economy, ethical management and co-operatives.”

New case study on Fagor Ederlan Tafalla

Fagor Ederlan Tafalla (FET) is a success story of how a non-co-operative industrial firm can be transformed into a co-operative under the leadership of a long-established co-operative (Fagor Ederlan). Its analysis could both provide tentative guidelines as well as inspiration for particular groups or co-operative movements in other contexts. Since the case study was carried out, FET has completed the transition from a mixed (multistakeholder) co-op structure to a fully-fledged worker co-operative.

Photo credit: Fagor Elderlan Tafalla

New documentary on co-operation features ICCM friends

Canadian documentarian, Kevin Moynihan, teamed up with Tom Webb, The Centre's former Program Manager, co-founder and adjunct professor, as well as other co-operators to create a film that would stimulate co-operative imagination and action in an effort to build an economy for the common good. You may notice some familiar faces from the ICCM community. Check it out!

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