Day 1: 6:00pm - 10:00pm
Day 2: 8:30am - 5:00pm
Cochrane United Church 
81 Cochrane St

Social Innovation Challenges are gatherings that inspire local social innovators to collaborate and launch their social ideas. These are hugely impactful as social innovators become part of an ecosystem and are supported by local collaborators through their time, advice, and connections.

Register for the Social Innovation Challenge in St. John's

The Social Innovation Challenge began as a way to connect churches with the people who are working to make their communities better, but it quickly grew into much more than that.

With a growing network of over 500 social innovators and collaborators across the country, Social Innovation Challenge is connected to what’s new and emerging in the social innovation space.

Looking for social innovators? New ideas? Want to be part of an event?

Come and see what’s emerging for yourself!

Co-op Week 2017 will take place from October 15-21.

Co-op week is a celebration of Canadian co-operative and credit union members. Co-op Week is always celebrated during the same week as International Credit Union Day, which is the third Thursday in October of each year.

The History of Co-op Week in Canada

Co-op Week has been celebrated by francophones throughout Canada since 1958. In 1981 celebrations were held among anglophone co-ops in the Maritimes and Saskatchewan. The event went national in 1982 with the encouragement of the Co-operative Union of Canada, a predecessor of Co-operatives and Mutuals Canada.

Co-op Week appears to be a uniquely Canadian phenomenon. In the US, October is Co-op Month, and the International Co-operative Alliance and United Nations have an International Day of Co-operatives on the first Saturday in July.

International Credit Union Day, co-ordinated by the World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU),  has been celebrated on the third Thursday of October since 1948.

Manitoba based Events

• MCA Awards Banquet, October 18
• Co-op Housing Day, October 21
• LITE's Wild Blueberry Pancake Breakfast, November 24