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This case study tells the story of how the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo (RMWB) changed its approach and philosophy to engage its residents across the various communities in the region.
As communities face increasingly complex social challenges, local governments face a call to action. A community-wide mandate and overarching vision provides opportunity to lead and work better together with others as...
This webinar recording features a conversation with Cormac Russell and John L. McKnight, who talk about their book, The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighborhoods, and discuss what it...
Check out the January 2023 Edition of Engage!
Explore three impactful resources designed to help and inspire you to collaborate in ways that are sustainable, resilient, and inclusive.
This guide has been designed to broaden our collective thinking about the factors that contribute to sustainable, resilient, and impactful collaboration.
To help equip you in your own leadership journey, Co-CEO Liz Weaver is launching the Collaborative Leadership & Governance series.
Join Liz Weaver for a new virtual workshop designed to provide you an opportunity to explore the key theories related to collaborative governance, tools, and approaches. This workshop will also focus on the impact and engagement of leaders in the process of co-design and working collectively toward a shared and common goal.
La collaboration à l’échelle d’un territoire entre les différents secteurs (communautaire, public, privé) et les résident·e·s est de plus en plus courante, et pourtant, le travail en silo demeure un enjeu. Cet atelier virtuel aborde les stratégies qui vous permettront de démarrer ou de renforcer votre initiative d’impact collectif.
Tamarack’s Learning Centre exists to empower community changemakers to achieve greater impact. We draw upon our 15 years of experience leading community change and advancing practice to support municipalities, funders, non-profits, and community leaders through on-demand coaching and consulting, in-person and digital training, and publications that guide change efforts.
We support our learning network in developing five interconnected ideas that lead to community change:
In Vibrant Communities we support cities and local leaders to develop and implement large-scale change initiatives through these learning networks:
Cities Deepening Community is a network of 67 cities seeking to strengthen neighbourhoods and 25 cities developing community plans to grow citizen engagement, civic leadership and a sense of belonging.
Communities Building Youth Futures is a five-year strategy to work with up to 13 communities to develop system-wide solutions for youth as they build and act upon plans for their future.
Community Climate Transitions is building a network of communities that are committed to tackling climate change through a multi-solving approach that advances social, environmental and economic goals simultaneously.
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