Co-op and credit union education made for you!

• Don't miss out on graduate-level co-operative business education (online, part-time) - May 31 deadline; bursaries available.
• Last chance to register for credit union leadership program June 2-7 in Halifax; bursaries available.
• Join us for our pre-CMC Congress short course June 10 in Halifax.
• Last chance to register for MONDRAGON Spain study tour June 15-23.
• Costa Rica study tour recap and looking forward to February 2025.
• Read one of Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics's most cited papers by the Centre's Sonja Novkovic!
• New co-op case study research.

Don't miss out on graduate-level co-operative business education (online, part-time) - May 31 deadline; bursaries available.

Applications are open for our Certificate (10 months), Graduate Diploma (16 months) and Master's (3 years) programs in co-op and credit union management. Our programs are designed for working professionals in the co-op sector. Use your co-op as a living lab and deepen your understanding of the co-op enterprise model as a people-centred, collectively owned and democratic enterprise. Experience education in a co-operative learning environment and join a vibrant peer network of co-op leaders committed to growing the co-operative economy! Bursaries are available. Apply by May 31! We're here to support you! Register for an info session today.

Last chance to register for credit union leadership program June 2-7 in Halifax; bursaries available!

Join us June 2-7 in Halifax for Canada Development Education (CanadaDE). CanadaDE is an immersive international leadership program by and for credit union professionals who want to build their credit unions as community impact institutions by elevating well-being, equity, belonging and sustainability. Learn strategies that will expand your credit union's value proposition. Join an international network of certified Development Educators and if you choose, continue on the path toward the esteemed ICUDE designation! Are you a credit union leader 40 and under? We've got bursaries! Register while they last! Anyone with financial need can contact erin.hancock@smu.ca.

Last chance to register for MONDRAGON, Spain study tour - June 15-23

There are seats available to attend our co-op study tour to the MONDRAGON network of co-ops June 15-23 in the Basque Country of Spain! Visit the mecca of worker co-operation animated by a shared commitment to inter-co-operation, democratic organization, grassroots management, and sovereignty of labour. Register no later than May 10!

Co-op study tour to Costa Rica in 2024 and 2025!

In February 2024, we partnered with the Centre of Excellence in Accounting and Reporting for Co-operatives (CEARC) and the Universidad Fundepos de Costa Rica to launch the inaugural co-op study tour to Costa Rica. This ten-day study tour connected with co-ops on the leading edge of sustainable development in sectors spanning aeronautics, forestry, finance, tourism, agriculture and energy! Experience the Costa Rican social ecology and co-operative economy on our next study tour in February 2025! Seats are limited. Contact jillian.stagg@smu.ca to express interest!

Meet master's student, Cora Wiens, founding member of Eadha Co-op

"I have applied all of the content in the Master's program directly to the work I do in my worker co-op bakery. The courses have clearly been designed to build off each other and methodically grow our understanding of co-operatives. Using the assignments to think strategically about my co-op, I have been able to spend my study time identifying and mapping out potential solutions to issues that my colleagues and I face in our work. Starting this program in the first year of launching our co-op is one of the best things I could have done to contribute to the longevity and well-being of our co-op."

Eadha Co-op is queer bakery and worker co-op conversion founded in 2023.

Pre-CMC Congress co-operative governance short course June 10 in Halifax

Planning to attend Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada 2024 Congress June 11-13 in Halifax? Don't miss our pre-Congress short course on June 10! This short course will focus on co-op governance practice as democratic, people-centred, and transformational. Explore co-op governance systems fit for co-op values, member-ownership and democratic control. Consider ways to build alignment between your co-op's governance system and your co-op's complex purpose, vision, goals and member and community needs. New and seasoned co-operators from all types of co-ops and sectors are welcome! Register today!

An article with a big impact!

ICCM Academic Director and Co-operative Economist, Sonja Novkovic, was recently celebrated as one of Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics's most-cited authors for her article "Cooperative identity as a yardstick for transformative change" (2021). Many congratulations, Sonja!

Enjoy three new open-access case studies! 

We publish research papers and reports in the field of co-operative management and governance. Enjoy our recent releases:

• Case Study: Eroski S. Coop. – Layered governance in a large multistakeholder cooperative (Mondragón) (Freundlich, 2024)
• Case Study: Cefla – Italian Multi-business Worker Cooperative (Hancock & Lund, 2024)
• Case Study: “Polyphonic Voices” - Understanding Banca Etica’s Cooperative Governance (Carabini, 2024). 

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