Cities across Canada are now recognizing the need to invest in the social well-being of citizens who live, work and play in their communities. One way cities are doing this is through the involvement of residents in Emergency preparedness - working with residents and community networks to respond to disaster and strengthen their ability to respond during emergency situations.
We've brought you the latest projects and stories of how cities are engaging residents to support each other during a disaster and how you can mobilize residents around gifts and skills to build neighbourhoods that are strong and resilient.
Share your gifts of stories, tools, and resources with others across Canada. Reach out toHannahto learn more and/or to submit your resource.
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Asset-Based Community Development at a Glance
This tool is intended to help you understand the Asset-Based Community Development process and how to use it to mobilize residents around gifts and skills to build neighbourhoods that are strong and resilient.
A Neighbourhood-Based Urban Climate Adaptation Infrastructure
Canadian communities across the country are facing the devastating consequences of increasingly severe weather such as extreme heat, drought, fire, floods, hurricanes and storms. Learn how the Lighthouse Project strengthened social connectivity within their neighbourhoods through three models of building climate resilience.
Get to Know Your Neighbours, They Might Just Save Your Life
If there was an emergency what would we do? How would our neighbourhoods survive? What would you do to help your neighbours? This is a conversation that is growing in popularity. What is the citizens role in emergency preparedness?
Community engagement practices can often feel transactional: the community is a source of information and the goal is to retrieve that information to design the ideal solution. We say thank you and then move on.
This blog showcases Resilience strategies as they are becoming ever-more necessary in modern day as a result of urbanization, globalization and climate change.
Vancouver's City Council approves framework for the city's first-ever Resilience Strategy
Victoriacommunity unveils ’emergency bench’ to bring neighbours together
The nextGenWell Weekend is from September 20-22, 2019. Making the world a happier and healthier place one face to face conversation at a time.
In the 2019 election, FCM calls on all parties to commit to a permanent federal funding mechanism to set Canada on a path to 21st-century public transit nationwide.
Join evaluation pioneer Michael Quinn Patton and experienced evaluator Mark Cabaj in an intensive workshop that explores the principles-focused evaluation approach and demonstrates its relevance and application in a range of settings.
Learn the latest thinking, understand your role as a changemaker, and replenish your toolkit with practical ideas and tools you can use in your own community. Discover and be inspired by how other groups are tackling complex issues like equity, mental health, the opioid crisis, environmental sustainability, reconciliation, and belonging and inclusion.
Most places have citizens who are identified as ‘harder to reach’. How do community change leaders meaningfully engage this part of our communities? In this interactive workshop, you'll learn the principles of community-led development.
This interactive workshop focuses on the core leadership competency of trust building. You will walk away with ideas, tools and approaches to effectively engage diverse community partners and intentionally build trusting relationships and collaborative impact.
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