The Co-operative Past

Ian MacPherson, Emeritus Professor of History, University of Victoria, Canada, will speak on "The past is always with us...why co-op people should reflect on their history" at a Co-operative Federation of N.S.W. dinner at 6:15 p.m. on 12 December 2011 at The Royal Exchange of Sydney, 1 Gresham Street, Sydney, New South Wales. His research has been largely on the history of the co-operative movement. Currently, he is co-director of the Social Economy Hub - the national voice for the Canadian Social Economy Research partnerships. Books by Ian MacPherson include - Co-operative principles for the 21st century (1996), Co-operative movement on the prairies, 1900-1955 (1979) and Each for all: a history of the co-operative movement in English Canada, 1900-1945 (1979).