http://www.coopresearch.coop Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation (CASC) / L'Association Canadienne pour les Études sur la Cooperation Thu, 06 May 2010 03:13:27 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Please check regularly for updates. We look forward to seeing you in Montreal this year! CASC Program - Draft http://www.coopresearch.coop/2010/05/05/draft-program/ CASC Spring 2010 Newsletter - English bulletin ACEC print10 http://www.coopresearch.coop/2010/04/25/newsletter-spring-2010/ English: CASC Newsletter Fall 2009 French: bulletin ACEC automne 2009 http://www.coopresearch.coop/2009/12/10/fall2009newsletter/ 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 ... http://www.coopresearch.coop/2009/11/03/call-for-papers-2010-conference/ 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 ... http://www.coopresearch.coop/2009/08/05/casc-board-of-directors-200910/ 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 ... http://www.coopresearch.coop/2009/08/05/casc-board-of-directors-200809/ 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! http://www.coopresearch.coop/2009/06/24/congrats-to-leslie-brown-2009-casc-merit-award-winner/ 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. http://www.coopresearch.coop/2009/06/24/2009-casc-conference-concludes/ Thanks to everyone who sent in their conference presentations and papers. Here is a sampling: DwaynePattison_RetailAmalgamations_1of2_CASC09 DwaynePattison_RetailAmalgamations_2of2_CASC09 HarjiHebb_SocialFinanceInCanada__ANSER09 Harji_MeasureSocialEnterprise_ANSER09 HatakRößl_CoopPublicCitizen_CASC09 JackQuarter_Cooperatives09_CASC09 JoanRussow_CoopSustainability_CASC09 JohnAndersonCCA_CDI_CASC09 JohnAndersonCCA_FutureOfCo-operatives_CASC09 OnCoop_Proj35-StudentCo-opResearch_CASC09 TomWebb_ManagingCoopDifference_1of2_CASC09 TomWebb_ManagingCoopDifference_2of2_CASC09 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 http://www.coopresearch.coop/2009/06/24/conference-papers-available/ 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. [caption id="attachment_158" align="alignnone" width="153" caption="Canadian ... http://www.coopresearch.coop/2009/05/22/casc-conference-program-is-ready-for-print/