Kicking off Year of Co-operatives, Power of Improbable Pairs

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Looking Ahead to Key Events

As we look ahead to 2012 there are some key events that tip off the spirit of things to come.

January marks the start of the International Year of Co-operatives, a 365-day spotlight on the world's oldest social-purpose organization. The year will be a time for co-operatives to come together to celebrate and raise awareness of the co-operative movement - hundreds of activities are planned to promote the co-operative voice across the globe - but there is also ambition to use the year as a launch pad for a co-operative decade.
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International Year of Co-operatives Launching Across Canada

National and regional events taking place Jan. 12

Co-operative and credit union members across Canada are holding events to officially launch the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives Thursday, Jan. 12.
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The Key to Global Prosperity:
Worker Ownership

Shared ownership helps to diversify rather than concentrate wealth and roots the value it generates in communities

Inequality has become an embarrassing social reality for more
and more global citizens - a reality that we seem very far away
from solving.
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Making the Visible Shift to
Resident-centred Care

Upgraded dining rooms part of ongoing transformation at Edmonton's CapitalCare

It has long been recognized that the kitchen is the heart of any home, but for far too many elderly residents in long-term care, comfort can be hard to come by in the sterile dining halls and kitchens where their meals are served.
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Design Team Tackles Cincinnati's Urban Core

Early signs of success as co-design approach applied to community issues

Design-thinking is being applied to some of the community concerns in Cincinnati's urban core, with some early signs of success.
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Telling Stories of Strength is a Pretty 'Cool Job'

Consultant considers the role of the storyteller

As Schlegel Villages' recreation and community partnerships consultant Christy Parsons was speaking with a generative journalist from Axiom News, she paused and thought about the Stakeholder News service in general.
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Approaching the Elephant

This video describes a video documentary project inspired by the Teddy McArdle Free School. The project aims to have viewers learn alongside those featured in the film, which was captured over the first two years of the school's existence, about the transformative experience of a free school.

Our Ability Video: Interview with COO Josh Levine

Our Ability is a video production/social media company with a vision to connect, inspire and mentor people who have a disability. The company is building a library of short videos of people who have a disability living the life they dreamed of. Click the video link to watch the story of Josh Levine, chief operating officer for the Equities Trading Floor of Barclays Capital in New York.

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