In 1995, Bryan was selected by the CCA Saskatchewan region to serve on the CCA International Program Committee, and he continued as a member of the IPC until his retirement from the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in 2000.

Bryan has been a technical co-operant for CCA on six occasions between 1998 and 2003, working with co-ops in Viet Nam, China (in Beijing and in Xinjiang) and Mongolia. In 1998, Bryan was the co-chair of the first CCA International Partners’ Forum.

Bryan has served on the boards of numerous co-operatives and international development agencies. He has been the chairperson of the Saskatchewan Council for International Co-operation (SCIC), of Save the Children - Canada and of the Regina Community Clinic. Bryan has received the Saskatchewan Global Citizen award from SCIC, and the Co-op Order of Merit from the Province of Saskatchewan and what was then the CCA Saskatchewan Region.

In 2006, Bryan was presented with the CCA Global Co-operator Award.

Two years later he was appointed to the International Program Committee of the Canadian Co-operative Association, a committee he chaired from 2002 until his retirement in 2006.

Barry vigorously promoted CCA and the Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada. Barry was the first person to set up “director giving” at his retail co-op.

The co-op system relies on the volunteer contributions of members. Barry’s years of volunteer service to the co-op movement speak to his commitment to co-operation and the values that define co-operatives throughout the world.

In 2007, Barry was presented with the CCA Global Co-operator Award.

On May 5, 1993, Olha Zawerucha Swyntuch was assigned by the Ukraine Credit Union Development Assistance Project (UCUDAP) Phase 1, to head the mission as Field Office Manager in Kyiv, Ukraine. With the financial support of $1.2 million from the Canadian Government through CIDA, the Council and Mrs. Olha went to work.

For the following three years, Olha Zawerucha Swyntuch lived and breathed credit union development in Ukraine, And although Ukraine was technically an independent country, a strong distrust of imposed authority from Moscow created additional difficulty in the organization of credit unions in Ukraine. Not to mention the variety of factors such as rampant inflation and declining standard of living, this in turn added to the complexity of the state of affairs.

By 1994, there were 60 credit unions in the Ukraine and Olha’s work was instrumental in these accomplishments including internships, meeting with 400 people regarding the establishment of credit unions, seminars in 7 regions with 80 students, and numerous meetings with government bodies regarding credit union legislation.

Olha has returned to live and work in Canada, and since 2001, her role as President of the Council of Ukrainian Credit Unions of Canada helps her in fostering a voice for all Ukrainian Canadian credit unions providing a nucleus for new ideas and marketing strategies that propel the Council to a respected body of the community.

Her constant ability to motivate and be the driving force and energy that propels the Ukraine Credit Union strengthening program and her endless volunteer contributions not only serves as an inspiration but a truly interesting and enriching personal and credit union journey. Olha Zawerucha Swyntuch has demonstrated that a successful credit union leader is also a spirited and committed community leader and it is this commitment to the community that has become the credo of her leadership in the credit union movement.