This year, eighteen students, most of who are currently involved with the co-op sector, celebrated the end of their six-month course with a ceremony held at the Executive Learning Centre of the Schulich School of Business at York University. Rongits says this course gave him the opportunity to learn more about the diversity of the co-op sector. "I know that the knowledge I gained and the network of other co-operators that I met will help me in my career with GROWMARK and I have a broader perspective of the co-operative model and sector.”
The Co-operative Management Certificate Program was designed to be an affordable, practical and accessible learning solution for those in Ontario’s diverse co-operative sectors. The Program was developed by the Ontario Co-operative Association in partnership with the Schulich School of Business. Students represented co-op sectors including renewable energy, housing, financial services, agriculture, organics, transportation and worker co-ops. Some students are from outside the co-op sector, but take the program to learn more about applying the co-op enterprise model to a future business. Almost 60 students have graduated from the program thus far.
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Recent CMC graduate, Steve Rongits of GROWMARK with Mark Ventry, Ontario Co-operative Association Executive Director (L) and J.J. McMurtry Associate Professor, Business & Society, York University, and
Program Director of the Co-operative Management Certificate Program.
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| Recent CMC graduate, Paul Emerick of AGRIS Co-operative with Mark Ventry and J.J. McMurtry. |
The fourth cohort of the Co-operative Management Certificate Program begins March 2013. Visit the Ontario Co-operative Association website to learn more about the Co-operative Management Program or call On Co-op at 1.888.745.5521.
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