2025 Housing Co-operative Information Session

Housing co-ops are much more than bricks-and-mortar or a roof over your head. They are made up of people who form a close bond of association and work together to provide safe, secure and affordable homes for their members.

Each co-op is an independent organization that is governed by their members. They are all uniquely different but there are some basic fundamental concepts that are similar.

The Information Session will help you learn the following:

• What a co-operative is?
• How housing co-ops work?
• The power of volunteerism.
• The benefits of membership.
• The responsibilities of membership.
• How to apply for membership?
• Is co-operative living right for you?

Co-ops are communities in the truest sense of the word and they welcome all those who have a co-operative spirit and are willing to make a commitment to the values and principles of the Canadian Co-operative Housing movement.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION (PLEASE READ)

The registration process is done in 2 parts

1. Register and pay on Eventbrite. Sales end 15 minutes BEFORE the Information Session start time.
2. Once your Eventbrite registration is complete, you will receive a confirmation via email from Eventbrite. We recommend that you open the confirmation and click Go to My Tickets (Orange Button) immediately. The link will take you to the Online Event page which contains the Zoom meeting registration link (THE SECOND PART OF THE REGISTRATION PROCESS) and links to documents that you can download. You will only have access to the Online Event page until the start of the meeting that you registered for.

Please ensure that you register on Zoom right away or at the very least one hour (8:30 am) before the Information Session scheduled start time (9:30 am).

The session is approximately 90 minutes long. Attendees that attend the entire Session will be issued a certificate by Tuesday. For example, if you attend 60 mins of the session, you will not receive a certificate.

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• We have included Zoom video tutorials below in the event that you have not previously used the platform.
• Link to download Zoom Application: https://zoom.us/download
• It's important to enter your name and email address correctly when you register on Eventbrite and Zoom as this information is used to issue the certificate.
• Fee: $20 per household;
• NACHA currently absorbs Eventbrite's administration fee; however, if you cancel your registration, the administration fee will be deducted from your payment when we process the refund.
• In the event that you are unable to attend the session that you registered for, please let us know and we'll add you to another session at no additional cost.
• We recommend that you login between 9:15 am and 9:25 am so that you are ready for the session.
• Please ensure that you have access to a screen as the presentation contains visual material. As a result, participating via a telephone call is not recommended as you will not receive your receipt for attending.

Thank you and we look forward to meeting you.