COCo introduces final results of three-year community-based action research...
In 2009, COCo launched In the know: Identifying multiple facets of Quebec’s community sector, a three-year community-based action research project to document the diversity of English-speaking,...
View ArticleThis month, COCo is excited to launch the Portes Ouvertes project!
Increasing anti-oppression capacity within community groups is one of COCo’s Six Strategic Directions. Portes Ouvertes: Réduire l’exclusion sociale dans les groupes communautaires du Québec, which will...
View ArticleReflections on the Université populaire: from individual activism to...
This month’s COCo Note brings you reflections from last week’s “Université Populaire: From individual activism to collective action”. Several COCo staff and Board members participated in the event...
View ArticleFacing the Quebec Charter of Values as Community Organizations
By now, the proposed Quebec Charter of Values has been the talk of the country for over a month and needs little to no introduction. Community organizations have been buzzing as well, including...
View ArticleCommunity Sector’s Provincial Conference 2015
An important deadline is coming up for organizations wishing to participate in the États Généraux du Communautaire in 2015, which we’ll refer to hereafter as the “États Généraux”, and which can be...
View ArticlePeople’s Social Forum – Ottawa 2014.08.21-24 – Forum Social des Peuples
As you may have heard, the People’s Social Forum will take place this month (August 21 to 24) in Ottawa (Ottawa University). Over 10 000 participants are expected to participate in some 400 workshops....
View ArticleQuebec on the move!: An interactive exhibition of official minority-language...
Last Thursday marked COCo’s first interview for Quebec on the Move: An interactive exhibition of official minority-language social movements in Quebec, 1960-2010. The project, funded by Canadian...
View ArticleQuebec on the Move interactive exhibit launches this month
Quebec on the Move is a traveling art exhibit organized by the Centre for Community Organizations (COCo) and funded by Canadian Heritage. The exhibit will explore the subject of social movements and...
View ArticleHeads up COCo Members! Our AGM is coming up March 31st!
Join us for a fun-filled AGM! At last year’s AGM, we celebrated our 15th anniversary. This year, we’re celebrating….YOU! We’d like to shine the spotlight on our loyal and diverse member organizations...
View ArticleBy & For communities: COCo’s Par et Pour Forums wrap up this week
Guest post by Akki Mackay June 6th, 2015 will mark the third and final forum held as part of By & For Us? The community at the head of the organization, an initiative focusing on the experiences of...
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