Annual Conference – Final 2008 Schedule, June 6th

SESSION 3 Chemistry 300 – Cooperatives and Government Policy, 9am – 10:30am

• Legislative Renewal: Drafting Cooperative Principles into Law and Prospects for Renewing Cooperative Organizations
  • Edward De Barbieri
• Challenges and Lessons Learned from the Innovation and Research Projects in the Co-operative Development Initiative.
  • Fiona Duguid/J Roy
• Co-operatives and Public Policy: Negotiating with Government
  • Heneberry, Jennifer
• Picking on Policy: How the New Brunswick Government could Better Serve Co-operatives
  • Erin Hancock

SESSION 4A Chemistry 124 – Cooperative Governance, 9am – 10:30am

• Loyalty Program: Reaching out to Members of Member-Owners of The Co-operators Group Ltd
  • Lily Ng
• Co-operative Democracy: Board Diversity and the Representation of Women
  • Kimberly Brown
• Its ownership Jim but not as we know it: member shares, membership and ownership in co-operatives
  • Elizabeth Hicks, John Maddocks, and Ann MacGillivary

SESSION 4B Chemistry 300 – CASC Q and A – Who are We and Where are we Going?, 10:45am – 12:30pm

• Lou Hammond Keitlson
• Tom Webb
• Denyse Guy
• William Nelson

SESSION 5A Chemistry 124 – Social Cooperatives – June 6th 1:30pm – 3pm

• Strategies for Inclusion: Empowerment, Disability, and Co-operatives
  • Kama Soles
• Co-operatives and Dimensions of Co-operation: Do They Determine Quality Child Care?
  • Catherine Leviten-Reid
• Tales of Co-operation: Developing a Regional Co-operative
  • Joy Emmanuel

SESSION 5B Chemistry 300 – Worker Cooperatives – June 6th 1:30pm – 3pm

• Assessment of Labors’ Consumer Cooperatives in Isfahan – Iran
  • Masoud Ramezani, Amir Mozafar Amini, Mohammad Nagi Golami
• Co-opting Precariousness: Worker Cooperatives providing alternatives to precarious employment for marginalized populations
  • Amanda Wilson
• The Worker-Recovered Enterprises of Argentina and the State: Searching for ‘Genuine’ Democracy in a Hostile Environment
  • Rhiannon Edwards