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Sweat equity begins with land clearing

The men were so anxious to begin the building phase, they cleared the land themselves. Later, they would mix their own concrete, haul and lay bricks for basements […]

Bob Walsh

Bob Walsh would become one of co-operative housing’s greatest advocates. On a visit to a co-op build site near Ottawa, he burned with the ideals of co-operation. Known […]

Father O’Brien and Father Sherlock

O’Brien and Sherlock had been introduced to co-operative methods a few years earlier, as students at St. Augustine’s Seminary, when Father Marrocco had come to lecture. After the […]

Father Francis Marrocco

Father Marrocco would become a key figure in the Institute of Social Action (ISA) in 1949, inspiring and challenging his students. He was well prepared. He had travelled […]

Father Moses Coady

Father Moses Coady was a cousin of Tompkins. Like Tompkins, he was relentless in spreading the message that, through education and co-operation, people could better their lives and […]

Co-operative fisheries, Pictou, Nova Scotia

It took a few years, but eventually Father Tompkins encouraged the fishermen to work together. They needed to understand what was causing their poor circumstances and learn how […]

Co-operative fisheries, Caribou, Nova Scotia

It took a few years, but eventually Father Tompkins encouraged the fishermen to work together to understand their financial situation and to learn how to improve it. Economic […]

Father Jimmy Tompkins

This is a portrait of Father Jimmy Tompkins taken in Canso, Nova Scotia circa 1923, where he was posted and lived for 12 years. His Parish included 3 […]

Father O’Brien and Father Sherlock

Father Sherlock (later Bishop) and Father O’Brien (later Monsignor) gathered with small groups in Hamilton to discuss co-op homebuilding. After visiting Marrocco’s flagship co-op building group in Ottawa, […]

Mid-winter on Marysfield Drive

In the hamlet of Wildfield, on a street named Marysfield Drive, 14 mostly Catholic families from Parkdale formed the Family Home Builder Co-operative Ltd. They chose to build […]

Finding the perfect stone

John: Well, there is a memorial [stone] to [the Co-op housing project] in Morocco Park is a memorial to Walter [Muise] too. If it wasn’t for Walter, that […]

Everybody worked to their potential

Bill Joyce in conversation 1995 Bill: I really feel that everybody, everybody worked to their potential, that it’s a bit like the army or something. A fellow like […]