WELLINGTON – March 14, 2018 – All Island co-operators and all who are interested in the co-op movement are invited to one of two free and bilingual meal-time information sessions titled « The New Trends of the Co-operative Movement » being held later this month in Wellington and Charlottetown.

« The workshop will provide an overview of the co-op movement, its new trends as well as its potential, » explains session presenter Marc Henrie, executive director of the Coopérative de développement régional – Acadie (CDR-Acadie).

The Wellington workshop will take on the form of a lunch-and-learn Wednesday, March 28, at 12 noon at the Wellington Rural Action Centre at 48 Mill Road. The Charlottetown session will be a breakfast meeting Thursday, March 29, at 8:30 a.m. at the Carrefour de l’Isle-Saint-Jean at 5 Acadian Drive. A light meal will be provided.

This presentation is presently touring Atlantic Canada thanks to a partnership between the CDR-Acadie and the Economic Information Observatory for Atlantic Canada. The Acadian and Francophone Chamber of Commerce of PEI and the Wellington Rural Action Centre are hosting the two Island presentations.

Participation at these two events is free but those who are interested much register no later than March 26 by contacting Velma Robichaud at 902-854-3439, Ext. 228, or at velma@rdeeipe.org.

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CUTLINE: Marc Henrie, executive director of the Coopérative de développement régional – Acadie, will give two presentations on « The New Trends of the Co-operative Movement » in Wellington March 28 and in Charlottetown March 29.

 
For more information:

Marc Henrie
Coopérative de développement régional – Acadie
1-506-955-5607
marc.henrie@cdracadie.ca

 

Velma Robichaud
Wellington Rural Action Centre
1-902-854-3439, Ext. 228
velma@rdeeipe.org