The Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives is the primary co-operative and social economy research centre in North America @usask
Saskatoon, SK. Canada
Joined July 2008
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Our next Co-op Conversation will take place on November 4 and it will feature Mario Cimet Dattoli and his talk, "Solidarity Over Self-Reliance: Why Co-ops Should Raise Capital Together". Register to this free online talk here: uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe…
The recording of our most recent Co-op Conversation featuring Lisa Zentner of @CoopsCanada and her talk, "The Power of Visibility: Building Recognition for Canada's Co-operative Economy" is now available. Click below to watch the talk! 👇
youtu.be/sDVCXJ3dHEA?si=ZwuO…
The recording of our recent webinar, “Credit Unions, Co-operatives, and Canada’s Critical Payment Infrastructure” featuring Josh Lerner of @PaymentsCanada is now available on our Youtube channel. Click below to watch the talk 👇 youtu.be/SdhXht8cBAM?si=o411…
We are happy to announce that the next offering of Advanced Co-operative Governance will take place in January 2027! This online course gives directors the knowledge and understanding to govern their co-ops with confidence. Learn more and register here: usaskstudies.coop/Learning-O…
Excited to co-host and participate in the Saskatchewan Renewable Energy Co-operatives Policy Workshop where community groups, co-ops, utilities, policymakers, and industry partners have convened to discuss community energy, grid resilience, and local economic development.
Our next Co-op Conversation will take place on October 7 and it will feature Lisa Zentner of @CoopsCanada and her talk, "The Power of Visibility: Building Recognition for Canada's Co-operative Economy". Register to this free online talk here: uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe…
The recording of our most recent Co-op Conversation, “AI as Infrastructure, Not Ideology” featuring Andi Argast of Hypha Worker Co-operative is now available on our Youtube channel. Please click on the link below to watch the talk 👇 youtu.be/e3x4SJUcRcU?si=dECD…
Webinar: 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗖𝗼-𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮’𝘀 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 with Josh Lerner, Manager of Policy, @PaymentsCanada.
𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝟮𝟵, 𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺-𝟭𝟮𝗽𝗺 (SK/CST). Register: tinyurl.com/cucooppayments
It was an absolute pleasure having @mike_toye of @CoopsCanada visit Saskatoon and our offices. Thank you, Mike, for all the riveting and productive conversations over the past couple of days!
Final call for registrations to today's Co-op Conversation! This free online event starts at 12 PM (Saskatchewan Time/Central Standard Time) today. You can still register to attend here: uregina.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe…
Our new season of Co-op Conversations returns on September 2! Our featured speaker will be Andi Argast of Hypha Worker Co-op. Her talk is titled, "AI as infrastructure, not ideology". You can register to this free online talk via the following link: usaskstudies.coop/news-and-e…
#ICYMI our new season of Co-op Conversations returns on September 2! Our featured speaker will be Andi Argast of Hypha Worker Co-op. Her talk is titled, "AI as infrastructure, not ideology". You can register to this free online talk via the following link: usaskstudies.coop/news-and-e…
Our new season of Co-op Conversations returns on September 2! Our featured speaker will be Andi Argast of Hypha Worker Co-op. Her talk is titled, "AI as infrastructure, not ideology". You can register to this free online talk via the following link: usaskstudies.coop/news-and-e…
New @CBC article, "What's next for Calgary Co-op as new CEO steps in" featuring some perspectives from our director, Dr. Marc-Andre Pigeon. Read the piece here: cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/c…
Very interesting new report from CanTrust Hosting Co-operative and @HyphaCoop that asks the question whether Canadian co-operatives can build, own, and govern their own AI infrastructure is possible and feasible.
Download the report here: cooperativeblueprint.ai/read…
Congratulations to @Coops_First for 10 incredible years. Over those years, they have helped to develop over 160 co-ops (and counting) across western Canada!
Day 2 of the CASC Conference begins with “Mobilizing Co-op Knowledge in Business School Classrooms: A Roundtable on the Co-op Case Writing Consortium”
Our team is presenting and attending the 2026 Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation’s annual conference at @YorkUniversity. Looking forward to connecting and re-connecting with Canadian co-operative scholars over the next couple of days!
New publication alert 🚨: this new article by @coopstudies director, Dr. Marc-André Pigeon and Hanif Amoozadeh Mahdiraji sketches a first-ever map of the scholarly literature on co-operatives and public policy using a scoping review methodology. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
🚨New Paper Alert: this paper explores how Canadian policymakers, and the courts, have defined and conceptualized co-operatives and the taxation of co-operatives over time. Read the entire paper here: usaskstudies.coop/documents/…
The recording of our most recent Co-op Conversation, “Advancing the Safety and Wellbeing of Waste-pickers through Co-operatives: The Story of Les Valoristes Coopérative de Solidarité” featuring Marica Vazquez Tagliero is now available. Click below to watch youtu.be/IBXxDnZzLao?si=HYUK…