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This year, the theme is “Co-operation in the World of Tomorrow.” As the Canadian co-operative movement faced the difficulties of a global pandemic and many other hurdles in the last few years, we, as a community, are looking at how we can build a better future through co-operation.

At our 2022 Spring Education Conference, we held two plenary sessions looking at the past, and future of the co-op housing sector in BC.

On this day (July 27th) in 1982, the Co-operative Housing Federation of British Columbia (CHF BC) was launched.

CHF BC’s group buying team has received the following message from Waste Connections, a group buying partner in response to delayed and missed pick-ups from several of our member co-ops.

Each year we provide a report to our members. This report highlights the achievements of the CHF BC group of social enterprises—CHF BC, COHO Management Services Society, and the Community Land Trust—over the 2021-22 fiscal year and outlines our goals for the year ahead.

Take a few minutes to review the range of activities we are involved with.

Twin Rainbows Housing Co-operative received a CHF Canada Regional Diversity Grant to hold two workshops on land and cultural dispossession, reconciliation and creating awareness around colonial structures. The workshops aimed to help co-op members build better relations with the land and the host nations.

In observing National Indigenous History Month this June, we are providing our members with exclusive access to an online Indigenous cultural awareness course called The Path: Your Journey Through Indigenous Canada.

2022 marks our 40th anniversary. To celebrate this milestone, we are releasing a special anniversary logo.

Members of an East Vancouver and a Burnaby co-op were featured in a CBC News story on March 7, 2022. The article profiles members of each co-op—including CHF BC director John Bathurst—and includes commentary from CHF BC CEO Thom Armstrong.

In 2021 our strategic plan was updated to reflect sustainability practices, a sense of belonging and expansion of our movement.

The board and staff of CHF BC have had a busy start to 2022. Here are some highlights of what we’ve been up to.

AHMA’s groundbreaking work is an important step part of claiming and protecting the social, economic, and Indigenous housing rights of all urban, rural, and northern Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia.