Thu 21 May 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
Thu 30 Apr 2009
Hot off the Saskatchewan press! Here is the 2009 CASC/ACÉC Program!
Download 2009 CASC/ACÉC Program here (.pdf)
Many thanks are due to Catherine Leviten-Reid, the conference planning committee, and the Saskatchewan support staff for all their hard work on the conference planning. What a wonderful looking program!!
Please check back to this website periodically before the conference as program updates will be posted.
Thu 30 Apr 2009
Download the CASC/ACÉC Membership Form
To join CASC, please download and complete the membership form. Send it to the CASC Secretariat at the following address:
CASC Secretariat
c/o Centre for the Study of Co-operatives
University of Saskatchewan
101 Diefenbaker Place
Saskatoon, SK
S7N 5B8
Canada
Wed 25 Mar 2009
CASC members,
Below are the English and French versions of CASC’s spring
newsletter. The sections on board news and the 2009 CASC conference
are available in French and English, while news from our members is
printed in the language in which it was received.
Thanks to all contributors.
Catherine
CASC Spring Newsletter 2009 (english)
Wed 25 Mar 2009
CASC’s annual conference will take place at Carleton University in Ottawa from May 27th to May 29th. To register, go to the Congress web site at www.fedcan.ca/congress2009. From there, select ‘registration’ and you will find instructions on how to register either by mail, fax, or on-line. Note that you have to complete the ‘congress registration fees’ section and the ‘association meeting fees’ section. The deadline to register at a reduced rate is March 31, 2009.
One of the highlights of this year’s conference will be our wine and cheese which will be held on the evening of May 27th. We will formally recognize CASC’s 25th anniversary at this time, will honour this year’s recipient of the CASC award of merit, and will receive a keynote address by George Melnyk. The topic of the keynote is “The Search for Community” and how this search produces reciprocal demands from individuals and communities that are not easy to fulfill.
Some of the other highlights of the conference will include a panel of Ottawa-based co-operatives discussing innovation and continuity in the co-operative sector; a plenary presentation by Ian MacPherson on the history of the Cooperative Union and the Canadian Co-operative Association; joint sessions and a joint banquet with our colleagues at ANSER; and a workshop led by the Co-operatives Secretariat on charting a course for future co-operative research in Canada.
We have limited funding available to help cover the cost of travel to the conference. We are continuing our tradition of providing some financial support to students, although the amount available to students this year will be fairly modest. If you are a student presenting at our conference and require financial assistance, please email casc_pres@coopresearch.coop so that we can further discuss the level of support we may be able to provide.
