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Please have a read of the British Columbia Co-operatives Association’s July 2016 newsletter, especially the article from the HCCFC near the end. BCCA News: July 2016 BCCA CO-OPS IN SCHOOL PROGRAM SUMMER UPDATE It may be summer but the BCCA is still beavering away at Co-ops in Schools. We are expanding the program into Victoria, partnering …
Would YOUR co-op like to provide electronic access for your members/patients? Check out this program from Health Connex and contact Curtis Tobin.
Are you curious about how a Wellness, Health or Social Service co-op could serve your community? Or about how your could integrate one of our programs into your existing co-op to shift the focus for your workers, consumers or community from “repairing injuries and healing illness” to helping individuals and groups to achieve and maintain …
Health, Wellness and Social Service co-ops intro in Calgary TODAY! Read More »
Will you share your experience at our Annual Meeting? Winnipeg, Dec 6 – 9, hosted by NorWest Co-op including the AGM, Youth engagement presentation, Site visits, Hans Kai training, and Learning Exchange (your opportunity to share your best practice or best program.)
Please add your thoughts to this interesting research on care co-ops by Lenore Mathew and Satoko Horiuchi, whom I know from her excellent work with the Japanese Consumer Co-op Organization. They are asking: Thinking about cooperatives in general, how does participating in cooperatives affect women’s time and how much time they spend with their own …
The International Labour Organization needs your input about care co-ops. Read More »
The ILO (International Labour Organization) has posted a survey that would be of interest to all types of wellness, social service and healthcare coops. It ignores the important role of our sector in preventative care and wellness education, and ignores the equally important role of volunteers. Fortunately it does give plenty of opportunities for comment. …
Yesterday, May 19th, I had the opportunity to visit Group Health in Seattle which was started in 1947 by a few hundred ordinary citizens, people who worked in garages and consumer co-ops, members of labout unions, and idealistic physicians and nurses to transform the USA healthcare system. Group Health operates in a highly co-operative manner, informed …
We, as co-operators, have the great advantage of operating with the built-in guidance of the internationally accepted co-op identity and principles. Co-operative Principles 1. Voluntary and Open Membership 2. Democratic Member Control 3. Member Economic Participation 4. Autonomy and Independence 5. Education, Training and Information 6. Co-operation among Co-operatives 7. Concern for Community
I will have the privilege of presenting at the Geneva Health Forum in Switzerland in April on the topic of innovation in Canadian Health Co-ops, including all sub-sectors from home care to employment support to ambulance services and health centres. Here’s the context https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WHgeIGKdN8 What are the outstanding innovations in your health co-op or health …
Health Co-op from around the globe come together in the International Health Co-op Organization. And co-ops of all types will come together in the Global Co-op Summit in Quebec in October, a great event for all co-operators. Let us know what issues you want to see raised by the Health Care Co-ops Federation of Canada …
