CoActive Developments Worker Co-op

05/01/2024

Speakers tonight Mayworks Kamloops Launch Event

5:10 - Daphane Nelson, Cooperative Developer and Organizer with Union Cooperative Initiative Land Acknowledgement and opening remarks
5:25 - Lindsay Harris, President, Propolis Housing Cooperative
5:30 - Brian Andrews, Membership Development IBEW 993
5:40 - Aaron Shufletoski, President of Hydra Festival to speak about that and the Effie Arts Collective
5:45 - Zac Bunting, Chairperson, BCGEU Local 2005
5:55 - Lyssa Martin, Co-Coordinator with the Un Fashion Show
6:00 - Kevin Pankewich, Masters Student @ TRU Human Rights & Social Justice
6:10 - Closing remarks Daphane Nelson

Mingle, talk and find a place to land for the Hydra Festival Opening Party afterward!

04/22/2024

A cool thing happened a few weeks ago! I chatted with Alisoun Payne for an interview about, yep, you guessed it, COOPERATIVES!

It's about an hour listen but there are some Canadian (some BC) musicians I was able to highlight, including Devon Coyote Lion Bear Fox Jeremy Dutcher and William Prince!

Take a listen, forward it on, and reach out for more information about cooperatives!!

09/11/2023

Take this survey for a group seeking to create a different transportation option in a Car Share (cooperative?)!!

01/31/2023

So many thanks to Elizabeth Ross at Community Futures North Cariboo and the program with Community Futures program for this My Hat interview on the platform. Learn about the CoActive Developments Worker Cooperative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMWYoPbAqvM&feature=youtu.be

If you are a small business owner and have not signed up for , take the 5 minutes to do it. You'll find access to more videos like this, free webinars, learn about potential grants and other information specific to your area. https://www.takingcareofbusiness.biz/

Ready to retire? Are your employees interested in purchasing the business? They can, and CoActive can help! Elizabeth welcomes Daphane Nelson, one of the f...

01/16/2023

CoActive Developments Worker Cooperative can help you sell your business to your employees. This worker cooperative was created to promote and support the development of Employee-Owned Businesses in BC. CoActive knows that broad-based employee ownership leads to stronger and fairer economies. Employee-Owned Businesses preserve jobs in small communities, are less likely to default on their debt and, and are more resilient in economic downturns.

Marty Frost, Daphane Nelson and Chris Galloway are the founding directors of CoActive which was incorporated in September 2022 after months of conversation and research around bridging gaps between the cooperative model and the business development sector. Their hope is to become part of a broader, innovative ecosystem permitting business to succeed in a myriad of ways.

Follow them on LinkedIn or Facebook and read their inaugural blog post on their website https://coactive.ca/blog/