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Second International Summit of Funeral Cooperatives and Mutuals
We invite you to the Second International Summit of Funeral Cooperatives and Mutuals, which will be held in Quebec City, Canada from October 4 to 6 of this year. Lectures, panels and round tables will give you a better idea and grasp of the issues relevant to funeral cooperatives all over the globe.
MoreSeattle - Member owned Funeral Home updating its name
People's Memorial Funeral Cooperative will now be known as The Co-op Funeral Home of People's Memorial
MoreOttawa - Non-profit co-operative aims to undercut traditional and no-frills funeral providers
Bereavement shouldn't be a profit-driven industry, says Mark Goldblatt, the man who hopes to chase traditional funeral homes out of the Ottawa mortuary business.
MoreA Growing Share of Canada’s Funerals
Cooperative funeral homes have proven a highly successful model in Canada, and especially Quebec. The cooperative movement is growing, with 9,600 deaths treated by funeral cooperatives in 2011 in Canada, up more than 5 percent from 2010.
MorePeru - A co-operative model in Barrancabermeja
COOPSERFUN, a co-operative for burial services in Barrancabermeja, was founded in 1994. It was the first step towards an important co-operative integration project which got its start thanks to the commitment made by the representatives of 13 co-operative institutions.
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