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solidarityeconomy.bsky.social
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@solidarityeconomy.bsky.social
✊We organize, educate and incubate in support of the social solidarity economy!

➡️https://www.solidarityeconomy.ca/

Follow @forhousingjustice.bsky.social for more Housing Justice Convergence News!
🥗 SEIZE’s Food Systems Sector Working Group is advancing worker-led cooperatives, local food systems, and food sovereignty that keep wealth and decision-making in community hands.

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#foodjustice #solidarityecononomy
Food Revolutions: Building the Systems That Feed Us
YouTube video by SEIZE
youtu.be
November 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
💡Check it out! SEIZE's brand new Resource Library is up on our website, at the link in our bio or at solidarityeconomy.ca/resources.📚

•SEIZE-crafted resources 🛠️
•Resource Directories we love🌱
•Funding Directories to fuel your ambitions 💸#sseresourcese#solidarityeconomym#seizetogetherer
October 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
💌You're invited to a
Community Showcase for the Building Blocks Incubation Program!

🕰️September 15th from 5-9pm at Coop BMP
3714 Avenue du Parc.

🌱Hear their amazing pitches and cast your vote to direct an extra $2,500 in seed funding among cohort projects!

#montrealevents #solidarityecnomy
September 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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To the folks who insist worker ownership isn't compatible with "human nature"—we have empirical research over decades that shows the exact opposite. Worker ownership and participation are linked to increases in satisfaction and productivity. Psychological ownership is a real, studied phenomenon.
The Case for Employee Ownership - CLEO
The case for employee ownership is undisputed. As philanthropists and government leaders grapple with how to address both long-entrenched and newly-emerging forms of economic insecurity, there is no b...
cleo.rutgers.edu
July 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
📣We are collaborating with the Milton-Parc Citizens Committee to deliver an incubation program for community projects based in Milton-Parc.📍

⏰ Deadline to apply is Friday July 18th, 2025! solidarityeconomy.ca/building-blocks.

#seedfunding #communitygrants #solidarityeconomy #incubationprogram
June 10, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Getting Our Tech Together:
An Open Discussion on the Future of IT in Montréal! 🛠️

For anyone dreaming of a people-powered digital future.

Thursday, June 5
6:00-9:00PM
Tiers Lieu Montréal - 5031 Rue St Denis
Free Entry
Food & Drinks
RSVP: tr.ee/r2_fxQS2f7
June 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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🗯️Want to help shape the future of the housing justice movement and the social solidarity economy?

@solidarityeconomy.bsky.social is appointing 5 new Sectoral Chairs & one could be you!

💰 Honorarium: Up to $1,200/year
📅 Apply by: June 20th, 2025

🔗 tr.ee/4UuBrTWiSq
May 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Do you have loads of editing experience, a flair for writing, and a passion for independent media? Do you want to be part of a small, fun team that punches above its weight and uses the cool-doge emoji too often?

The Breach is looking for a Senior Editor. Join us!
breachmedia.ca/hiring-senio...
Hiring: Senior Editor ⋆ The Breach
Role: Senior Editor Hours: 40 hours per week, primarily between 9-5 EST, Monday to FridayLocation: Remote in Canada, preference for Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver Salary: 29$ per hour,
breachmedia.ca
February 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Amazon couldn’t stop a historic union drive in Quebec—so now it’s shutting down all its facilities and leaving the province.

Scholar and organizer Mostafa Henaway says the corporate giant is sending an unmistakable message of intimidation to its global workforce.

breachmedia.ca/amazon-quitt...
Amazon is quitting Quebec to ‘shock and awe’ workers worldwide ⋆ The Breach
The corporate giant feared a ‘breakthrough’ after Quebec workers unionized and were set to secure the first collective agreement in the world
breachmedia.ca
January 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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🚀 Announcing the 1RG Incubator: A 12-week program for community-minded technologists. No equity, no fees—just mentorship, community, and space to build.

Building a better Toronto through tech starts locally 🌱

Apply by Feb 15 ✨ incubator.1rg.space

#toronto #civictech
1RG Incubator
The 1RG incubator is a 12-week mentorship program for individuals who are developing projects at the intersection of technology and community impact.
incubator.1rg.space
January 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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▶ Swipe through for a preview of the schedule for the upcoming Housing Justice Convergence on March 7-9 2025!! 🧩 For a more in-depth description of each event, or visit housingjustice.now and click the "Programming" page. Ticketing info coming very soon, stay tuned!
January 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
❄️ The Winter 2025 semester of SEIZE’s “The Fundamentals of the Solidarity Economy” 8 Week Curriculum starts at the end of this month! ❄️
👉Register at solidarityeconomy.ca/curriculum by January 29th.
January 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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What is a cooperative? A co-op is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically controlled enterprise. They are organizations that grant people a voice in the economy.
What Is A Co-op? | Defining Co-Ops, Types And How They Work
Defining the meaning of a Co-Op, how they work, and their principles. We're happy to answer all your questions, Contact us today to learn more!
ncbaclusa.coop
January 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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2024 wasn’t all dismal.

From tenant rent strikes to surging Palestine solidarity to the beginnings of pharmacare, movements in Canada won important gains.

@scottneigh.bsky.social racks the organizing victories of the past year.

breachmedia.ca/15-movement-...
15 movement victories in 2024 you may not have heard about ⋆ The Breach
From tenant rent strikes to surging Palestine solidarity to the beginnings of pharmacare, here are some of the political achievements of the past year
breachmedia.ca
December 20, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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🔥As Canada’s housing crisis worsens, tenant unions are fighting back against soaring rental prices, unjust evictions, and dismal living conditions.

Join the fight for housing at The Housing Justice Convergence in March 2025.

🗓 March 7th-9th, 2025
📍Concordia Conference Center
📲 housingjustice.now
December 17, 2024 at 9:26 PM
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The Liberal government has forced postal workers back to work.

@halfpastcapitalism.bsky.social writes that this isn’t just a suppression of labour rights—it’s a missed opportunity to implement the visionary, green proposals of postal workers to reinvent the public service for the 21st century.
Government is suppressing postal workers. It should be learning from their innovative ideas ⋆ The Breach
If the government listened to postal workers, they could be implementing win-win measures that create secure meaningful jobs as well as address the crises of affordability, isolation, and climate brea...
breachmedia.ca
December 17, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Come listen to this conversation of community voices on housing justice struggles 🚪

Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024
6 to 8pm
SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation
1400 Blvd. De Maisonneuve Ouest, LB 145
Montreal, QC

Live on CKUT 90.3FM 📡
December 4, 2024 at 8:24 PM
🗳 Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre's promises of housing affordability fall short when combined with his plans to cut government funding for housing infrastructure and increasingly privatize an already monopolized market💥
November 25, 2024 at 3:58 PM
♟Canada's housing landscape is increasingly under the grip of private investors who view their properties as chess pieces to be moved around according to market whims...

🏠The Housing Justice Convergence is coming soon!
Learn More ➡️https://housingjustice.now/
November 14, 2024 at 3:06 PM