Seminars and Lectures

The following seminars and lectures are organized as partnerships between the BC Institute for Co-operative Studies with other faculties, institutes and organizations. 

2009 Fall Speaker Series ...at Bob Wright Centre Room 104 (the new ocean earth and science building)

Mike Lewis, Executive Director Canadian Centre of Community Renewal September 17th, 2009

Dr. Noel Keough, Professor Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary October 15th, 2009

*Check back for further details of upcoming speakers.

Past Seminars... (Listen to our podcasts for these and other talks.)

Financing Aboriginal Enterprise: Is there a role for Co-operative Models?
Dr. Lou Hammond Ketilson, Associate Professor, Department of
Management and Marketing; Director, Centre for the Study of
Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan

Getting the Message Out: Successful Models for Co-operative Enterprise Development
Dr. Lou Hammond Ketilson, Associate Professor, Department of
Management and Marketing; Director, Centre for the Study of
Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan

Co-operatives, Community Health Care and the Social Economy in Sweden:

Some Observations on their Current State and Legal Issues

Per-Olof Jonsson, Vice President, International Health Co-operative Organization (IHCO)

Socioeconomic Inequality, Social Capital, Wellbeing & Health - Casual Relationships with the Case of the Kibbutz Communities
Uriel Leviatan, PhD, University of Haifa

Organizational Committment
Uriel Leviatan, PhD, University of Haifa

2009 Spring Speakers Series: Ideas for a Grassroots Economy