It is always inspiring to hear about co-op success stories, and the successes of some of the world’s largest co-ops is the theme of this morning’s session at the ICA General Assembly. The Global 300 is the ICA’s list of the...
It was not the news Canadian co-operators wanted to hear during the International Year of Co-operatives.
Canada's co-operative movement learned this week that the country's only national program devoted to co-op development, the Co-operative Development Initiative (CDI), is being ended by the Canadian government, a victim of deficit-cutting measures in the government's 2012-13 budget. In addition, the size of the Rural and Co-operatives Secretariat, the office within ...
It has never been easy for co-operatives to find their way into the pages of the Globe and Mail, the daily newspaper of choice for Canada's business elite. But the International Year of Co-operatives has changed all that.
On May 15, the Globe published an eight-page special report entitled "The Power of Co-operatives", sponsored by the Canadian Co-operative Association and the International Summit of Cooperatives and funded by advertising from several major Canadian ...
Starting in April, thousands of Canadian consumers will get a taste of the International Year of Co-operatives when they butter their toast or put sour cream on their baked ...
It’s a long way from Ghana to the small community of Ladysmith in western Canada, but when Mavis Nketia arrived for a two-week placement at Ladysmith Credit Union last ...
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has praised his country's co-operative movement for its contribution to Canada's "socio-economic strength".
In a written message that was read out during the live webcast of the January 12 Canadian launch of the International Year of Co-operatives, Prime Minister Harper said:
"The existence of co‐operatives across all sectors of the economy speaks to the influence and relevance of the co‐operative movement. Over ...
Canada's January 12 launch of the International Year of Co-operatives did more than just bring together co-operators in 14 cities across Canada: it also marked a high point ...
The Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) is starting the International Year of Co-operatives with a new executive director.
Denyse Guy, who had served for more than 10 ...
It’s Saturday night in Cancun; the ICA General Assembly has been over for more than 24 hours and this will be the last post in this Cancun 2011 blog. A day’s ...
I didn’t post anything to this blog after the actual General Assembly yesterday afternoon – that’s because I was putting out a special issue of CCA’s ...
It’s not often the co-operative movement gets to meet a real live celebrity – with the possible exception of Australian co-operators, who include Hugh Jackman among ...
