Landscape Report: Conversions to Co-ops in Canada

Marcelo Vieta

Jan 13, 2024

1 min read

Until the Co-opConvert project, business conversions to co-operatives (BCCs) had not been uniformly and systematically studied or understood from a Canadian context, nor had the reasons for the stark differences in numbers between BCCs in Quebec and their rarity in the rest of Canada been adequately analyzed. This report assesses some of these reasons and contextualizes Canada's BCCs, while offering a landscape view of the BCC phenomenon in Canada as of March 2023. This report also shows evidence for further promoting BCC policy and practice in the rest of Canada as pathways to employee and community ownership and for business succession strategies.

https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/130966

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Adrian Anderson

a day ago

I found the discussion about converting businesses into co-ops interesting because ownership can strongly influence how organizations make decisions and involve their communities. A cooperative structure seems worth considering when employees or members want a greater voice in the future of a business. It also reminded me that understanding financial concepts is useful when evaluating different business models. While working through a demanding semester, I decided to look for Take my online finance class assistance so I could get better organized and keep up with the material. Nice post.

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