Canada

Caisse d'économie solidaire Desjardins: A Unique Financial Institution

Ethan — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:52:43 -0400

By Yvon Poirier

Community Stability & Climate Change

Ethan — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:32:16 -0400

Toronto's community currency suggests possibilities for building community economic security in the face of the destabilizing effects of global climate change.

Native Resistance to the Olympics

Ethan — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:02:43 -0400

First Nations activists in B.C., Canada continue their fight for land and sovereignty--this time in the face of expanding development for the coming Olympic games.

Support From the Heart: The Multicultural Health Cooperative

admin — Sat, 19 May 2007 23:04:29 -0400

By Len Krimerman

Every year the Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation honors one of its members with the "Worker Co-op Merit Award"--an idea we might well want to consider for our own USA Federation. This year they selected Edmonton-based MCHB, a truly remarkable venture which is addressing, in a very special way, the otherwise unmet needs of that city's "immigrant and refugee" communities.

Fuel to the Fire: Reflections on an Amazing Conference

admin — Sat, 19 May 2007 22:41:20 -0400

By Len Krimerman, GEO Collective

I had expected the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives (USFWC) conference to be extraordinarily good, but it exceeded even that expectation. There was a wonderful mix of energies, ages, languages, cultures, regions, sectors, perspectives...that often found common ground; there were issues discussed that usually are kept off the table; there were ever so many signs of a movement matured, full of experience and promise, ready to take risks and take off.