Federated Co-operatives Limited, on behalf of the Co-operative Retailing System in Western Canada, is renewing its support for research at the University of Saskatchewan.
The university will receive $300,000 over five years for the CRS Chair in Co-operative Governance.
Dr. Murray Fulton is the inaugural Chair and director of the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.
He, along with research fellows at the Canadian Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, developed a framework for analyzing governance challenges in co-operatives and credit unions.
The university says in a news release that the new chair will be appointed this summer and will work on some of the sector’s major concerns including adapting to rapid technological, regulatory and environmental changes.