Joy Emmanuel

Joy Emmanuel is a co-op developer, researcher and community economic development practioner. She lives in OUR Ecovillage in Shawinigan Lake, BC. She was a senior researcher and project manager at the BC Institute for Co-operative Studies (now the Centre for Co-operative and Community-Based Economy) at the University of Victoria. Joy has been a board member of the Research Advisory Committee with CCEDNet. She has edited and contributed to several books on co-operatives including Effective Practices in Starting Co-ops.