About Us
The Prairie Cluster is a partnership between The Centre for the Study of Co-operatives at the University of Saskatchewan, Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan, Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada, and various credit unions as well as housing organizations in Saskatchewan.
The Cluster is led by Dr. Lou Hammond Ketilson, director of the Centre for the Study of Co-operatives.
Lou came to the centre in 1985 and also holds an appointment in the Department of Management and Marketing, Edwards School of Business. Her research interests include management in co-operatives and other democratic organizations, community development, women in co-operatives, Aboriginal co-op development, and diversity on co-op boards and governance bodies. After serving a five-year term as associate dean in the College of Commerce, Lou became acting director of the centre in July 2004 and assumed the formal directorship in April 2005.
