Ottawa, December 18, 2009 - Canada's co-operative sector is celebrating today's decision by the United Nations General Assembly to proclaim 2012 the International Year of Co-operatives.
 
The proclamation of the International Year was included in a resolution entitled "Co-operatives in Social Development", which was adopted by the General Assembly at today's session in New York. The full text of the resolution can be downloaded from http://tinyurl.com/InternationalYear
 

International Conference of Management: Governance, Management and Firm Performance in Social and Solidarity Economy. What specificities ?

Thursday 4th of November and Friday 5th of November 2010.

The ambition of the conference is to federate the works of scholars in management who are interested in social and solidarity economy and to share knowledge with professionals of the sector.

THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS SUCCESSFUL TELE-LEARNING SESSION!

For the podcast of the complete session, please click here. (Mp3 file, 29.4 MB, 1 hour, 4 mins)

Friday, January 15th 2010, 9:00 am Pacific Time (12:00 pm Eastern time)

1. What role does the municipal government play in the social economy sector?
2. What are the best practices in municipal support of the social economy sector?

The CSEHub has produced a new thematic newsletter on poverty reduction. Please click here to read about Canadian initiatives, projects and resources.

Lucie Dumais est Codirectrice du Laboratoire de recherche sur les pratiques et les politiques sociales (LAREPPS) et équipe Économie sociale, santé et bien-être et Professeure.


Cheminement professionnel :

• Chercheuse en santé au travail et condition des femmes, CINBIOSE de l’UQÀM, 1990-1995
• Professeure, dép. sociologie, Université d’Ottawa, 1995-1998;

Published on Thu Oct 15, 2009 – thestar.com

What is most disturbing about Canada's food system is not the degraded quality, the impact on health, the devastation of natural resources from industrial fishing and farming, the impoverishment of food producers, the inequitable access that leaves so many Canadians undernourished, or even the safety scares that have us checking for recalls along with prices.