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| View in browser What Our Members Are Doing Evaluating Hamilton’s Neighbourhood Action Strategy   By: Glenda Cooper & Al Fletcher   The City of Hamilton celebrated their Neighbourhood Action Strategy’s first seven years by doing an in-depth evaluation of the outcomes and impacts of the strategy. Evaluation is an important process in community work and Hamilton is using this opportunity to design a new path forward. Learn How Hamilton Evaluated their Strategy   Becoming an Asset-Based Community Development City   By: Heather Keam & Debra Jakubec   Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD)’s emphasis is on strengths, connections, citizen leadership, and the recognition that individual gifts become powerful when they are connected. The City of Edmonton was able to work with neighbourhoods to develop an ABCD initiative. Learn How Your City Can Become an ABCD City   Interested in Neighbourhood Development or ABCD? From May 28-30, 2019, we will be hosting our workshop, ABCD Healthy Neighbourhoods, Healthy Cities in Edmonton, AB. This three-day workshop will feature world-renowned thought leaders like John McKnight, Jim Diers, Cormac Russell, Vickie Cammack, Al Etmanski, Paul Born and Howard Lawrence, as well as local practitioners, that will surely inspire you!   We are excited to give you a sneak peek into some of the workshops you can expect to see at the event: Understanding the Impacts of Community Change Connecting Neighbours Thinking Like a Movement - Building a Neighbourhood Strategy Emergency Preparedness - the Citizen Role The ABCDs of Neighbouring Caring Counts - Celebration of Natural Caring Deepening Community for Collective Impact  Participants will also have the opportunity to take part in one of two Masterclasses and can earn a certificate in either Asset Based Community Development or Neighbourhood Community Development. Learn More Hold A Seat   The Latest in Community Change Involving Government in Deepening Community By Hannah MacDonald A New Way to Think About What We Do Best Everyday By Donna Thomson   Creating the Opportunity to be “of” Community By Terral McBay Loneliness and Social Isolation Are Public Health Issues by Heather Keam   Announcements from the Community Glengarry neighbourhood launches new city art gallery where local artists can display their works at no cost. United Way's #unignorable campaign involved partnership with Pantone Color Institute® to develop a colour to help make local issues unignorable. Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health interactive reports showcase local data used to build healthy communities, strengthen collaboration and support local health system planning. Research shows that small talk and casual connections create happy communities and less-lonely individuals. Social prescriptions can help to ease patients' depression and loneliness.   Learning Events Citizens at the Centre May 1-7 \| Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, & Vancouver   Last Chance to Register!   Australian Community Engagement expert Max Hardy is coming to Canada to share his insights and experience to help you develop your Community Engagement toolkit while taking a people-first approach.   Learn More Evaluation + Design: Evaluating Systems Change May 22-23 \| Ottawa, ON   By combining both design and evaluation techniques, you'll return to your organization with a diverse toolset that will boost your capacity to drive and evaluate changes to the systems that form the base of complex community challenges.   Learn More Hold A Seat Community Change Festival - Save the Date! September 30 - October 3 \| Vancouver, BC   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. Save the date to be the first to keep informed about the Community Change Festival and get first access to registration!   Save the Date   Webinars Principles and Practices of Asset-Based Community Development Date: April 30, 2019 Guests: John McKnight and Cormac Russell   Building Inclusive Communities Date: May 9, 2019 Guest: Jim Diers   Overcoming Power and Privilege in Community Change Date: May 28, 2019 Guest: George Aye   Repairing Relationships for Stronger Community Engagement Date: June 11, 2019 Guests: Lisa Attygalle & Galen MacLusky   Communities of Practice Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) April 24, 2019 \| 1:00 - 2:00 ET   Meeting Topic: Visioning and Planning. Receive the invitations to our meetings by signing up here.   Neighbourhood Strategy Leaders May 21, 2019 \| 1:00 - 2:00 ET   Meeting Topic: Citizen Advocacy Receive the invitations to our meetings by signing up here.   Citizens & Emergency Preparedness May 23, 2019 \| 1:00 - 2:00 ET   Meeting Topic: Interactive Mapping Tool. Receive the invitations to our meetings by signing up here. Share this issue with your network: The Cities Deepening Community Newsletter is brought to you by: Tamarack Institute, University of Waterloo, Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement, Conrad Grebel University College, 140 Westmount Road North, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6, Canada, 519 885 5155 Manage preferences |
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