They point out that co-operatives continue to be caught between the For the fifth straight year, a survey of Canadian co-operative need for professional board members with strong skillsets and leaders found the lack of awareness of the co-operative the danger of adopting practices from outside the sector that model amongst Canadians continues to be the most increase the risk that co-operatives wil. [...] Internally, co-operatives face the continuing In response, some co-operative leaders expressed a need for challenge of balancing the need to retain earnings to grow the co-operative sector to consider changing the way they the business and providing returns to members; turning to communicate about the model. [...] While values aligned, the old- Also for the second year in a row, and with 12% of the overall speak of being a co-operative doesn’t resonate.” vote (down from 13% of the overall vote in 2021), the third For respondents, this need to better communicate the story most important challenge facing the Canadian co-operative of the co-operative model and why it is relevant and valuable sector was the nee. [...] We challenging in the past and impacts small and starting coops need to work on this!” negatively.” “I have observed on many occasions the lack of understanding “Our coop is over 30 years old, and all our equipment is of the value of co-ops and the nature of the co-operative breaking down. [...] Quelle est la nature de ce défi? usaskstudies.coop CANADIAN CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF CO-OPERATIVES ABOUT THE CANADIAN CENTRE FOR THE OUR FUNDERS STUDY OF CO-OPERATIVES The Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives (CCSC) and The Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives (CCSC) is the University of Saskatchewan acknowledge with gratitude an interdisciplinary research and teaching centre lo.
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