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Nova Scotia Co-operative Council Announces 2023 Co-op Week Activities
For Immediate Release Nova Scotia Co-operative Council and East Coast Credit Union Presents Co-op Week 2023: Carrying the Co-operative Light Nova Scotia Co-operative Council announces 2023 co-op week activities including speaking event with former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama live in Halifax on October 18, 2023 Nova Scotia, Canada - The Nova Scotia Co-operative Council, a non-profit organization, in partnership with East Coast Credit Union is thrilled to announce a series of exciting activities for Co-op Week 2023. As part of their 75th anniversary celebrations, the Council is proud to host a captivating speaking event featuring former [...]
Coady’s Place in New Glasgow
Your co-operative impactCoady’s Place in New GlasgowA living example of the cooperative impact at work to fulfill the need of communitiesOn May 26, 2022, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, MP Sean Fraser and The Nova Scotia Co-operative Council announced 36 new affordable housing units in New Glasgow.Under the federal government’s [...]
FarmWorks – Field to Fork to Future
FarmWorks Investment Co-operative Limited is making a difference in the year-round availability of food for Nova Scotians. Over 460 people have purchased $4,009,900 of shares in ten offers of FarmWorks’ tax advantageous Community Economic Development Investment Fund. Shareholders are helping to grow sustainable food-related businesses from field to fork to [...]
Master’s, Graduate Diploma and Certificate in Co-operative and Credit Union Management
Planning your career, organizational succession or leadership development? The International Centre for Co-operative Management in the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University offers Master’s level business programs designed to meet the growing demands of co-operative and credit union managers (and those aspiring to these roles). Your opportunity is here! Each year the [...]
Energy Efficiency Assessment With Ten Co-operative Businesses
The Nova Scotia Co-operative Council received funding from the provincial government to conduct an energy efficiency assessment with ten Co-operative businesses throughout the province. Co-operatives were keen to sign up, said CEO Dianne Kelderman. We have ten Co-operatives across many sectors including retail, housing, fisheries, agriculture, manufacturing, a community [...]