Co-op Radio Thanks!

Co-op Radio 106.9FM ran from November 22 to 24, 2012 at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia as a participatory communications tool to enhance the Co-operating to Building a Better NS Networking Conference held by a steering committee of some 15+ co-operative stakeholders in Nova Scotia in celebration of the International Year of the Co-op.

Thanks to the following conference, community, student, and artist volunteers and organizers, we were able to broadcast 49 hours LIVE! from the Rosaria Student Centre.

Leslie Brown, Jill McPherson & Mark Sparrow.

Jonathan, Emma, Celina, Bethany, Sarah, Chris, Joseph, Ivan, Rene, Alan, Adam, Joe, Stephen, Jake, James, Aaron, Willie, Miles, Dan, Norman, Amanda, Katherine, Larry, Trina, Bob and everyone else who took some airtime, or helped behind the scenes.

Special thanks to MSVU Facilities, Security, AV, IT and Conference Services. Plus the folks at Vinnie's Pub.  Grant Mitchell for Photography.  Mollie Thompson for Piano.  David Bradshaw for Pub Night.

And our overnight saviors; Howard Beye, Kelsey Iceton, Ben Manuel, Jesse Webber, and Josh Teasdale!

It was such a great event!  We should all be proud!

Photos and Podcasts will be available soon

Co-operating To Build a Better Nova Scotia

Co-operating To Build a Better Nova Scotia is a provincial conference being held Nov. 22nd - 24th, 2012 at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, N.S to mark the United Nations International Year of Co-operatives in Nova Scotia.  The conference aims to bring together co-operatives, credit unions, social enterprise, researchers, academics, government, students, youth, and business service providers.

Three core themes animate Co-operating to Build a Better Nova Scotia, a dynamic, informative, and forward looking event in Halifax November 22 – 24:

• Living the Co-operative Principles – Preserving and strengthening the co-op difference 
• NS Co-operatives and the Global Context- International Year of Co-op and beyond
• Policy - Co-operation to foster a healthy and diverse co-operative eco-system contributing to well-being, innovation and development 

These themes will be addressed via four parallel streams:

• Conference Workshops – Plenaries, paper sessions, and interactive workshops
• Visioning – Action framework and commitments for the NS co-op sector 
• Co-op Radio - Programming, webcast, & social media conversations 
• Co-op Fair and Poster Presentations - NS co-ops showcasing community connections; social, economic, environmental impacts; products & services 

To connect this conference to provincial NS Co-op members, the larger Canadian Co-op community, and citizens at large, Ryakuga will be broadcasting LIVE from Mount Saint Vincent University, locally on 106.9FM in Halifax, with a simultaneous webcast at www.ryakuga.ca. 

The broadcast will begin Thursday, November 22 at 12pm and run for 49 hours straight until Saturday, November 24 at 1 pm.  Programming will come from the conference floor as it is happening, with additional cultural and community content focused around the theme of “Co-operating to Build a Better Nova Scotia”

Ryakuga’s temporary community radio station will be set up in the mezzanine of the Rosaria Student Centre at Mount Saint Vincent University and all are invited to participate in this unique participatory communications project.

www.ryakuga.ca – Broadcast info page where the webcast will be hosted
www.ryakuga.blogspot.com - the Ryakuga blog
www.facebook.com/ryakuga - the Ryakuga Facebook Page
www.facebook.com/nscoopcouncil - the NS Co-op Council Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/groups/coopradio- Coop Radio Facebook Group
@ryakuga - to communicate with Ryakuga on Twitter
@NSCoopCouncil - to communicate with the NS Coop Council on Twitter
#coopradio #NSCoop