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At a glance

Co-op types

Platform cooperative

Sectors

Healthcare Technology: Hardware Engineering Technology: Software Engineering

Stage of development

Phase 3: Growth and glory

Number of workers

8

Worker distribution

Nationally distributed

Number of members

48

Years in operation

7

Legal status

Cooperative

Scope and impact

Geographical scope of users/clients

International

Number of people impacted

1000

Description

Brave is a multi-stakeholder cooperative that builds tools to detect and respond to overdoses. We have a global team, a network of volunteers, and three products that can effectively detect and respond to overdoses: a washroom sensor, a remote supervision button and a mobile app. After years of co-design work in Vancouver and Ohio, their products are now being rolled out across Canada, the US, and the UK; and more than 100 overdoses have been detected and successfully responded to.

Challenges

Developing cooperative best practices

Finding funding

Governance and participation

Founders and members

Founders

  • Gordon Casey

    roles:

    Coop Founder

    Coop Member

    location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
    languages spoken: English, French

Members

  • Gordon Casey

    roles:

    Coop Founder

    Coop Member

    location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
    languages spoken: English, French

Tools used

None provided.

Source code

Not provided.

Last updated: May 23, 2022

Contact

Business address

312 Main Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canada