Thu 10 Dec 2009
The Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation (CASC) is a volunteer run, non-profit organization made up of researchers interested in co-operatives and practitioners who work in the co-operative sector. The focus of the association is local and international study of all aspects of co-operation and co-operative organizations.
The membership of the association includes leading scholars, researchers and practitioners within the co-op movement from Canada, Europe, and Australia. We strongly encourage the training of up and coming scholars, and the new generation of practitioners. Our efforts have resulted in a significant increase in the participation of junior scholars and researchers in co-operative studies.
The association meets annually along with the Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities where national and international scholars have presented their research and case studies of co-operative corporations. CASC maintains this website and a listserv that publishes a newsletter informing members of on-going research and events in the co-op calendar.
What's New at CASC/ACÉC
Tue 3 Nov 2009
The annual conference of CASC will be held June 1-4, 2010 at Concordia Univsersity in Montreal. Its theme will be Community Building through Co-operative Research: Challenges and Opportunities at Home and Abroad. We invite researchers, students, and practitioners to submit abstracts that reflect on the importance of co-operative research to building equitable and sustainable communities. For more details, please see the following document:
CASC call 2010 (English)
appel ACEC 2010 (French)
Wed 5 Aug 2009
A warm welcome to all our new members and board members from the 2009 conference!
Below are your 2009/10 CASC board members:
Joy Emmanuel, Co-operative Researcher and Practitioner
Tanya Gracie, Canadian Co-operative Association
Catherine Leviten-Reid, Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan (President)
Doug Lionais, Assistant Professor, Cape Breton University
Robin Puga, Practitioner, CanTrust Hosting Co-operative and Vancouver Co-op Radio
Darryl Reed, Associate Professor, York University
Luc Thériault, Professor, University of New Brunswick (Vice-president)
Wed 5 Aug 2009
Say goodbye to your Board of Directors 2008/2009
Leslie Brown, Professor, Mount Saint Vincent University
Tanya Gracie, Canadian Co-operative Association
Catherine Leviten-Reid, Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan (President)
J.J. McMurtry, Assistant Professor, York University (Interim Secretary/Treasurer)
Robin Puga, Board Member, Vancouver Co-op Radio and Co-host of Each for All: The Co-operative Connection (Vice-president)
Janel Smith, Research Coordinator/Social Economy Student Network Coordinator, British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies, University of Victoria
Luc Theriault, Associate Professor, University of New Brunswick
Wed 24 Jun 2009
At this year’s our wine and cheese we celebrated CASC’s 25th anniversary and honoured this year’s recipient of the CASC award of merit – Leslie Brown!!!! Thank you Leslie for all your wonderful work.
Thanks to Jun Zhao for taking pictures!
