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title: CASE STUDY | Transforming Systems Through Lived Experience
description: "This case study explores the development and impact of the Community Action Network
Leadership Training (CAN) initiative in British Columbia."
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# [CASE STUDY | Transforming Systems Through Lived Experience](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/case-studies/transforming-systems-through-lived-experience)

 Written by [Jill Zacharias](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/case-studies/author/jill-zacharias) | Dec 8, 2022 8:03:06 PM

This case study explores the development and impact of a pilot project that targeted skill building in anti-poverty advocacy, planning, and policy development at both provincial and civic levels. Titled the Community Action Network Leadership Training initiative, the project launched in New Westminster, BC, in 2017.

The initiative represents a partnership between three organizations: the [City of New Westminster](https://www.newwestcity.ca/), [BC Poverty Reduction Coalition](https://www.bcpovertyreduction.ca/), and the [Community Action Network](https://www.bcpovertyreduction.ca/can) in BC. The study outlines the distinct but connected roles that each organization played in the pilot project, as well as their goals for the project’s outcomes.

For example, the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition sought to ensure the program followed a low-barrier, participatory, people-centered, experience-led approach.

The publication also includes a testimonial from Lorna Howat, an anti-poverty advocate with lived/living experience of homelessness.

[View full post](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/case-studies/transforming-systems-through-lived-experience)

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