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Indigenous communities, whether First Nations, Inuit or Métis, have profoundly shaped contemporary North America through their rich cultures, ancestral know-how and collective lifestyles, intimately linked to the reasoned development of the territory.
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In May 2022, Attawapiskat First Nation and Attawapiskat Enterprises began the ambitious project of converting their grocery store into a cooperative, following the scheduled end of a 25-year lease with the North West Company.
To bring this initiative to fruition, the community called on the expertise of Impact ON, which undertook to provide support every step of the way. This included a feasibility study, community mobilization, essential training on the cooperative model, legal incorporation of the cooperative and setting up the first board of directors.
By November 2022, after three visits to the community, our team had made significant progress. We had succeeded in setting up a committee of community champions to raise awareness of the importance of converting to a cooperative. In addition, we stepped up our efforts to explain how the cooperative model would give Attawapiskat residents greater control over their grocery store, suppliers and prices, by highlighting the advantages of this democratic, solidarity-based way of doing business.
We are proud to announce that the Attawapiskat food cooperative was incorporated in September 2023 and has been in operation since November 2023, fulfilling the community’s hopes of being able to effectively manage its grocery needs.
Our team feels honored to have been able to contribute to this achievement, and we continue to work closely with the community to ensure its ongoing success. This transition to a cooperative represents a major turning point in Attawapiskat’s economic autonomy, enabling community members to take their future into their own hands while nurturing their values of cooperation, sharing and solidarity.
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