Visit the Community Powered: Celebrating Canadian Co-operatives Exhibit
Community Powered: Celebrating Canadian Co-operatives is an original exhibition that brings Canadian co-operators and museum visitors together to celebrate the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives 2025 theme: Co-operatives Build a Better World. It will be on display at the Diefenbaker Canada Centre until April 18, 2026. An online version of the exhibit is also available!
New Report: The 2025 Top Co-op Issues Report
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 CCSC report by Stan Yu and Syed Jafar Raza RizviNew Ivey Business Case - Radish: Strategic Shift in a Co-operative Model
As part of our ongoing partnership with Ivey Publishing and an international consortium of educators and researchers to develop more business case studies on co-operatives, this new business case by Ian N, Leena Yahia, Anthony Piscitelli, Dionne Pohler, and Marc-Andre Pigeon focuses on Radish Cooperative and the important strategic it had to make in the face of changing markets and strategic uncertainty.
Join us for our next Co-op Conversation, "Using the Co-operative Model to Change the Game in the Creative Industry" featuring eileen mary holowka
Our next Co-op Conversation takes place on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, from 12:00 - 1:00 PM (Saskatchewan Time). These online gatherings are free to attend and an opportunity for co-operative sector professionals to learn from others in the field and exchange information in a casual setting.
New Occasional Paper - The New Architecture of Cooperation: Reclaiming the Viability of Community Banking in a Real-time Economy
This new occasional paper by Mark McLoughlin, Chief Executive Officer, and Mike Bushore, Chief Risk Officer, at Kootenary Savings Credit Union draws attention to the current Canadian credit union system, which exists within a critical inflection point in the midst of a fastchanging technological landscape and regulatory context. It asks questions about if and how credit unions will reshape and evolve during this shift.
New Report - There's No Escape from Cooperation: The Future of Small Credit Unions
This new report by Drs. Marc-André Pigeon, Director and Strategic Fellow, Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, and Dionne Pohler, Lipsky Professor in Dispute Resolution, Cornell University, and Research Fellow, Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives outlines the findings of their research study that asks executive leaders of small credit unions about the current challenges facing small credit unions and their strategies for success.
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.
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