Film News

CWCF, in partnership with Just Us! Coffee and CCEDNet, hosted a successful screening of director John Houston’s 60-minute film Atautsikut/Leaving None Behind on April 19.Continue Reading

Played during the welcoming reception of the 33rd World Cooperative Congress, “Atautsikut” showcased the importance of cooperatives and their identity, the capacity of these cooperatives to unite individuals and communities for a common good.Continue Reading

There’s less than two months to go until co-operators from around the world gather in Seoul and online to discuss the co-operative identity. Read entire story  Continue Reading

Canadian Film producer and director John Houston will help launch the start of Congress by sharing his stories at the celebratory event, kicking off the three days of discussion, debate and conversations on the theme, Deepening our Cooperative Identity. Read entire story  Continue Reading

How do communities de-colonize? How do people free themselves from economic oppression? What happens when they succeed?Continue Reading

John Houston has the honour of being selected from over 400 applications from explorers worldwide for The Explorers Club inaugural Explorers 50 class. This group represents a diverse range of scientific work and backgrounds, with over 46 countries of work represented from 17 countries of residence.Continue Reading

John Houston discusses his recent inclusion in The Explorers Club 50: Fifty People Changing the World the World Needs to Know About.Continue Reading

Atautsikut: Leaving None Behind is the powerful story of the development of the cooperative system, from millennia of Inuit fortitude surviving by their own wits before outsiders arrived, then interrupted by entities such as the HBC, followed by a reawakening of their natural talents and ability to adapt, to learn new skills, to survive and to...Continue Reading

By Lera Kotsyuba, Fusion Magazine Grocery store, community centre, gallery, ship centre, artist workspace: the co-op is a center of cultural, social, and economic life in Canadian Arctic communities. Read entire story (PDF)  Continue Reading

How do communities de-colonize? How do people free themselves from economic oppression? What happens when they succeed?Continue Reading