In this episode, Kyle and Aasa from Co-operatives First talk to Paul Thompson, Research Officer at the University of Saskatchewan’s Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, and creator of the Good Governance Matters course. We talk about the actors involved in governance, some of the challenges involved in getting governance right, and why governance is like steering a ship…and also like marriage. Links referred to in this episode: Centre for the Study of Co-operatives, University of Saskatchewan: http://usaskstudies.coop/index.php Good Governance Matters course: https://www.canvas.net/browse/saskatchewan/courses/governance-in-cooperatives?platform=hootsuite The Failure of Co-op Atlantic: https://www.grocer.coop/sites/default/files/article_files/183_-_failure_of_co-op_atlantic_0.pdf The Two-Hat Problem: https://words.usask.ca/thinkingaboutcoops/2017/01/24/the-two-hat-problem/