Faculty and Graduate Papers

We are pleased to share research and writing with our faculty and graduates. The following is not an exhaustive list:

• The Search for Opportunity: Co-Operatives and Circular Economy by Karen Flamand, Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 2022
• Novkovic, S., A. Puusa and K. Miner (2022). Co-operative identity and the dual nature: From paradox to complementarities, Journal of Cooperative Organization and Management. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcom.2021.100162
• Case Study: Harrop-Procter Community Co-operative by Pushpa Hamal and Marcelo Vieta, The Conversion to Co-operatives Project, University of Toronto, 2021
• Case Study: Battle River Railway New Generation Co-operative by Ashish Pillai and Marcelo Vieta, The Conversion to Co-operatives Project, University of Toronto, 2021
• Case Study: Aron Theatre Co-operatives by Ashish Pillai and Marcelo Vieta, The Conversion to Co-operatives Project, University of Toronto, 2021
• Canada's SMEs, Business Succession, and Conversion to Co-operatives by Marcelo Vieta, Derya Tarhan, Fiona Duguid & Claud-André Guillotte, The Conversion to Co-operatives Project, University of Toronto, 2021
• Business Conversion to Co-operatives in Canada, by Marcelo Vieta and Fiona Duguid, 2021
• Movement Building and Cooperation to Transform the Construction Industry by Andrew Gansenberg, December 2021, in the International Journal of Co-operative Accounting and Management
• Growing British Columbia’s Co-operative Economy: Lessons from the San Francisco Bay Area and Finland by Ashley Grewal, December 2021, in the International Journal of Co-operative Accounting and Management
• Environmental Sustainability Implementation at Vancouver City Savings Credit Union by Jennifer Tan, December 2021, in the International Journal of Co-operative Accounting and Management
• Co-operative Leadership Behaviour: Pathway Towards Co-operative Identity at the Co-operators Group Limited by Sandra Dawe, May 2021, in the International Journal of Co-operative Accounting and Management
• Pillai, A.,Vieta, M., & Sotomayor, L. (2021). University Student Housing as Business Proposition and Entrepreneurial Activity: The Canadian Case. Housing Policy Debate, https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2021.1883703 (online first).
• Vieta, M. (2021). Responding to business succession issues and crises by converting to co-operatives: Canadian realities and possibilities. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 12(2), 13-22.
• Vieta, M. (2021). Recuperating and (re)learning the language of autogestión in Argentina’s empresas recuperadas worker cooperatives. In S.M. Scott (Ed.), Languages of Economic Crises (Chapter 4). London: Routledge (reprint).​

• Novkovic, S. Cooperative identity as a yardstick for transformative change. Ann Public Coop Econ. 2021; 1– 24. https://doi.org/10.1111/apce.12362
• Rixon, D., L. Brown and H. Weigand (2021), Mental Health Co-operative, Nonprofit Book Series, Sagamore Venture Publications. https://js.sagamorepub.com/npbs (accepted October 11, 2021). 
• Rixon, D. and L. Brown (2021), Island Co-op Grocery transitions to a franchise operation:  Salvation or Downfall?, SAGE Business Cases, forthcoming (accepted September 8, 2021). 
• Mantzari, E., M. McCulloch, D. Rixon and I. Adderley (2021), Accounting and reporting for co-operatives: a UK perspective, Journal of Co-operative Studies, forthcoming (accepted May 20, 2021). 
• #GoCoop; People support cooperatives; Co-ops can too, with associations by Adam Trott, published in NCBA CLUSA's Cooperative Business Journal Winter 2021
• Diversity in Governance: A cooperative model for deeper, more meaningful impact by Sonja Novkovic and Karen Miner, published in NCBA CLUSA's Cooperative Business Journal Fall 2020
• The Centrality of Environmental Sustainability for the Co-operative Movement and the World by Nicolas Bickford, October 2020, in the International Journal of Co-operative Accounting and Management
• Are Co-operatives Embracing the SDGs and Sustainability? A Content Analysis of Annual Reports, Reports, and Websites by Fiona Duguid, October 2020, in the International Journal of Co-operative Accounting and Management
• Co-operative Sustainability Performance Measurement: The Role of the Co-op Principles and UN Sustainability Development Goals in the Reporting Model by Nik Rowlston & Fiona Duguid, October 2020, in the International Journal of Co-operative Accounting and Management
• Workers' Self-Management in Argentina by Marcelo Vieta, 2020
• John McNamara Responds: New Belgium Brewery Goes Flat, January 2020
• Five Critical Things Every Co-operative Leader Should Know by Wayne Schatz, December 2019 in the International Journal of Co-operative Accounting and Management
• Accounting for Co-operative Purposes: Reclaiming the Conversation by Maureen McColloch, December 2019 in the International Journal of Co-operative Accounting and Management
• “The Fuzzy Feeling Isn’t There”: Version One of the Cooperative Performance Indicator Tool Misses the Mark for Micro Coops by Eric M. Gosselin, December 2019 in the International Journal of Co-operative Accounting and Management
• ESOPs or Co-ops? Depends on the long term goal by Sonja Novkovic and Erbin Crowell, December 2019, in Fifty by Fifty
• Power in Purpose: Cooperatives and the Sustainable Development Goals by Karen Miner and Sonja Novkovic, Fall 2019, in the NCBA CLUSA Cooperative Business Journal
• Economic Impact of the Co-operative Sector in Canada, by Fiona Duguid and George Karaphillis, 2019, released by Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada
• Cooperative Management: An effective model adapted to future challenges, by Daniel Cote, 2019
• Meeting the Needs of Independent Workers at Vancity Credit Union, Graduate Diploma Graduate Eric Bulmash, April 2019, Filene Institute 
• The New Economy: Are cooperatives transformative, or just businesses?, by Sonja Novkovic, Fall 2018, article in the NCBA CLUSA Cooperative Business Journal
• The Italian Road to Recuperating Enterprises and Legge Marcora Framework: Italy's Worker Buyouts in Times of Crisis by Marcelo Vieta, Sara Depedri, and Antonella Carrano, 2017
• Beyond the Economy, by Sonja Novkovic and Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Fall 2017, the NCBA CLUSA Cooperative Business Journal
• Challenges and strategies for public awareness-raising about the identity of the co-operative business model by Karen Miner, November 2016, Presentation for the United Nations, Expert Group Meeting Co-operatives for 2030
• From Corporate Globalization to Global Co-operation by Tom Webb, 2016
• Five Ways Leading a Co-operative is Different than a Corporation, by Kate Rodriquez featuring Karen Miner, published by The Economist
• Co-operatives for Sustainable Communities: Tools to measure co-operative impact and performance, book edited by: Leslie Brown, Chiara Carini, Jessica Gordon Nembhard, Lou Hammond Ketilson, Elizabeth Hicks, John McNamara, Sonja Novkovic, Daphne Rixon and Richard Simmons, 2015
• Co-operative Governance Fit to Build Resilience in the Face of Complexity by Sonja Novkovic and Karen Miner, 2015, International Co-operative Alliance
• The Fifth Co-operative Principle in Action: Mapping the Co-operative Educational Initiatives of Canadian Co-operatives by Erin Hancock & Annabelle Brault, 2015
• Governance Symposium Summary Report, 2013, International Centre for Co-operative Management
• Relevance and Impact of Co-operative Business Education - by Karen Miner and Claude-André Guillotte, 2014
• Defining the Co-operative Difference by Sonja Novkovic, December 2008, Journal of Socio-Economics 37(6):2168-2177