CD 508

Co-operatives in Global Perspective

Units: 1.5

Examines the diversity of co-operative experiences in Canada and around the world focusing on co-operative movements, organizations, and thought, and the development of co-operative economies in historical and contemporary contexts. Students will develop an understanding of how the co-op model is being adapted and reinvented to respond to traditional economic and social issues and as a means of developing an alternative economic paradigm at local, regional, and international levels.

Graduate course in the Community Development program administered by the Faculty of Graduate Studies.