🚨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. Find the paper by clicking our bio!
This afternoon, our team had the pleasure of joining the broader @usask community for a celebration officially welcoming friend of the Centre and @jsgspp alum Vincent Bruni-Bossio as the 12th USask President and Chancellor.
Congratulations, Vince, and your team who put together this amazing event (with a special nod to the beautiful voices of the @uofsgreystonesingers Singers and lifetime co-operator USask Chancellor Scott Banda). Looking forward to doing great things together.
Our lovely co-op colleague Sara @uwinnipeg took Natalie to the @eadhacoop bakery this morning for some delicious sourdough treats (everything is delectable but the mushroom and goat cheese pastry is highly recommended). Eadha Bakery Co-op is a small worker-owned co-operative bakery in the West End of Winnipeg that specializes in Sourdough Bread and Pastries and strives to be an active and supportive member of the communities they exist in. (Dan @coopscanada also made sure to visit Eadha while we were all in town for the always-amazing @arcticcoopsltd AGM!). #coopsrock #coopsbuildabetterworld #ywg #coopadventures
We are delighted to announce @jsgspp Master of Public Policy (and future PhD) student Laura Fraser is this year's recipient of the Isobel and Len Findlay Travel Award.
This annual award provides financial travel support to knowledge mobilization activities of a student who demonstrates a commitment to exploring the transformative potential of democratically governed co-operatives and other social economy enterprises.
Laura's work focuses on the Canadian-United Kingdom timber trade and the development of Canadian forestry management. This Award will support Laura in sharing her research with a wider academic community through presentations at the Canadian Network for Economic History and Canadian Economic Association, Atlantic Canadian Studies conferences.
Read more about Laura, her research, and the award here: https://usaskstudies.coop/articles/findlay-award-recipient-2026.php
Join us on May 6 for our next Co-op Conversation, “Advancing the Safety and Wellbeing of Waste-pickers through Co-operatives: The Story of Les Valoristes Cooperativé de Solidarité” featuring Marica Vazquez Tagliero. Find the registration link in our bio!
On April 22, join us for a special webinar, “𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙤-𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨?” featuring Charlie Graves of Modus Research!
Find the registration link by clicking the link in our bio!
🚨New Publication Alert: In this new report, we surveyed 312 alumni of Co-operative Youth Education Programs, such as Co-op Camps, to explore whether they currently engage with the co-op sector in their professional and personal lives, and their reflections on the lasting impact of these programs. Find the report in our bio!
A big thanks to all of our partners for making this study happen @coopalberta , @bc.cooperative , @skcooperatives , @manitobacoop , @cooperativeyoungleaders , @oncooperatives
Read the report:
Join us on April 1 for our next Co-op Conversation, featuring eileen mary holowka of @baby__ghosts and their talk, “Using the Co-operative Model to Change the Game in the Creative Industry”.
Register to this free online event via the link in our bio!
Voting is open for @usask 's 12th Annual Images of Research Competition.
USask students, staff, faculty, and alumni—and, in the Community Impact category, community research partners—have captured the impact of their research, scholarly and artistic works, demonstrating how their work made a difference to society, the economy and global challenges.
Vote for your favourites in each category before March 9: /usask-home-2026/
(There are so many amazing photos, but our team is particularly partial to this entry in the Community Impact category, capturing the dedication of the SWEEP crew—a social enterprise of @quintsaskatoon —braving one of the coldest days on earth this January to contribute to the safety, well-being, and resilience of their community. Community impact in action!)
/usask-community-impact-2026/entries/208320004
Good luck to all the contestants!
#usaskresearch #socialenterprise #communityengagedresearch #RASW @usaskresearch
🚨New Publication Alert: Find out what Canadian co-operative and credit union leaders said were the top issues and challenges facing co-operatives and credit unions in 2025 in this new @coop.studies report.
Find the report in our bio!
🚨New Ivey Publishing case study - @radish.coop : Strategic Shift in a Co-operative Model is now available! This case is part of our ongoing initiative to develop more business case studies on co-operatives. Click on our bio to find the link to the case.
Did you know that the “Community Powered: Celebrating Canadian Co-operatives” exhibit is available online and anyone can access it at no cost? Find the link to the online exhibit in our bio!
