CASC / ACÉC — Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation

A draft version of the CASC 2010 conference program is now available.

lindseybruce — Thu, 06 May 2010 03:13:27 +0000

Please check regularly for updates. We look forward to seeing you in Montreal this year!

CASC Program – Draft

The Spring 2010 Newsletter is now available.

lindseybruce — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:44:23 +0000

CASC Spring 2010 Newsletter – English

bulletin ACEC print10

The Fall 2009 edition of the CASC newsletter is now available.

lindseybruce — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:36:02 +0000

English: CASC Newsletter Fall 2009

French: bulletin ACEC automne 2009

Call for Papers – 2010 CASC Annual Conference

lindseybruce — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:44:02 +0000

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)

CASC Board of Directors 2009/10

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:48:04 +0000

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)

CASC Board of Directors 2008/09

admin — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 23:40:11 +0000

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

Congrats to Leslie Brown – 2009 CASC Merit Award Winner

admin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:55:40 +0000

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!

2009 CASC Conference Concludes

admin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:52:30 +0000

We would like to thank our CASC Conference Committee (Catherine Leviten-Reid, Tanya Gracie, JJ McMurtry and Janel Smith) and the staff of the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives at the University of Saskatchewan for all their efforts in organizing the conference this year.

Thank you.

Conference Papers Available!

admin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:48:29 +0000

Thanks to everyone who sent in their conference presentations and papers. Here is a sampling:

If you want the entire archive then visit the 2009 CASC Conference archives (at the bottom of page). To submit your paper or presentation to be included in the archive, email casc_vp@coopresearch.coop

CASC Conference Program is Ready for Print!

admin — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:46:39 +0000

After a lot of hard work the CASC/ACÉC Conference Committee has put their seal of approval on the final program for this year’s conference.

Download 2009 CASC/ACÉC Program here (.pdf)

Many heartfelt thanks to our sponsors for their continued support of CASC/ACÉC and its annual conference.

Canadian Co-op Association

The CHS Foundation

The Co-operatives Secretariat

Y's Owl Maclure Co-operative Centre

The Co-operative Housing Association of Eastern Ontario (CHASEO)

We’re all looking forward to a great conference!