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20 June '13

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Ed Gebert, winner of the 2012 Canadian Co-operative Achievement Award.

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CanadaCanadian Co-operative Awards open for nominations

The Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) are asking co-operators to put forward their nominations for the annual Co-operative Awards before 31 March.

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(right) Brian Van Slyke, creator of Co-opoly

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Global NewsCo-operative gamers are raising funds to launch Co-opoly 2.0

The second edition of Co-opoly will soon be launched and creators say it will be even better than the first one! The Toolbox for Education and Social Action is currently trying to ...

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CanadaCanadian government cuts co-op development program, slashes Co-operatives Secretariat

Canada's only national program devoted to co-operative development has fallen victim to government budget cuts. 

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Global NewsJoin the campaign to support co-operatives through Twitter and Facebook

Co-operatives around the world have launched a social media campaign to raise the profile of the International Year of Co-operatives.

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Global NewsWinners: International Year of Co-operatives Film Festival

To celebrate the theme of the International Year — Co-operative Enteprises Build A Better World — the United Nations held a competition for the best short films about co-operatives.

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2012 package on sale at the auction.

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CanadaBid in the fourth annual Co-op Week Auction

Placemats, purses and an iPad2 are just some of the items on sale in the brand new Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada’s Co-op Week online auction. 

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Global NewsThe Power of We: In search of future co-operative leaders

The International Labour Organisation expressed its belief that the co-operative enterprise model can help to overcome the current financial crisis and decrease youth unemployment ...

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CanadaA must-see program this Saturday, October 6

Here finally arrived the long-awaited launch of Imagine 2012: The International Conference on Co-operative Economics, the official pre-summit event! This conference will provide a forum in which the world's major co-operatives leaders and leading economic thinkers from around the world can explore a new approach to economic analysis and thought that offers people around the world renewed hope for an economy that meets people's needs. At 7:00 p.m., welcome from the conference co-hosts: Monique ...

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CanadaThank you to the ICA Book supporters!

Special thanks to the following organisations who supported the publication of the ICA’s International Year Book, “Building a Better World: 100 stories of ...

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Global NewsThe worker co-operative economy needs you!

I have not done a blog for far too long so apologies! The worker co-operative council of Co-operatives UK recently met and wanted to share with members some of their work and ...

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