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André Beaudry appointed Executive Director of CMC
Ottawa, September 19, 2018: Doug Potentier, President of Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC) is pleased to announce the appointment of André Beaudry as Executive Director of CMC, effective October 15, 2018. Mr. Beaudry was most recently Chief Advancement Officer at...
Join Canada’s Emerging Co-operators Committee!
Volunteer Job Description Canada's Emerging Co-operators (CEC) is a working and advisory committee made up of young people age 35 or younger who are engaged members, directors or employees of a co-operative or mutual in Canada. It is a management committee of...
CMC delegates express their support to the agriculture and agri-food sector in Canada
CMC delegates approved the following motion to support and promote the agriculture sector at the 2018 Annual General Meeting held in Victoria British Columbia on June 21: The Board of Directors of Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC) recommends, in concert with UFA...
The CMC Board welcomed two new members for 2018-2019
The Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC) Annual General Meeting was held on June 21 in Victoria, B.C. CMC welcomed two new Board members: Ghislain Gervais, President of the Board of Directors at La Coop fédérée and John Kay, Vice-president of the British Columbia...
The United Nations International Day of Co-operatives
Ottawa, July 7 2018: Today is the International Day of Co-operatives, which is celebrated the first Saturday of July each year. The theme for the 2018 International Day of Cooperatives (IDC) is “Sustainable consumption and production”, creating an opportunity for...
Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada presented four Awards at Co-operative Congress 2018
June 20, Victoria, B.C: Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC) held their annual awards ceremony on June 20 in Victoria, British Columbia. Each year, CMC honours co-operators and mutualists who have made a valuable contribution to the development of the Canadian...
The Challenges of the Future of Work: How Cooperatives Can Be Part of the Solution
On International Workers' Day (1 May), the International Co-operative Alliance is celebrating the commitment of cooperators to creating sustainable jobs and formal work, lowering income inequality, and showing their capacity to be a large laboratory...
CMC Response to the Governments Announced Plan to Support Co-ops and Mutuals in Canada
Ottawa, April 11, 2018: Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada (CMC) welcomes the April 5 news release from Innovation, Science and Economic Development (ISED) in which they have unveiled some details of their plan to support the co-operative and mutual sector in Canada....
Federal government committed to important role of co-operatives in Canada
From: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Plan to support the sector unveiled on one-year anniversary of private member’s motion April 5, 2018, Ottawa ON Co-operatives are a valuable way for Canadians to share ownership in a business, while delivering...
An update on the National Survey of Co-ops and Mutuals
CMC launched its Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) platform in the spring of 2017. Over the last year, our team has been steadily building our directory of information on co-operatives and mutuals, including information such as their location and what they do....
A message from the CMC President on the resignation of Executive Director Denyse Guy
Dear co-operators and co-operative stakeholders, It is with deep regret that we announce the departure of our Executive Director, Ms. Denyse Guy. She has tendered her resignation and will be stepping down from her role as our founding Executive Director in October...
The United Nations International Day of Co-operatives 2018
The theme for the 2018 International Day of Co-operatives is "sustainable consumption and production of goods and services", which the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 12. This theme is an opportunity for co-operatives to show how they run...
