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Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 22nd, 2010
Last month, we brought news about a nomination we made in the Canadian Co-operative Hall of Fame. A story was published in our caffeinated newspaper “The Planet – Spring 2010 edition” about Samuel Carter, and why we nominated him for this award.
It turns out that Sam still has family living in Guelph. Sheena Carter wrote [...]
Posted in News on Jul 22nd, 2010
The Canadian Co-operative Hall of Fame is Canada’s first virtual Hall of Fame recognizing and celebrating the legacies and achievements of outstanding Canadian co-operators.
At the beginning of this, CCA’s anniversary year, Canadian co-operators were asked to put forth names of co-operative pioneers who made significant and [...]
Posted in Opinion on Apr 30th, 2010
This past summer, hundreds of Canadians gathered in Ottawa to celebrate the centenary of an organization whose first president was an entrepreneur, activist, and politician from the City of Guelph. Samuel Carter was a former Guelph alderman, mayor, member of provincial parliament, business owner, and was also a major co-operative developer. In 1909, he became the first
