We had a blast driving across the rocky Island of Newfoundland, off the Atlantic Coast of Canada, to the 2025 Convention and AGM of the ‘NL Federation of Co-operatives (NLFC)’, September 26-27, 2025, in Corner Brook. Jimmy, Ken, and I, enjoyed each other’s company and we shared a deep love for the cooperatives we are part of. We were confident in contributing meaningfully to the cooperative movement, and we were hopeful for overcoming the setbacks we had just experienced in our own cooperatives….
…Love will not avoid conflict, but it will offer ways of peaceful and compassionate resolution of those conflicts, and it will allow cooperative communities to develop a strong and sustainable identity, based on enduring personal relationships, and building a sense of belonging and of being at home.
Read more here… An abbreviated version of this paper is in print for Communities, Issue 210, Spring 2026.