Dr. Ana Maria Peredo, the Director for the Centre of Co-operative and Community-based Economy at the University of Victoria is granted the Craigdarroch Research Award for dissemination. She has served on several committees to organize international conferences and she is also known for many “lunch and learn” events at the Centre where she invites both academics and the community alike. Congratulations Ana Maria!
Dr. Sonja Novkovic of Saint Mary’s University and the Measuring the Co-operative Difference Research Network would like to invite your participation in a planning meeting for an international conference on tools to measure co-operative difference and impact. The event will likely happen in 2014, which means planning begins now.
At this stage Sonja is inviting people who wish to participate in a pre-planning meeting on September 5th in Halifax (phoning in may also be an option), to happen just before the St. Mary’s Symposium on Co-operative Governance. Further details and an option to RSVP to Sonja are included in this document.
Interim Publication of Research Results
Hot off the presses! The MCDRNetwork’s first cross-project publication is ready for you to read. Readers can learn about the approaches to research, the partners involved and the progress and results of each of the projects comprising the Measuring the Co-operative Difference Research Network. Digital link below. If you would like a hard copy, please send your request to erin.hancock@coopscanada.coop and they will be mailed while supplies last.
Highlights:
-tools that measure the co-op difference
-sector-specific research on – agriculture, renewable energy, housing, credit unions
-methodologies scan to measure social, environmental and economic impact of co-ops
-educational initiatives of co-ops
-organizational structure and co-ops across cultures
The Measuring the Co-operative Difference Research Network is pleased to share the quarterly newsletter. Learn about research projects, upcoming events, opportunities for publication and a plethora of other news in the linked issue.
Update on Co-operative Culture and Organizational Behaviour Project in Progress….2
Webinars….2
Prairie cluster welcomes new community partner….3
Project assessing new co-op development progresses….4
National study on the impact of co-ops gains Advisory Committee….5
Project exploring education in co-ops gets sector attention…5
Co-operative Sustainability Scorecard goes digital…6
The Atlantic Cluster pays mind to local food….7
Co-operative difference in housing project makes policy waves…7
Western Cluster Lead awarded Community Leadership Award…9
National Cluster welcomes two new students…9-10
Dissemination working group in action…10-11
Tons of co-op research events…11-12, 14-15
Journal publication opportunity…13
The full newsletter is available at http://www.cooperativedifference.coop/assets/files/Newsletter/MCDRN_CURA_Newsletter_April_2013_FINAL.pdf
The Measuring the Co-operative Difference Research Network invites you to join us. Please invite your friends and colleagues!
April 10 at 12:30 EDT
Measuring Co-operative Impact — Methodologies for capturing the economic, social and environmental impact of co-ops
The webinar will feature presentations by two researchers currently working on projects related to measuring co-op impact, George Karaphilis of Cape Breton University and Nicoleta Uzea of the University of Western Ontario. Dr. Fiona Duguid, Research Officer at the Canadian Co-operative Association will also provide an overview of the new National Study on the Impact of Co-operatives. For more information and registration, go to https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/440224433.
The Canadian Community Economic Development Network is hosting a webinar focusing on social economy research, including co-operatives.
Register at http://ccednet-rcdec.ca/en/node/11499
The Measuring the Co-operative Difference Research Network is in the midst of offering 3 free public webinars this fall that explore the dimensions of the social and economic impacts of co-operatives. You’re invited! Register today!
Creating a better world: The Socio-Economic impact of co-operatives and mutuals globally
Speakers: Michel Lafleur and Marie-Anne Merrien of IRECUS
November 15, 1:00pm Eastern
Registration now open! https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/189317281
See materials from Dr. Sonja Novkovic’s webinar (summing up the Imagine 2012 Conference and the International Summit of Co-operatives here)
The Cape Breton Post ran a story on the new co-op housing archive out of the Beaton Institute at Cape Breton University. Available at: http://www.capebretonpost.com/Living/Community/2012-10-19/article-3103790/Beaton-Institute-launches-co-operatives-exhibit/1
“Catherine Arseneau, manager of the Beaton Institute at Cape Breton University, said the online photo exhibit and guide to its archival material on co-operative housing and Cape Breton’s co-operative leaders will improve access to records for researchers and community members.” -Cape Breton Post, October 19, 2012
The archive is available at: http://www.cbu.ca/sites/cbu.ca/files/pdfs/beaton-co-op-guide.pdf
Canadian Co-operative Research Network 