Hi there,

The Vibrant Communities team at the Tamarack Institute would like to wish our friends, colleagues and collaborators near and far a very happy holiday season.

Looking back on the past year, our staff have been immensely grateful for the opportunity to work with you to help make our communities stronger and more resilient.

Read on for a snapshot of each of our initiatives over the past year.

Much joy,

Paul Born and the Vibrant Communities team

Communities Ending Poverty

In 2021, Communities Ending Poverty (CEP) collaboratively shifted their sights from reducing poverty to ending it.

Their year-end overview features the tremendous success of the first virtual gathering, the launch of a new online course, the growth of the CEP movement in BC, and successes documented in their five-year impact report.

CEP is excited to announce a new job posting, which you can find on the Tamarack website: Community Animator: Learning Lead.

Cities Deepening Community

The Cities Deepening Community (CDC) team wants to remind you to remain hopeful going into 2022.

In their wrap-up message, they recommend some of their podcast episodes, webinar recordings and blog posts to keep you inspired about community-led change in the coming year.

They also reflect on their digital Reconnect event, where we saw keynote presentations from speakers like Zita Cobb of Shorefast, who spoke about the benefits of asset-based community development (ABCD).

Communities Building Youth Futures

One of our bilingual teams, Communities Building Youth Futures (CBYF), joined the Vibrant Communities network in 2020. CBYF communities have been mobilizing alongside youth to improve education and employment outcomes.

CBYF has done a lot of work to amplify youth voices and elevate youth leadership. Check out the Seeing Youth Futures Photo Contest 2021 to see an arts-based approach to community change.

CBYF also hosted a national gathering in May, and you can find some of the resources for that event here.

CBYF has an open job posting, which you can find on the Tamarack website: Manager of Cities, Communities Building Youth Futures

Community Climate Transitions

This is the Community Climate Transitions (CCT) team’s first year with Vibrant Communities, and they’ve been keeping busy!

They launched their first community of practice on localizing the Sustainable Development Goals and launched a call for applicants for a Climate Transitions Cohort, which will support communities to build a just and equitable climate transition through collective impact.

As one of our bilingual teams, they also offer most of their publications in French.

Thank you for learning with us.

See you in 2022!

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