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Mapping a Life in Co-ops: Exploring Opportunities to Have More Cooperation in Your Life

Mapping a Life in Co-ops: Exploring Opportunities to Have More Cooperation in Your Life. Kim Penna (College Houses, Texas) & Erin Hancock (Canadian Co-operative Association, Ontario). Early Childhood. Childcare York University Co-operative Daycare Centre (Toronto) Beyond Care (Brooklyn).

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Mapping a Life in Co-ops: Exploring Opportunities to Have More Cooperation in Your Life

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  1. Mapping a Life in Co-ops: Exploring Opportunities to Have More Cooperation in Your Life Kim Penna (College Houses, Texas) & Erin Hancock (Canadian Co-operative Association, Ontario)

  2. Early Childhood • Childcare • York University Co-operative Daycare Centre (Toronto) • Beyond Care (Brooklyn)

  3. Childhood • Cooperative Learning Groups

  4. Adolescence • Co-op Camps -Saskatchewan Co-operative Young Leaders Camp • Cooperative Extension Camps -4H

  5. Adolescence cont. • Circle Pines • Neighborhood camps • Babysitting co-ops

  6. Teenage • Artists Cooperatives- Artist Co-op of Canada • Cooperative Education Cooperative education is a structured educational strategy integrating classroom studies with learning through productive work experiences in a field related to a student's academic or career goals. It provides progressive experiences in integrating theory and practice. Co-op is a partnership among students, educational institutions and employers, with specified responsibilities for each party. -Bergen County Academies -University of Waterloo

  7. Teenage cont. • Credit Union- Caisse Populaire de Levis • Marijuana Cooperatives- Town & Country • Cannabis Advocate Cooperatives- Canadian Therapeutic Cannabis Cooperatives

  8. Young Adult • Student housing co-ops “ You may end up wondering what you have gotten yourself into - well I'll tell you: this is the best thing that will ever happen to you.”- Gene Plaks, 21st Street

  9. Young adult cont. • Studying/Research- Centre for the Study of Cooperatives, The Research Cooperative • Co-op Scholarships- Ralph K Morris, The Canadian Co-operative Association • Academic Associations- Association of Cooperative Educators, CCA

  10. Young adult cont. • Retail- Best Western, ACE Hardware • Consumer- Mountain Equipment Co-op, REI • Media Cooperatives- Integrated Media Cooperative, Dead Rising 2, KOOP Radio, The Media Co-op

  11. Young adult cont. • Restaurant/Café- Just Us!, Black Star Co-op, Green Chicago Restaurant

  12. Family and working life • Housing co-op – 60 Richmond Street Housing Co-op • Getting local food from producer/ • agricultural co-ops • -Start a buying club

  13. Family and working life cont. • Health co-op – Community First Health Co-op (Nelson, BC) • Community and social co-ops • Worker co-op (so many different kinds) • -Chicago Technology Co-operative • -Lusty Lady

  14. Family and working life cont. • Retail, grocery • -Yahara River Grocery Co-operative • Utility co-op • Services of all sorts

  15. Senior/retired • Senior’s Residence • -Liberty Woods Retirement Co-op • Funeral Co-op • -Cheticamp

  16. Your turn • What co-ops can you add to the list? • Where do you see co-operation in your future?

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