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Read how businesses across Canada have converted to co-operatives
Learn how this northern Ontario community purchased their only grocery store by converting it to a co-op
Learn how members of a women's gym saved the business by purchasing it using the co-operative model
Learn how a community forest converted into a co-operative and practices community forestry
Learn how a group of baristas in the LGBTQ+ community formed a co-operative to purchase a coffee shop
Learn how a group of funeral co-ops work together to fund an acquisition and conversion strategy
Learn how a group of ambulance personnel formed a co-op to purchase a provincial ambulance business
Learn how a group of newspaper employees formed a co-operative to purchase regional newspapers
Learn how a group of women entrepreneurs transitioned their independent businesses into a co-operative
Learn how a group of farmers formed a co-operative to purchase a shortline railway
Learn how a group of community leaders formed a co-operative to save their town's theatre
Learn how a retiring business owner transitioned his business, with the support of staff, into an employee-owned co-operative
Learn about four attempts to convert to a co-operative that didn't quite make it, and lessons learned
