Youth in Co-operation
Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC) highly encourages the participation of youth within the co-operative community through Canada’s Emerging Co-operators (CEC). This committee rallies young co-operators, between the ages of 18-35, and advises the Board of directors of CMC on the point of view of the young Canadian co-operative leaders.
CEC’s goal is to:
- Understand the needs of new co-operator leaders and how to fulfill them;
- Shape the future of leadership within the co-operative and mutual sector in Canada, and;
- Create a space for young co-operators to highlight, increase and celebrate their involvement in the co-operative sector.
Étienne Desfossés
President
Fédération québécoise des coopératives en milieu scolaire
Pénélope Bégin
Vice-president
Co-operators
Matthis Perrard
Member
Impact ON
Lana Wong
Kristen Murray
Gaëlle Crête
Member
Conseil québécois de la coopération et de la mutualité
Tyler Paturel
William Prest
Initiatives jeunesse à travers le Canada
Le Conseil québécois de la coopération et de la mutualité (CQCM) has set up entrepreneurship initiation coops (CIEC) which brings together up to 15 young people who wish to set up their collective business.
The Saskatchewan Co-operative Association encourages cooperation among young people between the ages of 12 and 18 with its Kindling summer camps
Alberta Community and Co-operative Association offers summer camps for young people between the ages of 11 and 18 to train the co-operative leaders of tomorrow.