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Bridges

Cooperation and Cooperatives:
From Just Getting Along to
Forming Enduring Institutions

March 15, 2026

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Discussion Questions

These questions are just to start and aid discussion. Please skip around in the list, indulge diversions, and let your discussion develop naturally.

 

More questions may be added as the event approaches. 

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  1. How did you learn to cooperate with other folks?

  2. Have you ever been a part of a formal cooperative (retail cooperatives like the former Mountain Equipment Co-op or the Co-op grocery store chain, Co-operative Housing Communities, Artist or Craftsperson Co-operatives, etc).

  3. How can we build new cooperatives in the cage of mega-corporations?

  4. What is the right balance between competition and cooperation (economically? organizationally? personally?) 

  5. Can political entities in Canada learn to cooperate more while also maintaining their differing policies?​

  6. What did you think of the video below on the cheese cooperative in Italy?

Background Discussion Material

Material listed here is intended  to enhance discussion. The inclusion of these materials is not an endorsement of their authors or the organizations publishing them. We encourage you to fact check any claims made in these materials. 
 

More background materials may be added as the event approaches.
 

Italy's Radical Solution to Extreme Inequality.

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Most King's Bridge gatherings take place in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, which is Treaty 7 territory. This is part of the traditional home of the Blackfoot Confederacy (which includes the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai First Nations), the Îethka Nakoda Wîcastabi First Nations (which includes the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations), and the Tsuut’ina First Nations. Calgary is also part of the homeland of the Northwest Métis and Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3.

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