Co-operative Education Programs in Canada

Canada has a number of educational institutions with programs or research centres specifically related to co-operatives:

• Centre for the Study of Co-operatives (University of Saskatchewan)
• Co-operative Management Studies, Saint Mary’s University
• Co-operative Management Certificate Program (Schulich School of Business, York University, in partnership with the Ontario Co-operative Association)
• IRECUS: Institut de recherche et d’éducation pour les coopératives et les mutuelles (Université de Sherbrooke)

Non-academic training programs related to the Canadian co-operative sector are offered by:

• CMC Institute of Co-operative Leadership
• CUSOURCE® Credit Union Knowledge Network/ Credit Union Institute of Canada (CUIC®)
• CoopZone Developers’ Network Co-operative

Other Canadian research centres and networks deal with co-operatives within the broader context of the social economy:

• Social Economy Centre (University of Toronto)
• BALTA: BC-Alberta Research Alliance on the Social Economy
• ARUC-ÈS: l’Alliance de recherche universités-communautés en économie sociale (Université de Québec à Montréal)

Primary Canadian academic associations for the study of co-operatives and the social economy:

• Canadian Association for Studies in Co-operation (CASC)
• CIRIEC – Canada: Centre interdisciplinaire de récherche et d’information sur les entreprises collectives
• Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSER)
• ACE: Association of Cooperative Educators (North America)

Co-operative Education Programs Outside Canada

• Centre for Co-operative Studies (University College Cork, Ireland)
• The Co-operative College (UK)
• UK Society for Co-operative Studies
• University of Wisconsin Center for Co-operatives (US)
• NASCO: North American Students of Cooperation
• Scholarships