VALU in the News
Check out some of the articles and features about our work at VALU
April 7, 2021: Adam D.K. King interviews ACWU President and VALU member Jonny Sopotiuk on new organizing model for arts & cultural workers for Passage.
March 23, 2021: Scott Neigh from Talking Radical Radio interviews VALU founding members Jonny Sopotiuk and Zandi Dandizette on the VALU organizing model.
December 17, 2020: Sharing Like We Mean It: Working Co-operatively in the Cultural and Tech Sectors is based on a survey of more than 100 co-operatives in Canada, the UK, and the US. It offers a snapshot of the co-op landscape in creative industries, explores what co-operative work can look like in practice, and features profiles of several worker co-ops including VALU.
September 28, 2019: VALU founding member Jonny Sopotiuk is a featured speaker at the CARFAC National Gathering on Alternative Labour Models for Artists in Vancouver. Photo by BC Federation of Labour Secretary-Treasurer Sussanne Skidmore.
March 27, 2021: Founding member David NG moderated the Building an Economy for All at the Columbia Institute High Ground 2021: Civic Governance Forum.
March 16, 2021: The Centre for Future Work’s PowerShare project has published a major new report on the economic and social benefits of workers’ voice in both theory and practice in Canada. The report features our work at VALU on page 25.
January 13, 2021: VALU members Annie Canto and Jonny Sopotiuk were invited to speak on a Building Your Community panel at Emily Carr University of Art + Design for students and recent alumni.
May 27, 2020: Founding member Catherine de Montreuil is inteviewed by canadianart after the launch of VALU CO-OP.
March 5, 2020: VALU founding members Jonny Sopotiuk, Emily Neufeld, and Catherine de Montreuil were invited to speak at a WorkinCulture summit on arts precarity in Toronto, Ontario.