I want to start with a huge thank you to the Tamarack Community for all the wonderful comments and well-wishes as I retired from the Co-CEO role at Tamarack. We are a remarkable community and it has been a privilege to give...
For the past seven years, we've passionately nurtured and empowered communities across Canada under the name "Cities Deepening Community." In 2023, we have shifted to Communities Building Belonging, a name which better conveys our work and what we stand for.
For individuals to thrive, to feel at home in their communities, to feel welcomed and accepted in the places they frequent, and to be mentally strong and happy, we need belonging.
Communities Building Belonging (CBB) has worked with and will continue to work with neighbourhoods and neighbours across Canada (and beyond) to do more of what is so natural: support people to build the social networks, associations and norms that are at the heart of individual and collective well-being in communities.
We provide resources, communities of practice, webinars, and events, producing publications that share our learnings and supporting our members with specialized coaching.
The CBB team is here to support you. Do you have any questions? Want to get involved? Reach out to any member of the team: Jorge Garza, Prachir Pasricha, Astrid Arumae
Exciting news! In 2024, CBB is launching the Circle of Actions, a seven-month learning journey designed to help communities develop plans and interventions that centre belonging at the heart of community transformation. The application deadline is February 29. Learn more and apply!
Questions on the Circle of Actions? Join us for a Q&A session on February 7 at noon ET. Learn more and register.
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With the growing sense of disconnect and social isolation happening in communities across Canada and the lack of civic participation in our towns and cities, we need to declare community essential.
We believe that Deepening Community is the answer.
This guide has been developed to support community champions, concerned citizens, municipal staff and decision-makers such as mayors and elected officials to build the case to deepen community and make your community essential.
Join us for a conversation with some of the bright minds behind The Learning Tree on their organization’s work of leaning into abundance in the communities they serve. We will be sharing stories of how equity and inclusion have made communities richer and discussing the measurement of these successes.
Join Heather Keam and Wendy McCaig to work through the foundations and principles of ABCD and how to center community in your programs and activities. This workshop is for those who are new to ABCD or want a refresher as ABCD has changed a lot over the past 10 years.
In this webinar, you will hear the process of how the Cambridge Shelter worked with The Community Company to develop In Our Backyard – a mission-aligned social enterprise. Together, we'll challenge service mindsets and consider the ways in which people with lived and living experience can co-design and have ownership of initiatives.
If you want support to develop a community plan or neighbourhood strategy, reach out to Heather or Astrid.
Cities are now developing neighbourhood strategies that help guide municipal staff, organizations, and residents to work together to build healthy vibrant neighbourhoods. This guide is for municipal staff or community groups interested in building the case for the development of a neighbourhood strategy.
If you are looking to build a neighbourhood strategy, this guide will provide you with tools and resources to assist you in engaging the community and, ultimately, developing a meaningful, actionable strategy.
Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) starts with people’s gifts and strengths (assets). These assets equip people to respond to local needs and challenges in their neighbourhoods. ABCD also considers how individual and group assets can be harnessed and connected to create positive changes within a community.
Building a successful group takes time, resources, relationships and trust. In this guide, you will find five steps and associated resources to help build groups that will work together to make change in your community.
Check out our latest blogs, publications, podcasts, and webinars below.
I want to start with a huge thank you to the Tamarack Community for all the wonderful comments and well-wishes as I retired from the Co-CEO role at Tamarack. We are a remarkable community and it has been a privilege to give...
Last month, the Deepening Community team hosted Tamarack's first in-person event in over two years. This blog post is a reflection of the most significant learning I took away from the event.
One argument for diversity is that it ensures participation and creates the power of being heard. It is expressed by the popular maxim, “Nothing about us without us.” Implicit in this idea is the concept that those outside...
This resource is also available in French. Click here to access the French version.
At a time of increasing social isolation and accelerating climate change, belonging has never been more vital.
Four trailblazing communities across Canada joined Tamarack's Building Belonging Membership Program. Through it, they built capacity, engaged and re-engaged youth, and learned to focus on and utilize the gifts and...
How can community belonging help to reduce poverty in Canada?
This webinar recording features a conversation with some of the bright minds behind The Learning Tree on their organization’s work of leaning into abundance in the communities they serve. We discussed stories of how equity...
In the midst of intersecting and compounding crises, there is a pressing need for financial tools that drive positive change at the speed and scale demanded of us. Social finance has been used by communities around the world...
This webinar recording features a conversation about the structures (social, physical and relational) that create belonging, including how to move on an individual and a collective basis from isolation to belonging.
Access a list of comprehensive community engagement techniques that can be selected based on the level of engagement you are conducting
Access a list of comprehensive community engagement techniques that can be selected based on the level of engagement you are conducting
Access a list of comprehensive community engagement techniques that can be selected based on the level of engagement you are conducting
In the spirit of respect, reciprocity, and truth we honour and acknowledge that our work occurs across Turtle Island (North America), which has been home since time immemorial to the ancestors of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples.
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