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Mike Des Jardins

Mike Des Jardins
Mike is the Manager of Sustainability & Development for Communities Building Youth Futures. In this role, Mike is responsible for sustainability planning, researching and sharing best practices related to the sustainability and resilience of youth collective impact work, coaching CBYF communities on developing and implementing sustainability strategies, and measuring the impact and telling the story of social return on investment.

Recent Posts

The Impact of the Words We Use

Posted by Mike Des Jardins on August 8, 2023

This blog post offers the author's reflections after attending McMaster University Co-Design Hub's “Words Matter: Reflections on Language about Equity, Vulnerability and Lived Experience” panel discussion in January 2023.

This resource is also available in French. Click here to access the French version.

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Exploring the Importance of Sustainability and Resilience for Collaborative Work: A Tamarack Institute 10 Guide

Posted by Mike Des Jardins on January 12, 2023
Is your collaborative grappling to understand what sustainability and resilience means to your work … and what needs to be sustained or nurtured?
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