The 2012 CASC/ACÉC Conference will occur from June 24th to the 27th at the University of Quebec, Montreal.

The  United  Nations  has declared  2012  to be  the International Year of  Cooperatives. In this spirit of international celebration, the leading  cooperative research and education organizations and networks of Canada – the Canadian Association for Studies in Cooperation (CASC),  the Interdisciplinary  Research and Information  Centre  on Collective Enterprises  (CIRIEC Canada),  the International Cooperative Association Committee on Cooperative Research (ICACCR) and the  Association  of Cooperative Educators (ACE), the  Measuring the  Cooperative Difference network and Territorial Development and Cooperation  network  –  are  joining forces with their most important stakeholder groups – the Canadian Cooperative Association (CCA), le Conseil canadien de la coopération et de la mutualité (CCCM),  le Conseil québécois de la cooperation et de la mutualité (CQCM),  le Comité de la relève coopérative du Québec, the Ontario Student Cooperative Association and the North American Students of Cooperation – to organize this conference.

The theme for the 2012 conference is the sharing of knowledge and strategic directions for the sector. For more information, please select the link below (Note: A .pdf reader, such as Acrobat Reader or Foxit Reader is needed

English: 2012 Call for Papers

Français: 2012 Appel à proposition

The CASC/ACÉC executive is looking forward to seeing you in Fredericton. In preparing for your trip you can find the finalized version of the conference schedule by visting here.

We’ll see you there!

The 2011 Annual General Meeting for CASC/ACÉC will coincide with the 2011 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Fredericton, New Brunswick. For more details on the event, location, and call for papers please see the Winter 2011 edition of our newsletter. For information on this year’s them and conference topics, please make way to our Call for Papers page..

To ensure your participatin in the AGM, please be sure to fill out the membership form (posted below) by March 31st, 2011. By doing so you will receive the discounted membership rates, which include fees
for the conference and a one-year membership in CASC. Membership rates for the 2011/12 CASC year are: regular members $125; students, retired individuals, and the underwaged $55. Please note that there is an additional fee for those wishing to attend the Annual CASC Banquet, which is a joint affair held in collaboration with ANSER.

To register with CASC/ACÉC simply print and fill out the registration form along with a cheque or money order for the appropriate amount made out to CASC, and mail it to:

Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation
c/o Centre for the Study of Co-operatives
University of Saskatchewan
101 Diefenbaker Place
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B8

Registration Form: Click Here