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Value Collective

An initiative to support work that is valuable, but not profitable, using alter-economic thinking and practice

Recognizing that many important social undertakings cannot or should not be achieved through market-based approaches, Value Collective serves as a place where this type of work can take shape and demonstrate a new economic vision.

Based at the repurposed convent La Cité-des-Hospitalières in Montreal, Value Collective came alive with a pilot project in 2022 and currently operates as a mutual aid network of informal collectives that share knowledge and resources.

Themes

alter-economics

This project aspires to counter financialization—the increasing role of financial markets, motives, and actors in the economy—through increasing literacy and reliance on alter-economies. Alter-economies include commoning, community-building, mutual aid, restorative practices, gift economies, trade/barter, timebanking, and more.

self-determination

Value Collective provides resources and support for people’s work on the causes they care about. By revalorizing and empowering autonomously-motivated pursuits, it serves as a practice-led argument for economies that free up people’s time for the things that truly matter to them.

Practices

Art

Design

Designed initial project strategy and visual identity

Co-designed collective offerings with local communities and participants

Research

Researched theoretical influences in economics and behavioral psychology

Writing

Wrote funding proposals, copy for the website and communications

Published a paper in the journal Possibles

Facilitation

Organized participatory workshops and collaborative events

Facilitated collective access to coworking space and other shared resources