Tom Webb, past chair of the Moases Coady Institute and founder of the Masters of Management: Co-operatives and Credit Unions program at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax.
Posts by John McNamara:
Friday Film Fest #9: Humble Beginnings of Co-ops
Many co-ops start with the sweat and tears of their members. Check out of few of the stories from these co-ops:
Friday Film Fest #8: The power of Electric Co-ops
Friday Film Fest #7: National Co-op Month
This week, we kick off National Co-op Month with a retrospective on the birth of the “modern” co-op movement in the small industrial town of Rochdale, UK.
Help Capital Homecare Co-op Launch!
Capital Homecare incorporated in late summer of 2016, and has been working hard to become operational since then. This month, they begin a final push towards that goal and they […]
Friday Film Fest #6: Credit Unions are Co-operatives
This week we visit a Credit Union form Winston-Salem, NC.
Friday Film Fest Episode 5: CERO and Green Jobs
This week, take a look at CERO, a Boston area bilingual cooperative that food waste collection and organic compost manufacturer. This film, from 2013, discusses its origins and they are […]
Help Support Co-op Leaders in Resident Owned Communities
Donate Today! ROC Northwest is the NWCDC program that turns trailer parks into Resident Owned Communities (ROCs). Everyday people from within each community who volunteer their time, labor and passion […]
Friday Film Fest Episode 4–Argentina
This week we take a look at the Argentinian recovered factory efforts. This movement was examined in the 2006 film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein, The Take. This weeks […]
Friday Film Fest Episode 3
This week, we visit New Hampshire and a Resident Owned Community. In these communities, the residents generally own their manufactured home and the co-operative owns the land and infrastructure. You […]