About Us
Research projects and team members
The National Cluster is comprised of researchers tackling projects which are national in scope or special regional projects. Our projects range from co-operative approaches to alternative energy production to documenting the 170 year history of the Sussex Co-operative (Sussex and Studholm Agricultural Society).
Like all Clusters in the Measuring the Co-operative Difference Research Network, we have active participation from both academic and community partners. Our collaborative approach strives to produce research with academic integrity that is also applicable to co-operatives (measurement, collaboration, development and environmental practices).
The Cluster is collaboratively lead by a co-operative as well as academic lead:
Quintin Fox, Community Co-Lead, National Cluster
Quintin is the Director of Consultancy and Training at the Canadian Co-operative Association. He has worked both in Europe and Canada on a number of co-operative, rural development, social research and consultancy projects. He is currently leading the development of CCA's new training and consultancy arm, the Research, Education and Co-operation Hub (REACH).
Dr. Luc Thériault, Academic Co-Lead, National Cluster
Luc is a Professor of Sociology at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. He has been trained as a sociologist both in the French and Anglo-American traditions. His field of expertise is social policy and third sector studies. He has considerable experience doing survey research on non-profit organizations and co-operatives in Canada, including "A Portrait of Co-operatives and Credit Unions in Atlantic Canada" with Ron Skibbens and Dr. Leslie Brown (2008).
Research projects and team members
N1 Survey of co-operatives - measuring longevity, social and economic impact
Project Leads: Dr. Luc Thériault (University of New Brunswick) and John Anderson (Canadian Co-operative Association)
Collaborators: Fiona Duguid (Rural and Co-operatives' Secretariat, Government of Canada), Marie-Paule Robichaud (Conseil québécois de la coopération et de la mutualité), Mark Ventry (Ontario Co-operative Association), Le Conseil canadien de la coopération et de la mutualité
N2 Co-operative Development Initiative (CDI) and innovation
Project lead: John Anderson (Canadian Co-operative Association)
N3 Examining the value and potential of national co-op sector federations
Project Leads: Ian MacPherson (Professor Emeritus University of Victoria), Quintin Fox (Canadian Co-operative Association)
Student: Sarah Amyot (University of Victoria)
N4 Co-operatives and alternative energy production
Project Lead: J.J McMurtry (York University)
N5 (Updating book) 170 year history of the Sussex Co-op, New Brunswick
Project Leads: Dr. Luc Thériault (University of New Brunswick) and Wendy Keats (Co-operative Enterprise Council, New Brunswick)
Student: David Bent (University of New Brunswick)
Collaborators: Brian McCallum (Sussex Co-operative and Co-operative Enterprise Council, NB)
Find more details on the above projects here.
Please contact Erin Hancock for further details.
