Expert service providers are organizations or consultants that provide resources, training, mentoring, and other learning opportunities to co-operative across the country to help them get established, scale or diversify. CMC wants to ensure that co-operatives across the country have access to relevant services that meet their specific needs. This list will be updated gradually. Please note that CMC is not responsible for the services offered by those providers.

Would you like to join our list of expert service providers for the co-operative sector?

Language

Service(s)

Province or territory

Province or territory

Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Language

English

Propel Impact

Propel Impact is an organization developing the next generation of impact-driven talent through training programs and experiential learning. We pair co-operatives, non-profits, charities, and impactful ventures with talented students and professionals to access support on a project-by-project basis.

Services

Financial modelling, Impact measurement, Market study, Viability study

Province or territory

Manitoba

Language

English

Reconnaissance Management Consulting Group Inc

Reconnaissance Management Consulting Group Inc. delivers specialized services to clients in a wide range of sectors. We help the members of your team acquire knowledge, enhance their skills, develop their capacity or fill in gaps when necessary. The company and its associates have experience working with in the non-profit sector, co-ops and small enterprises; combined with a focus on community economic development. As a management consulting provider, Reconnaissance specializes in:
• Consulting: Research and analysis, feasibility analysis, business planning and operations support.
• Management Support: Help develop efficient management and operational systems, provide objective guidance and bring in specialized skills if needed.
• Project Management: Organizing and managing projects of various sizes and scale.

Our services are designed to ensure that our clients’ progress with the information, skills and knowledge required for success.

Services

Business planning, Market study, Viability study

Province or territory

Quebec

Language

French

Le Bureau d’écologie appliquée (BEA)

Bureau d’écologie appliquée (BEA) is an environmental consulting firm specializing in ecology, habitat conservation, geomatics and biodiversity management. It is recognized for the competence of its consultants and the excellence of the work entrusted to it.

Services

Growth strategy, Strategic partnerships, Strategic planning

Province or territory

Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon

Language

English

Realize Solutions

Realize Solutions is a B Corp certified team of strategic thinkers who fuse data, research, deep experience, and a network of solvers to design outcome-oriented solutions for organizations with leadership, governance, and strategy challenges. We help for-profit businesses to align with their purpose and give back to their community, and we empower purpose-driven non-profits to generate sustainable sources of revenue to fulfill their mission. From consultation and discovery to implementation and evaluation, our solutions are customized so businesses can navigate change, protect their organization, and solve their most complex challenges. Visit www.realizesolutions.ca for more information.

Services

Business planning, Governance, Growth strategy, Strategic planning

Province or territory

New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec

Language

Bilingual

La Coop Interface

Coop Interface was founded in 1998 to bring a new lever for the collective structures, by the accompaniment in the training, the animation, the research and the development. Always driven by this desire, the Coop interface offers flexible, but rigorous expertise to its clients.

As a producers’ cooperative made up of member-consultants, Coop Interface positions itself both as a pooler of services and as a space for collaboration for its members. It thus allows them to multiply business opportunities and the ability to meet the needs of enterprises and organizations that request it.

Finally, Coop Interface presents an alternative to large consulting firms which, by its collective nature, aims to truly meet the needs of social economy enterprises, community organizations and cultural organizations.

Services

Business planning, Conversion to a co-op, Financial modelling, Governance, Growth strategy, Market study, Networking support, Strategic planning, Viability study

Province or territory

Saskatchewan

Language

French

Ambient Bookkeeping Employee Cooperative Limited

Bookkeeping services provided by experienced owner operators who care about delivering quality.

We are a Saskatchewan based worker owned service provider. We are here to serve you with the dedication and attention that only owner operators can provide, personally on every interaction. Your success is important to our success – we understand that.

Services

Accounting services

Province or territory

Alberta

Language

English

McGee Richard

Founded in Edmonton in 2010, SB LLP is dedicated to understanding our clients’ legal needs and to providing personalized, innovative solutions. We believe in practical, cost-effective legal guidance to help our clients reach their goals.

Services

Legal services

Province or territory

Ontario

Language

English

Lerners

In 1929, Mayer Lerner opened the doors to his law firm.  Joined by his brother Sam in 1939, they faithfully applied the philosophy that “no matter who our clients are, each and every one deserves the best representation possible.” Today, 90 years later, this simple truth is still at the heart of our values.

Services

Legal services

Province or territory

Ontario

Language

English

RZCD Law Firm LLP

Penny focuses on providing advice on credit union share offerings, incorporations, and mergers and acquisitions, and also involves herself in regulatory issues affecting the Ontario credit union system. Penny also provides legal advice to credit unions on general corporate matters, advises the Ontario Credit Union Charitable Foundation, and also provides wills and estates services.

She serves as a Board and governance committee member of Foundation Brescia, the registered Canadian charity supporting her alma mater, Brescia University College (the only all-female university-level women’s college in Canada), and as Chair of the Board of Families with Children from China Charitable Fund, a registered Canadian charity founded by adoptive parents of children from China which supports the medical and educational needs of the children remaining in the care of Chinese orphanages.

Services

Province or territory

British Columbia

Language

English

Martha Rans

Martha Rans has been a lawyer for over 20 years. Her Vancouver-based law practice specializes in the legal needs of non-profits, charities and digital creatives. She spent 10 years as labour employment and human rights lawyer/mediator with the BC and Ontario governments. She has appeared before administrative tribunals, provincial and BC Supreme Court. She advises on charity law, incorporation, governance, privacy, employment, labour, health & safety and human rights. Her advice is practical and strategic, tailored to the needs of her clients.

Martha is an advocate for public legal education and information. She is the founder of lawfornonprofits.ca a resource dedicated to the non profit sector. She provides advice, information and education to thousands of BC’s creators and non profits. She is also a copyright educator and teaches the next generation of artists and designers at post-secondary schools across Canada.

Services

Legal services