The most pressing problems facing society are not moral, but institutional. When people are enabled to work together toward a common goal, they can change the world
Our research supports the building of policies, practices, and organizations that enable communities to create their own rules and meet their own needs.
New Publication: Saskatoon Community Clinic Evaluation Report
The Saskatoon Community Clinic (SCC) Evaluation Report is the result of a multi-year, transdisciplinary, collaborative research effort to assess the effectiveness of the SCC’s co-operative primary care clinic model relative to physician-led primary care clinics.
New Publication: Community Energy Co-operative Policy Index
A new report by Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives' Director, Dr. Marc-Andre Pigeon, Josie Ward, and NorQuest College Research Chair in Sustainability and CCSC Research Fellow, Dr. Martin Boucher, develops a comprehensive policy index to measure and rank Canada’s ten provinces based on their policy support for renewable energy co-operatives.New Publication: Acting on MacPherson’s Advice: Continuing to Study and Learn from the Northern Co-operative Experience
As part of the new Northern Review's special issue, "Exploring Northern Economic Development", this paper by CCSC Professional Research Associate, Natalie Kallio, describes the work that the CCSC is undertaking that revisit and reinvigorate previous initiatives and focus on a new set of questions meaningful to northern co-operatives and northern communities.
2024 marked the 40th Anniversary of the Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives
We are grateful to have an opportunity to celebrate our first 40 years and toast to the future of interdisciplinary, collaborative, co-operative research, education, training, and engagement.
