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Volume 2, Issue 1

November 2002

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Anthill
Newsletter of the British Columbia
Institute for Co-operative Studies

  
 
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Co-ops in the 'New Economy' Grant
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Two Upcoming Conferences:
1. Forum for 'Young' People
2. Mapping Co-ops in the New Millenium

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arrow image First BCICS 'Fellow'
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Spring 2001: V1 - I1
Summer 2001: V1 - I2
Fall 2001: V1 - I3
Fall 2002: V2 - I1
Spring 2003: V3 - I1
Fall 2004: V4 - I1
Spring 2005: V5 - I1
Fall 2005: V5 - I2
Spring 2006: V6 - I1
Fall 2006: V6 - I2
Fall 2007: V7 - I1

 

 


    
Top Stories
Cover Story: Research on BC's Northwest Coast
  On June 24, 2002 two of BCICS’ summer student researchers, Katie Rollwagen and Julia Smith, arrived at their “home away from home,” the Moby Dick Inn, in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. [Full Story]

How-to Guide for Co-operative Development
  BCICS is pleased to offer a new how-to guide specifically for co-operatives. Co-operatives by Design: Building Blocks for Co-op Development is a clearly written guidebook intended to guide people through the process of developing a co-operative.
[Full Story]

Seikatsu Club Consumers' Cooperative Union visit BC's West Coast
 

BCICS was delighted to host nine representatives from the Seikatsu Club, a Japanese consumer co-operative, from October 16 to 22. [Full Story]

BC Co-operatives in the 'New Economy' - BCICS receives three-year research grant
 

BCICS has been awarded a three-year grant of $219,000 from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council to study the roles of BC’s rural co-operatives in the so-called New Economy. [Full Story]

BCICS Welcomes new Co-operators!
  The BCICS staff are delighted to welcome into this world Wren Amelia Mahone Sjolie (born April 13, 2002) and Maya Robyn Sinats (born September 2, 2002). [Full Story]

BCICS Hosts Two Conferences - Spring 2003
 

Mapping Co-operative Sudies in the New Milenium
May 28 to 31, 2003. The conference is concerned primarily with “mapping” the field of Co-operative Studies. [Full Story]

Building Co-operative Futures: A Forum for "Young" People
BCICS will be hosting an international conference at the University of Victoria from May 28 to 31, 2003. It will be devoted to people aged 18 to 25 who are interested in the co-operative system, model, and values. The long-term goal of the forum is to attract young people to the co-operative and credit union system in terms of careers and consumer choices. [Full Story]

First BCICS 'Fellow'
  Professor Pamela Moss, a faculty member in the University of Victoria’s Faculty of Human and Social Development, was the recipient of BCICS’ first Fellowship. [Full Story]

Co-operative Community Partnerships
  The Work Opportunities Resource Cooperative (WORC), situated in Nelson, B.C., recently learned it was successful in its application to the Canadian Centre for Disability Studies (Winnipeg) to undertake a project that will increase our understanding of how people who are living with invisible disabilities experience barriers to employment and social integration within the community, and what strategies these people use to cope with the situations they encounter. Research partners at the University of Victoria include BCICS and Dr. Pamela Moss. [Full Story]

New Publications
 

BCICS has two new publications that are likely to be of interest to readers of the Anthill. Both documents are part of the Occasional Papers Series. [Full Story]