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We're looking for ideas that will create jobs and empower entrepreneurs. Enter the Best Big Idea Competition and you could win $10,000 to help make your dream a reality.


WHAT'S THE BUZZ? READ COMMUNIQUE AND FIND OUT

The summer issue of Communique is here and filled with the latest news about the co-op sector in Nova Scotia. 


CHRISTMAS TREE GROWERS LOOK FOR BIG BOX MARKET

Nova Scotia's small woodlot owners are banding together to find markets with big box retailers in the U.S. Read about them in our success stories.


NEW CO-OP RESEARCH

Read the Measuring the Co-operative Difference Newsletter  for the latest social, economic and environmental impacts of the co-operative movement.

 


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Co-operative Secretariat
The Co-operative Secretariat advises the federal government of policies affecting Co-operatives, coordinates the implementation of such policies, and acts as a catalyst for the promotion of Co-operatives within Canada.

NS Co-operatives Branch
The Co-operatives Branch administers the Co-operative Associations Act of Nova Scotia, providing incorporation, registration, inspections, and liquidation services for the province's Co-operatives. It features Co-operative legal forms, Co-operative news, educational materials, and fact sheets.

Canadian Co-operative Association
The Canadian Co-operative Association is a national association of Co-operatives which provides research, education, training, and assistance to Co-operatives. The association has extensive education and training programs for Co-operatives, boards, management, and staff.

Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation
A cohesive network of democratically-controlled worker co-ops that provide a high quality of worklife, and support the development of healthy and sustainable local economies, based on co-operative principles.

Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada
The Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada is the national association of housing co-operatives, with offices in Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Vancouver, and Halifax.

Conseil Canadien de la Co-operation
The CCC is the national and provincial representative organization for French language Co-operatives in Canada.

Co-operators Insurance
Co-operators Insurance provides specially designed insurance programs for Co-operatives, including bonding, fire, liability, theft, automobile, housing contents, public and director liability, etc.

St. Mary's University
The 'Master of Management - Co-operatives and Credit Unions' is an innovative web-based program that brings together, in cyber space, co-op and credit union professionals from around the world to learn how to combine the principles of co-operation with active, aggressive management practices.

Co-op Development InfoService
Canada's national co-operative organizations - the Canadian Co-operative Association Canada's national co-operative organizations - the Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) and the Conseil canadien de la coopération et de la mutualité (CCCM) - have joined forces to launch the Co-op Development InfoService. With a toll-free number, a dedicated email address and web pages on co-op development, the InfoService will connect you to the network of co-op development expertise available in Canada.A) and the Conseil canadien de la coopération et de la mutualité (CCCM) - have joined coopdev@coopscanada.coop.

 
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