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ICA stands for

International Cooperative Alliance

100

The year the first Canadian credit union started

1900

100

You watched a video about the invisible thing we all live in, built by human and capitalist industrial behaviour, causing the planet to warm. This is called.

Carbon cage

100

The type of co-op Glitter Bean is

Unionized worker co-operative

100

The year the 1st credit union in Canada offered loans based on character

1901

200

The three elements included in co-operative principle 5

Education, training and information
200

The Canadian province with the largest credit union system

Quebec

200

The number of UN Sustainable Development Goals

17

200

The name of the Executive Director of the Bus Stop Theatre Co-op

Audrey Eastwood

200

The year the first Canadian credit union lent to women in their own name

1961

300
The number of co-op values (ethical and operational combined)

10

300

The number of members Canadian credit unions have (including Quebec)

10.6 million

300

The target year for achieving the UN SDG agenda

2030

300
The name of the treaties that govern this land

Treaties of Peace and Friendship (signed between 1775 and 1779)

300

The number of continents in the world that have credit unions

6

400

Dairy co-ops are what type of co-op

Producer
400

The number of credit unions in Nova Scotia

21

400

The SDG that focuses on strengthening the means of implementation and revitalizing the global partnership for sustainable development

17

400

Kimberle Crenshaw coined this term meaning that people hold multiple, complex lived experiences and identities

Intersectionality

400

The number of countries in the world that have credit unions

118

500

The year the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers was formed

1844

500

The number of people employed full-time within the Canadian credit union system

85000

500

SDG #2 is which one

Zero hunger

500

Using your privilege to take action to advocate for and give access to others is called

Allyship

500

The location for the 2026 World Credit Union Conference

Sydney, Australia

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