Education Archives | Sweat Equity – The Grimsby Homebuilding Co-operative 1953

List of co-ops in CO-OP-ORATOR, June 1955

Besides the co-ops listed here along with Sherbrien, Cathedral Heights and Lakedale, the newsletter included the names of 22 co-operatives that were underway in 1955 throughout the province […]

Father Marrocco at the ground- breaking ceremony in Hull (Gatineau), Quebec.

This was the first of many ground-breaking ceremonies Father Marrocco would attend throughout Ontario. This one in Deschênes, near Hull (Gatineau), Quebec, would have been particularly meaningful to […]

ISA students as co-op builders

It’s important to note that the students of the ISA were motivated by social action, not by the building of houses. The ISA night courses encouraged thought, discussion […]

Co-op sons collaborated as their fathers had done six decades earlier

The exhibit was designed to create the sense of being on a worksite in an unfinished house. Some of the wood was donated, and the framework sections were […]

Ingenuity and co-operation applied

With volunteer design and construction skills completed, others added their labour to build the exhibit. This echoed the tasks undertaken by their parents 60 years earlier. The magnitude […]

Minutes of meeting

Quote: Item 6. Meeting of January 4, 1954 The minutes of the January 4th 1954 meeting illustrates the democratic, co-operative spirit, as they carry out the tasks of […]

Social gathering in 1954

They would soon embark on the project of a lifetime – building homes together. Although people of all ages participated, many were young and newly married, some with […]

A Guide to Co-operative Housing: Chapter 6 Selecting a Plan page 13

This page illustrates the practical knowledge that was provided in the Guide to Co-operative Housing. It was information that had been researched and verified by the ISA students […]

A Guide to Co-operative Housing: Chapter 8 Choice of Materials

Asphalt shingles are today the most popular type of shingle. Asphalt roofing felt underlies the shingles. Each strip of shingles overlaps the strip below by about six inches. […]

A Guide to Co-operative Housing: Chapter 7 In a Co-operative Everybody Works

page 1 The first consideration in the labour question is that every member of the co-operative be required to put in his quota of work on the project. […]

A Guide to Co-operative Housing: Chapter 5 Finding a Site

page 2 “Because of the lack of suitable sites at a reasonable price for a co-operative housing groups within most cities today, it is probable that the co-operative […]

A Guide to Co-operative Housing: Chapter 4 The Legal side of Co-operative Housing

page 3 The National Housing Act – Under Part 1, Section 4, Subsections 6, 7, 8 of the NHA, joint loans for co-operatives may be made. Two types […]