Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy

Dr. Ana María Peredo, BA, (Inca Garcilazo de la Vega, University of Peru), MA, PhD (Calgary), Director

The Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy is a focal point on campus for the promotion of interdisciplinary research and learning on subjects related to the co-operative economy, engaging faculty members from the University of Victoria and elsewhere, graduate and undergraduate students, and members of the wider community with an interest in co-operative enterprise.

The Centre:

1. Fosters and co-ordinates interdisciplinary research at the University of Victoria related to co-operative economy in British Columbia and throughout the world;
2. Promotes the dissemination of research related to the co-operative economy among researchers and teachers in the academic community as well as among those in the wider community who may benefit from that research; and
3. Promotes the development and offering of university courses by faculties and departments that provide an understanding of the history and role of co-operatives, co-operative theory, principles, development, structures, and legislation.

To support its commitment to reaching as many people as possible both within and outside British Columbia, the Centre maintains an extensive website devoted to a wide range of co-operative issues and themes, including resource information, case studies and reports, podcasts of Speaker Series presentations, and a galleria portraying stories of the co-operative movement.