--- title: The Holiday Season Brings out the Best in Our Communities description: The Deepening Community team shares the resources they have published during the 2022 calendar year and celebrates the potential that 2023 brings. image: https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/pexels-lina-kivaka-1740897.jpg --- [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=200&height=47&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) # The Holiday Season Brings out the Best in Our Communities Posted on November 24, 2022 [By Heather Keam](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/heather-keam) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) We are all on this learning journey together to help our communities to be the best they can be. It's the support, knowledge and capacities that you all have that will create the change that we want to see and the change that needs to happen in 2023.  As we begin to think about that next year has to offer, we need to reflect on how we grew and what we learned together. Here is an overview of how we supported you in 2022 to make community essential:   ### Community is the answer ![pexels-lina-kivaka-1740897](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/pexels-lina-kivaka-1740897.jpg?width=350&height=233&name=pexels-lina-kivaka-1740897.jpg) By defining the deepening community field, we have rooted our movement in a theoretical understanding of the issues and a practical understanding of what is happening on the ground in communities. [Our growing membership](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/vibrant-communities-cities-deepening-community-membership?hsCtaTracking=9044669b-42c0-4375-a88b-26810110c0db%7C60d2daa8-6381-49f7-9c38-7dc5079cccbc&hsLang=en-us) implements this framework to develop positive change in communities, and our robust supports accelerate efforts and impacts locally. Finally, our growing learning community of nearly 10,000 learners is building the foundation to spread this movement throughout the rest of Canada. It is building the momentum to deepen community while ensuring efforts to tackle social isolation and loneliness are a priority across all levels of government.  We have taken our learnings and have developed [10 - A Guide for Deepening Community ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/10-a-guide-for-deepening-community?hsLang=en-us)that supports community champions, concerned citizens, municipal staff and decision makers such as the mayor and elected officials to build the case to deepen community and make your community essential. There are five sections that will get you thinking about [D](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/citiesdeepeningcommunity?hsLang=en-us)[eepening Community](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/citiesdeepeningcommunity?hsLang=en-us) and developing your own local Neighbourhood Strategy. Here are some ways that you can deepen your learning and get inspired about building community: ### Watch a webinar recording - [Thinking Like a System and Leading with Humility](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/thinking-like-a-system-and-leading-with-humility?hsLang=en-us) - [A Deep Dive into “The Art of Neighboring”](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/webinar-a-deep-dive-into-the-art-of-neighboring?hsLang=en-us) - [Creating Safety Through Connection – The Function(s) of a Safe Community](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/webinar-creating-safety-through-connection?hsLang=en-us) - [Making Community Essential: Seven Impacts for Communities and the Policy Shifts to Get There](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/webinar-making-community-essential?hsLang=en-us) - [Evaluating the Impact of Citizens Sharing Their Gifts – Lessons Learned from Abundant Communities Edmonton](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/thinking-like-a-system-and-leading-with-humility?hsLang=en-us) ### Read a resource ![dc end of year blog picture 2](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/dc%20end%20of%20year%20blog%20picture%202.png?width=350&height=197&name=dc%20end%20of%20year%20blog%20picture%202.png) - [Citizens take the lead in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/article-citizens-take-the-lead-in-vancouvers-kitsilano-neighbourhood?hsLang=en-us) - [Building a Heart-Centered Movement in Cooksville](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/case-study-building-a-heart-centered-movement-in-cooksville?hsLang=en-us) - [Connecting Community, the Strategic Way!](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/connecting-community-the-strategic-way?hsLang=en-us) - [What Is Community?](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/what-is-community?hsLang=en-us) ### Check out a blog post - [Recreating our ways to empower people with disabilities](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/recreating-our-ways-to-empower-people-with-disabilities?hsLang=en-us) - [Would the World Work if We All Were Leaders?](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/would-the-world-work-if-we-all-were-leaders?hsLang=en-us) - [The Power of Connection and Collaboration: Reflections from Celebrating Neighbours – Measuring the Impact of ABCD](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/the-power-of-connection-and-collaboration?hsLang=en-us) - [The Gifts of Strangers: Understanding the Benefits of Diversity](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/the-gifts-of-strangers-understanding-the-benefits-of-diversity?hsLang=en-us) ### Review a newsletter - [Read March 2022's newsletter](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/march-2022-cdc-newsletter?hsLang=en-us) - [Read May 2022's newsletter](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/may-2022-cdc-newsletter-?hsLang=en-us) - [Read July 2022's newsletter](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/july-2022-deepening-community-newsletter?hsLang=en-us) - [Read September 2022's newsletter](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/making-the-case-for-this-work-community-building?hsLang=en-us) ### Learn more about the online course we launched this year -  [Foundations for Building a Neighbourhood Strategy](https://events.tamarackcommunity.ca/courses-foundations-for-building-a-neighbourhood-strategy?hsCtaTracking=bf5f4a78-a1ff-4236-ae94-7277a7f9a1fd%7C785d6103-2b00-48f0-b794-96c78597b796&hsLang=en-us) ### A glimpse from our 2022 annual event  - [Gil Penalosa Keynote - Celebrating Neighbours - Measuring the impact of ABCD](https://youtu.be/FvAZ-UJTFjI) - [Community and Economy Panel - Celebrating Neighbours - Measuring the Impact of ABCD](https://youtu.be/91yXGx8T5DA) ### Save the date for our upcoming 2023 event - Be the first to get details on our upcoming 2023 annual event. [Click here](https://events.tamarackcommunity.ca/when-citizens-municipalities-meet-in-middle-2023-st-albert?hsLang=en-us) to submit your contact information and be the first to know!   Whether you are celebrating Hanukkah, Christmas, Yule, Kwanzaa, Ōmisoka, the Deepening Community team would like to wish you and your communities a safe holiday season and much health, happiness and success in the coming year.   Happy holidays, Heather Keam, Connor Judge and Astrid Arumae The Deepening Community Team   Topics: [Community Development](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/community-development), [Cities Deepening Community](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/cities-deepening-community), [Year end Reflection](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/year-end-reflection), [Building Connection](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/building-connection) ![Heather Keam](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/heather.png) ### By [Heather Keam](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/heather-keam) Heather works with municipalities and organizations to build strategies that put people at the center using Asset-Based Community Development. With over 22 years of experience in community development, she uses an ABCD approach to center people and belonging in the development of community plans and strategies through coaching and training staff teams, facilitation, and writing about ABCD and Belonging. She has a passion for the power of people and believes that people and communities are the solutions to local problems. She believes that we need to build a sense of community belonging so that people are connected to their community, and their place within it and get involved in decision-making. 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