Watch the video: EOTs in Canada - a new succession option for business owners with Jon Shell

What if employees could own the company they work for?

A growing model called employee ownership is gaining attention in Canada, and new research aims to better understand its impact. The Smith School of Business at Queen’s University has launched the Employee Ownership Research Initiative to study how this model works and how it could expand across the country.

In this episode of Moolala: Money Made Simple, Jon Shell, Chair of Social Capital Partners and board member at Employee Ownership Canada, joins Bruce Sellery to explain how employee ownership trusts (EOTs) work and why they could reshape business ownership in Canada.

They discuss:

➡️What employee ownership means and how it works
➡️The purpose of the new Employee Ownership Research Initiative
➡️Current research gaps around employee-owned businesses
➡️Plans to build a national database of employee-owned companies
➡️How employee ownership has evolved in Canada in recent years

This conversation explores how employee ownership could support business succession, strengthen workplaces and create new pathways for shared prosperity.

Speakers

Bruce Sellery
Moolala: Money Made Simple Podcast

Jon Shell
Chair, Social Capital Partners