National

Courses regarding Co-ops in Canadian Universities.

Copies of the workshops held at the first joint conference by the Co-operatives, Credit Unions and the Canadian Community Investment Network Co-op on Co-operative (corporate) Social Responsibility.

A Guide to Co-operative Housing by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

A consultation paper presented by the Canadian Co-operative Association to Social Development Canada as part of their Child Care Spaces Initiative

A guide to the business resources available through the Government of Canada.

FAQ on New Generation Co-ops

A LIST OF CO-OPERATIVES THAT HAVE BEEN ASSISTED BY THE CDI DELIVERY PARTNERS

The Co-operative Development Initiative (CDI) is a five-year program that aims to make the co-op option more readily available to Canadians, to respond to their present-day challenges. Officially launched in April 2003, the program's "Advisory Services" component is managed jointly by the Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) and the Conseil Canadien de la Coopération (CCC), and its services were provided throughout the country by a solid network of 18 partners during fiscal year 2005-06.

results achieved by each of the delivery partners since the beginning of the Co-operative Development Initiative

The Canadian Social Economy Hub (CSEHub) acts as a facilitator promoting collaboration among six regional research centres across Canada (Québec, Atlantic, Southern Ontario, Prairies and Northern Ontario, BC and Alberta and the North), and creating opportunities and exchanges with international networks.

Socio-Economic Profile of Aboriginal Co-operatives in Canada, on Co-op Secretariat's site

This organisation's website, specifically aimed at younger people, aged 18 to 34 years, has a step-by-step explanation of the application process for loans. CYBF provides loans for start-up costs of up to $15,000.

Federal Government Department website

For more than 50 years the Cooperative Development Foundation has been improving lives through cooperative development. We work to help people help themselves. Through our vast experience and network of contacts, CDF brings together the funds and partners to incubate and replicate innovative programs through new and existing cooperative enterprise. We can, and do, make it happen.

A key feature of the Co-operative Secretariat's mandate is to ensure that federal government policies are inclusive and supportive of the co-operative model of enterprise. This requires regular monitoring of policy, and it requires research to support policy analysis and development. In these efforts, the Secretariat works closely with the co-operative sector and with a vast array of government partners, as seen in the following overview of research and policy activities.

The British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies is a catalyst for research, learning, and teaching about co-operative thought and practice through the development of Co-operative Studies as an established field of inquiry. The Institute collaborates with other post-secondary institutions, the co-op sector, governments, individuals and communities interested in co-operative development.

This section of the Co-operatives Secretariat website provides information on co-op legislation, forming a co-op, and co-op development support for each province individually.

CDI ADVISORY SERVICES BULLETIN Provides highlights of the myriad of activities and accomplishments of co-operative associations committed to delivering assistance and technical services to Canadians under the Advisory Services component of the Co-operative Development Initiative (CDI).

The website of CHFC. It has excellent information on housing co-operatives in Canada including links to regional federations.

The Canadian Alternative Investment Co-op is a fund formed in the early 1980's by a number of relifious communities who wanted to pool their resources in order to make investment that support positive social change and alternative economic structures. CAIC has since grown to forty-eight members with a lending pool of approximately $7 million invested in worthwhile projects across Canada. Our borrowers are building alternative economic structures that are supportive of worker cooperatives, disadvantaged peoples and the environment.