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Wesleyan University students wait as a delivery of shares of cheese in a cheese co-op are unloaded and shared in Middletown, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

Co‑operatives empower people — and students need to know about them

Universities need to move away from competing over rankings, and instead focus on building a collaborative educational system that puts collective well-being first.
New townhomes and condo buildings are seen in Delta, B.C., with Mount Baker in Washington state in the distance, in July 2024. Community land trusts could be a game-changer in Canada’s affordable housing crisis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Turning houses into homes: Community land trusts offer a fix to Canada’s housing crisis

Canada treats land as a tradeable asset, forgetting it’s the foundation for homes, communities and stability. If the country is serious about solving the housing crisis, it must change that.
A construction worker uses a boom lift to move a piece of construction equipment at the site of an affordable housing project in Ottawa in September 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Debunking myths about community housing: What governments and the public should know

Community housing is not a silver bullet to Canada’s housing crisis. But a strong community housing sector can play a significant role in providing all Canadians with the right to adequate housing.
Several tents were set up in October 2023 across from the Confederation Building in St. John’s, NL, to bring attention to the lack of affordable housing in the city. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Daly

The private sector housing experiment has failed: Ottawa must now step up on social housing

There are many strategies needed simultaneously to address housing affordability in Canada. The expansion of social housing supply is a particularly effective one.

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