In this edition, we're featuring a story on a disability inclusion initiative in Montreal, reviewing Tamarack's 5 interconnected practice areas and learning how to build neighbourhood strategies.
Supporting Systems Changes Through a Lens of Convening & Connecting: How a Jewish Federation's Disability Inclusion Initiative Nudged an Ecosystem in Montreal and Beyond
By: Carly Goodman & Pamela Teitelbaum
This moving article provides an overview of the Inclusion Initiative and offers insights into the impacts on young adults living with disabilities, families of young adults living with disabilities and community professionals and organizations. The initiative infused members with a sense of hope, affirmed the power of collaboration, increased coordination between organizations as well as partnerships resulting in new initiatives.
A Field Review of the Five Interconnected Practice Areas
By: Consulting Directors of the Tamarack Learning Centre
Similar to how the pandemic has required much of society to pivot, the pandemic has also required our consulting directors to pivot with the development of our five interconnected practices. This article is a timely review of Tamarack’s five interconnected practices, in anticipation of our upcoming Community Change Institute: Equipping to Transform Your Community virtual experience.
To mark the launch of our latest online course, The Foundations for Building a Neighbourhood Strategy, Heather Keam wrote a brief article explaining what a neighbourhood strategy is, its limitations and why it is important to centre the community or neighbourhood when we develop them. This article is for the municipal staff or community groups interested in building a neighbourhood strategy.
Leading Organizations Invest in Building the Digital Capacity of Canada’s Nonprofit Sector
By: Liz Weaver
In this article, Liz Weaver introduces theCanadian Centre for Nonprofit Digital Resilience (CCNDR). The Canadian Centre for Nonprofit Digital Resilience supports nonprofits that want to make the digital leap but find themselves with only limited and uncoordinated support. The Centre will convene nonprofits, grant-makers, and tech experts to drive progress on research and knowledge mobilization in areas not limited to public policy, grant-maker practices, digital skills and literacy, data standards and infrastructure, and access and connectivity.
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