About five years ago, Federated Co-ops Limited, (FCL) a very large player in the co-operative sector in Western Canada, became concerned about the lack of co-op development in rural and Indigenous communities. So they asked The Centre for the Study of Co-operatives at the University of Saskatoon, to find out why.
Research revealed that more knowledge and tools for creating co-ops was required. So FCL launched “Co-operatives First” with the goal of building as many co-ops as possible in the west.
Listen as Executive Director Audra Krueger explains how her team helps develop co-ops based on local needs and continues to sustain these organizations once they get off the ground.
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