The video System Thinking and Evaluation, by Kylie Hutchinson, is an excellent introduction to evaluating systems change. It describes how an evaluation of a hypothetical initiative to improve nutrition in a community must...
A common thread throughout my career has been a focus on building support and commitment for change on a variety of social issues. I have learned that effective engagement rarely happens by accident. More often, it results...
Many of us working in community change efforts are continually searching for new resources and tools to help facilitate effective community engagement and community change processes. Over the last several weeks, some of my...
The Peer Input Process is a relatively quick and structured way to get input and insight from peers into a current challenge in your community change effort. It taps into the collective wisdom of peers in order to gain...
Tamarack Institute’s Vibrant Communities – Cities Reducing Poverty (VC – CRP), since arriving on the national scene in 2002, has been building a network of cities committed to work comprehensively and across sectors to...
Windsor-Essex County (Windsor-Essex), the southernmost region in Canada, consists of nine municipalities: Amherstburg, Essex, Kingsville, Lakeshore, Lasalle, Leamington, Pelee Island, Tecumseh, and Windsor. Historically, the...
