Building movement POWER sector by sector
SEIZE convenes and supports five sectors within the solidarity economy, creating spaces where organizers, workers, and community partners can collaborate, share tools, and strengthen their collective impact. Each sector develops its own specialized knowledge, networks, and strategies while staying connected through a unified movement infrastructure and the SEIZE Sectoral Chairs.
Housing
We envision a future where housing is secure, affordable, and protected from speculation. Strong tenant organizing, community land trusts, and housing cooperatives ensure that homes are controlled by the people who live in them, not corporations seeking profit.
Our goal is to confront the housing crisis by expanding community-owned and non-speculative housing, advancing tenant power, and advocating for policies that guarantee everyone the right to a safe and stable home.
We are strengthening a national movement for housing justice whereby homes serve people, not profit. Through tenant organizing, community land trusts, and cooperative housing, we’re building the collective infrastructure needed to secure stable, non-speculative housing for all.
Food Systems
We envision community-controlled food systems where power rests with the people who grow, distribute, and eat the food. Through cooperative farms, local food hubs, and community-led education, everyone can access sustainable and culturally grounded food that reflects and nourishes their communities.
Our goal is to build a resilient food system rooted in ecological sustainability, workers’ rights, accessibility, and food sovereignty. Putting people and the planet at the center of how we feed and care for one another.
We are transforming the Concordia food system into a community-controlled, non-profit, worker-led model rooted in food sovereignty. By building a food consortium and shifting decision-making power to students and workers, we are creating a scalable example of just, sustainable, and democratic food systems.
Technology
We envision a flourishing solidarity technology ecosystem grounded in visible, inclusive, and interconnected communities and characterized by open-source innovation, strong digital literacy, ethical governance, and cross-sector collaboration that puts people first.
Our goal is to build a democratic and cooperative technology landscape that prioritizes user privacy, data sovereignty, accessibility, and technological equity by anchoring technology in democratic ownership and shared benefit, not corporate extraction.
We are building a democratic technology ecosystem grounded in community ownership, open access, and digital equity. By connecting cooperatives, innovators, and worker-led tech, we aim to create the infrastructure for technology that serves people not platform capitalism.
Media & Culture
We envision a vibrant media and cultural landscape driven by communities: where journalism, storytelling, and creative expression are rooted in cooperation, public access, and collective ownership. A sector where media co-ops, cultural hubs, training programs, and supportive public policy make it possible for everyone to create, share, and shape the narratives that impact their lives.
Our goal is to cultivate a diverse independent media landscape that engages and educates the public, amplifies marginalized voices, holds truth to power and fuels social movements across Canada.
Unrigged is growing a landscape of bold, community-driven journalism across Canada. But right now, the project is powered by just one person! To truly shift the independent media landscape… we need more of us building it together. That’s where SEIZE members come in!
- What you can help with:
- Biweekly co-working at La Hâult with the Unrigged team
- Support logistics for the upcoming independent media conference
- Help with community outreach to expand audiences & partnerships
- Contribute to newsletters, research, or digital support
- Bring ideas for strengthening the Media sector at SEIZE
Land-Based Industries
We envision land-based industries where workers and communities hold real power over the forests and territories they sustain. Cooperative enterprises, strong labor organizing, and Indigenous leadership will reshape these sectors to prioritize dignified work, environmental stewardship, and decolonization.
Our goal is to build sustainable and equitable land-based economies that uphold workers’ rights, support local communities, and restore relationships to land for generations to come.
Work is currently underway to build shared infrastructure for land-based, worker-led industries such as forestry, silviculture, and ecological restoration. More coming soon.