Location CSI Annex is located 1 block south of Bloor St and the Bathurst Subway station at 720 Bathurst Street. It is also on the Bathurst streetcar line, is fully accessible and has free Wi-Fi.
Welcome
Our guide through our examination of “Co-ops As A Transformative Force” is Kerr Smith of All 4 Each and Co-opalooza fame. He will introduce our speakers and use info doodles and other interactive techniques to enliven the proceedings and promote discussions about….
Our Radical Past Together we will delve into the radical roots of the co-operative principles using history as a catalyst to raise our awareness of how co-ops have transformed people's lives.
Our Precarious Present
After a couple of short presentations we will discuss how co-ops transform our work, homes and communities learning from both the successes and the failures.
Our Collective Future
We are the future not the alternative! Co-ops are the model that can help us break the bonds of the current economic and social structures.
By exploring co-housing/co-ownership, multi-stakeholder co-ops and platform cooperativism we will conceptualize our co-operative future. Then join in for some no-holds-barred brainstorming around those big bold ideas that will transform our future.
Networking
The day is structured to allow plenty of networking time so you can renew and create connections with other co-operators and the co-op curious. A post event walk to visit a nearby co-op or brewery is an impromptu possibility if there is enough interest and the weather cooperates.
Food & Drink
There will be refreshments, snacks and a light lunch.
Speakers Welcome - Reba Plummer
Radical Roots of the Co-operative Principles - Bob Melcombe
Community Bonds - TREC - Linda Varekamp or David Cork
Platform Cooperativism
Co-ownership/Co-housing
Multi-stakeholder Model
