DavidM: transplanting from smwxbig pre 2010

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transplanting from smwxbig pre 2010

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== Mentions ==
* From [[MW150113 - CED & Social Economy in Canada - A People's History.pdf]]: [[Date::1800]] resource mining, 1850 [[Industrial Revolution]] and [[nation building]] ([[immigration | immigrants | newcomers | settlement]]) affected [[quality of life]] negatively. [[Non profits]] ([[YWCA]] / [[YMCA]]), [[urban reform]], unions, [[co-operatives | co-op | co-ops | Co-ops | caisses populaires]], credit unions.
* From [[MW150132 - New Synergies.pdf]]: Co-ops in CED are local.
* From [[MW150132 - New Synergies.pdf]]: New type of co-op: solidarity (Québec) multi-[[stakeholder]] ([[rest of Canada | ROC]]); classes of "[[worker]]," "[[consumer]]," "supporting/[[community]]."
* From [[MW150132 - New Synergies.pdf]]: [[Italy]] outpaces Canada in social co-ops (health, [[home care]], [[social services]], education, recreation).
* From [[MW150132 - New Synergies.pdf]]: [[Date::19th century]] England, Industrial Revolution worked against most people. [[Rochdale]] co-op formed in [[Date::1844]]. Co-ops the commerical/economic part of the social economy continuum.
* From [[503 notes from September 14, 2008]]: putting in place alternatives - [[Point St. Charles]] - free [[clinic]],deal with sources of ill health (wellness); mobilize social issues; food co-ops - all run by citizens.
* From [[MW150132 - New Synergies.pdf]]: [[Arctic Co-operatives Ltd]]. traditional collaborative life to co-operatives. [[Inuit]] [[art]], hotels, outfitting, cable tv, construction, property management. Keep control up north, provide training and resources.
* From [[MW150113 - CED & Social Economy in Canada - A People's History.pdf]]: 8000 community based organizations in Québec, in old (resource, factory) and new (social, housing, tourism) services. 120000 people, 7% of provincial [[income]], due to history (eg caisses populaires). [[Law]] [[against | vs]] poverty.
* From [[MW150137 - Going Glocal.pdf]]: Best allies - [[World Social Forum]]; women, [[labour]], co-operatives; [[fair trade]]; [[corporate social responsibility]] movements; [[environmental]] movement (tension from distant "green campaigns")
* From [[MW150113 - CED & Social Economy in Canada - A People's History.pdf]]: [[Date::1970]] Québec government wanted to "close" [[villages | Villages]] with no deemed future. Villages formed co-ops to [[survive | Survive]].

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Co-operatives - Revision history

DavidM: transplanting from smwxbig pre 2010