Program and Records


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Amy Goodman, Bruno Blais of La Barberie, and Paul Cargnello and the Front Line,
7:30 pm, Oct. 14th, Clarion Hotel 3125 Hochelaga Blvd.
$15, at the door.
Simultaneous interpretation French-English will be provided.
The press release about Amy Goodman is here.

October 13 2011

7:30am-8:30am Croissants and coffee
Delegate registration
8:45am–2:00pm Tour of co-operatives in Québec.
2:30pm Annual General Meetings of the Canadian Worker Co-operative Federation and of le RÉSEAU
5:00-6:00pm Co-op Developers’ Meeting (hosted by CoopZone)
5:30-7:00pm Opening social time (cash bar)
7:00pm Networking Dinner with co-operators across North America

Official launch of CICOPA-North America, a sub-regional entity of CICOPA-Americas

October 14 2011

7:30am-8:30am Croissants and coffee
Delegate registration
9:00-10:30am Opening Plenary:
  • Current situation of worker co-operatives in the world
  • Current situation of worker co-operatives in North America: Quebec, Canada and United States
11:00-12:30pm Workshops, including:
  • Financing worker co-operatives
  • The management of people in worker co-operatives
  • Presentation of the Quebec experience of CJS (Youth Services (worker) Co-ops)
  • The role of developers in growing the co-operative movement
  • Open Space (participants create their own workshops)
12:30-2:00pm Lunch
2:00-3:30pm Plenary: State of the worker co-operative movement in Mondragon, France, Argentina, Italy.
3:30-5:30pm Workshops, including:
  • Democratic governance of a worker co-operative
  • Favourable environment for the worker co-op movement
  • Worker co-operatives and unions
  • CoopZone Developers’ Network: Present and future
  • Open Space (participants create their own workshops)
6:00-7:00pm Cocktails (cash bar)
7:00pm Banquet with keynote speaker, Amy Goodman, journalist, Democracy Now!, New York and Bruno Blais, founding member and executive director of La Barberie worker co-operative
8:30pm Cultural evening

October 15 2011

7:30am-8:30am Croissants and coffee
Delegate registration
9:00-10:30am Workshops, including:
  • Financing worker co-operatives
  • The management of people in worker co-operatives
  • Indivisible reserves: Building a worker co-operative movement
  • Open Space (participants create their own workshops)
11:00-12:30pm Discussion of the role of worker co-operative federations
12:30-2:00pm Lunch
2:00-4:00pm Closing Plenary:
  • Presentation of common declaration on public policy to strengthen the worker co-operative movement
  • Synthesis of conference
4:30pm Social evening in Old Quebec - cost not included with Conference package. Details to follow, on-site.