Co-op Organisations and Resources
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BCCA - British Columbia Co-operative Association |
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One of six autonomous regions affiliated
with the national association whose mandate is to promote co-operative
enterprise, support its members and support the broader co-op
sector in British Columbia.
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CCA - Canadian Co-operative Association |
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Canada's umbrella organization of anglophone
co-operatives. Here you will find information on the role of
co-operatives and credit unions in Canada and around the world. |
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Canadian
Co-op Network |
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An organisation offering website design and
application management services to housing co-ops as well as
a free application service to the general public. |
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Canadian Co-operatives Secretariat |
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An organisation that co-ordinates the interaction
between government and the co-operative sector. This site links
to upcoming co-op events, publications, information
on starting co-ops including information on writing a business
plan and much more. |
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Canadian Worker Co-op Federation (CWCF) |
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The CWCF works for the development and expansion
of business organised according to co-op principles and the
principles of worker ownership and control, and promotes the
ideals of democracy in the work place. |
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Capital
Ownership Group (COG) |
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COG is a non-profit network of professionals,
business, labour and government leaders and staff, academics
and activists on six continents. They work to broaden ownership
to deal with the negative effects of globalization. |
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Co-operative
Housing Federation of BC |
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A co-operative association of housing co-ops
and associated organizations in mainland British Columbia. |
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Collected Works of Greg MacLeod |
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Dr. Greg MacLeod, Director
of the Tompkins Institute at the University College of Cape
Breton, offers links to his many talks, papers, publications,
books as well as information on his awards, his career as a
co-op educator and his research. |
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Communications
for a Sustainable Future |
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An organisation listing general co-op information,
links to discussion forums, publications and co-operative web
sites organised by sector. |
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ICA
-International Co-operative Alliance |
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An international non-governmental
organisation that unites, represents and serves co-operatives
worldwide. The site contains information on the International
Co-operative Alliance as well as information on the co-operative
movement in different economic sectors. |
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ILO
- Co-operative Branch of the International Labour Organisation |
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The co-ops branch has been in existence since
the early 1920s. It is an excellent source of information on
managing co-ops and on different types of co-operatives. |
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International
Health Co-operative Organisation |
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International Health Co-operative
Organisation is a Specialised Organisation in the International
Co-Operative Alliance(ICA). IHCO focuses primarily on regional
activities, whereas on a global level the organisation collects
and spreads information about health co- operatives. |
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Mondragon
Corporacion Cooperativa |
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A business group made up of 120 companies
organised into three groups: Financial, Industrial and Distribution,
as well as Research and Training areas. |
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Nasco |
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The North American Students
of Cooperation is a federation of campus-based housing and retail
cooperatives. |
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New
Zealand Co-operatives Association |
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An association that encourages, promotes
and advances co-operatives in New Zealand. |
Co-op Research Centres
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ACCORD |
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A site representing credit unions in Australia |
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BC
Ethnoveterinary
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A research project that addresses the question of how institutions can organize to bring about community-based technological solutions to farmers' animal health problems based on traditional knowledge. |
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Center for Cooperatives - University of California |
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A university outreach resource center that provides public information, co-operative education, and research and development. |
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Centre
for Co-operative Studies, University College Cork |
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A centre whose aim it is to research, study
and educate about co-operatives with a strong focus of support
for academics interested in co-operatives. The centre works
closely with national and international co-operative bodies. |
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Centre
for the Study of Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan |
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An interdisciplinary teaching and research
institute at the University of Saskatchewan. |
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Coady
Institute -St Francis Xavier University |
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A research centre studying participatory
approaches to development. Located on the campus of St. Francis
Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
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Japan
Institute for Co-operative Research |
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An organisation formed
in 1991 whose aim is to establish general strategies of co-operative
and non-profit organization movement for renaissance of life,
work and communities. |
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University
of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives |
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An educational organisation established in
1962 to study and promotion of domestic and international cooperative
action. |
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The
Society for Co-operative Studies |
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The Society is an independent voluntary organisation,
registered as a charity, based in the United Kingdom. It welcomes,
into membership, co-operative members, employees, managers,
specialist practitioners, academics and others who share an
interest in the UK and World Co-operative Movement. |
Individual Co-ops
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AMS
Bike Co-op |
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A student club located at the University
of British Columbia |
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Bread
& Roses Co-operative Homes (Kitchener) Inc. |
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Read the history of a Canadian housing co-operative. |
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Caribbean
Confederation of Credit Unions |
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The regional umbrella organisation for credit
unions and other co-operatives in the Caribbean region. The
CCCU was established in 1972 in the island Republic of Dominica
as the successor to the West Indies Conferences of Credit Societies. |
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CCEC
Credit Union |
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A credit union for co-operatives, community
businesses and the non-profit sector. |
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Community
First Health Co-op in Nelson |
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The Community First Health
Co-op located in Nelson, British Columbia has been in existence
since 2002. It incorporated in 2003 To read more about the extraordinary
group of people who have been working tirelessly to build this
co-op, and the community in which they liv, visit the co-op's
excellent website, which is filled with valuable information.
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The
Co-operators |
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The Co-operators is a group of Canadian companies
focusing on insurance. As a co-operative, its members are 29
co-operatives and similarly-structured organisations, representing
a combined membership of 4.5 million Canadians. |
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Vancouver
Co-operative Radio |
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Vancouver Co-operative
Radio, CFRO, 102.7FM is a non-commercial, co-operatively-owned,
listener-supported, community radio station. Located in the
heart of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, Co-op Radio is a voice
for the voiceless that strives to provide a space for under-represented
and marginalized communities. |
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Credit
Union Central of British Columbia (CUC-BC) |
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CUC BC is an umbrella organisation of credit
unions in BC that works to further credit union growth and strength
through the provision of core financial and trade association
services. |
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Federated
Co-operatives Limited (FCL) |
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FCL is a federation of
over 300 retail co-operatives in Western Canada. |
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Hensall
District Co-operative |
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In 1987, the Hensall District Co-op celebrated
its 50th year in business. The strength of the Hensall Co-op
is in its 4500 members, who realize the importance of local
control of a high-volume agri-business. |
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Malcolm
Island Shellfish Co-operative |
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A community-based abalone co-operative located
off the north end of Vancouver Island that focuses on economic
sustainability and conservation. |
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Saskatoon
Community Clinic |
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Founded in 1962, the Community Health Services
(Saskatoon) Association was one of the first health care co-operatives
in Saskatchewan and is now one of five similar Associations
in Saskatchewan united under the Community Health Co-operative
Federation. |
