Co-op survival rates in Alberta

Celia Lee is a recent graduate of the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Environmental Design and was a student researcher with BALTA and the ACCA. [...] Acknowledgments The Alberta Community and Co-operative Association acknowledges the contributions of our BC colleagues, John Restakis and Carol Murray of the BC Co- operative Association, and Maryanne Mathias, MBA student at the ISIS Centre of the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. [...] Also, we greatly appreciate the time and cooperation of the respondents. [...] This report has been produced as part of the research program of the BC-Alberta Social Economy Research Alliance (BALTA). [...] Financial support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is gratefully acknowledged.