Short Courses

In-Person and Online Professional Development Courses

The Centre offers professional development courses for busy working professionals in co-operatives and credit unions. In addition to our course offerings, we can offer customized workshops to meet the needs of your team. For more information, please contact us.

Current Offerings

Power and Purpose of Intercooperation

Renew your appreciation for intercooperation and learn strategies that create tangible value for your co-operative while reinforcing the co-operative ecosystem. Learn more. 

Co-operative Governance

Elevate your knowledge of democratic, people-centred and transformational co-operative governance practice. Learn more.

CanadaDE Credit Union Leadership Program 

A week-long full immersion leadership program for credit union professionals. Learn more. 

Courses Available By Request

Taking Action on Principle 6 - Leveraging Our Collective Potential

Explore the relevance and impact of co-operation among co-operatives. Come away with frameworks, examples, and tools to help you and your co-operative deepen inter-co-operation and leverage our collective potential. Learn more. 

Operationalizing the Co-operative Identity- Strategy to Practice

Discuss and debate the many facets of the co-operative identity including how purpose, values, and principles translate into enterprise strategy and effective practice. Learn more.

Excellence in Member-centric Governance and Management

Discuss and debate the many facets of membership in co-operatives and unique challenges inherent in leading and managing co-operatives while including voice, representation, participation, and engagement of people at the core. Learn more. 

Co-operative Law Summer School

Take a deep dive into co-operative law and its relationship to the co-operative identity and sustainable development. Learn more.