In Novem­ber 2025, SOCODEVI and the Con­seil québé­cois de la coopéra­tion et de la mutu­al­ité (CQCM) came togeth­er to cel­e­brate their 40th and 85th anniver­saries, respectively.

This com­mem­o­ra­tive evening aimed to high­light the eco­nom­ic and social impact of the coop­er­a­tive mod­el, while also rec­og­niz­ing the com­mit­ment of the indi­vid­u­als and orga­ni­za­tions that con­tribute, on a dai­ly basis, to the vital­i­ty of more pros­per­ous, sup­port­ive, and resilient communities.

A first video looks back at the his­to­ry and found­ing of the two orga­ni­za­tions, both born from a shared desire to com­bat pover­ty and social iso­la­tion in Québec. It traces the cre­ation of the Con­seil supérieur de la coopéra­tion in 1940—later becom­ing the CQCM in 2006—as well as the found­ing of SOCODEVI in 1985 by six Québec-based coop­er­a­tives and mutuals.

A sec­ond video high­lights the struc­tur­ing role of coop­er­a­tives and mutu­als in build­ing a more equi­table and sus­tain­able soci­ety. It empha­sizes the work of the CQCM at the heart of Québec’s coop­er­a­tive and mutu­al­ist move­ment, as well as that of SOCODEVI, which helps pro­mote coop­er­a­tive val­ues and Québec exper­tise on an inter­na­tion­al scale.

Thematics : Social economy