9:00am to 1:00pm
Cowichan Lake Education Centre
Here is an opportunity to learn with and from Joy Emmanuel, an extra-ordinarily co-operative Inclusive Leader. Joy is a well-known co-operative developer, researcher and educator who has worked on Co-operative projects from the local to the international level. Joy’s workshopa are about various aspects of the Co-operative Movement and are always participatory, interactive, informative and enlightening. Everyone who participates is in for a transformational learning experience.
Joy’s approach to co-operative development is solidly based on research into how co-operatives can develop socially and environmentally responsible organizational and business practices. Much of this research is her own. From 2005 to 2009, Joy was one of the lead researchers and educators at the British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies, University of Victoria. Since 2009, Joy has continued to conduct research, teach and develop co-operatives within her "Turning Times Research and Consulting Business." The Inclusive Leadership Co-operative is one of many co-operatives Joy has helped develop over the years.
This past few months, Joy has been editing a book on co-operatives and peace While writing, Joy has been noting the many parallels between the Co-operative Movement and Inclusive Leadership practices. "Education within the co-operative movement is very much around how to embrace values such as equality, caring for others, solidarity and social responsibility. Inclusive Leadership is also about living these values and has developed a strong practice for how to empower people to make positive choices and bringing that out into the world to help meet a collective desire for a more peaceful, just, sustainable world." (Letter to the Inclusive Leadership Co-operative, 2015)
For Joy, Co-operative values and Inclusive Leadership practices and are integrated into all aspects of community life. Joy is currently creating a “Tiny Earth Village Network” to encourage the development of small scale, intentional communities. Her dream is to combine affordability and respect for the environment in a co-operative, community setting.
Taking place during the Inclusive Leadership Co-operative's Annual Inclusive Leadership Gathering, this workshop is open to everyone from diverse generations and cultures who are passionate about social diversity, biodiversity, the Co-operative Movement, Peace-building, and Inclusive-Sustainable Community-Building.
Cost: $45 including lunch. Cost of 1, 2, or all 3 days of the Gathering: $25 per day plus the cost of meals and accommodation.
Pre-registration is required
Email inclusiveleaders at gmail.com to register or for more information about Joy's workshop and other workshops and activities during the Inclusive Leadership Gathering June 27 to 29, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
