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Sylvia Cheuy

Sylvia Cheuy
Sylvia is a Consulting Director of the Tamarack Institute’s Collective Impact Idea Area and also supports Tamarack’s Community Engagement Idea Area. She is passionate about community change and what becomes possible when residents and various sector leaders share an aspirational vision for their future. Sylvia believes that when the assets of residents and community are recognized and connected they become powerful drivers of community change. Sylvia is an internationally recognized community-builder and trainer. Over the past five years, much of Sylvia’s work has focused on building awareness and capacity in the areas of Collective Impact and Community Engagement throughout North America.

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Re-­Imagining the Civic Commons

Posted by Sylvia Cheuy on October 1, 2015

Civic Commons is a term that refers to the facilities and shared spaces where a city's residents "celebrate, learn, rest, play, make key decisions, express collective aspirations and provide for themselves and one another. "The civic commons is also increasingly being recognized as an important factor in the quality of life of citizens and the ability of cities to attract and retain the talent and investment needed to support their overall economic vitality.

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Frameworks for Measuring Community Health

Posted by Sylvia Cheuy on October 1, 2015

The Canadian Council on Social Determinants of Health (CCSDH) has recently released a new paper, A Review of Frameworks on the Determinants of Health that reviews 36 frameworks from a variety of sectors on the determinants of health, from Canada and abroad, and provides an in­depth assessment of seven frameworks that are particularly relevant to the Canadian context.

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Exploring Belonging in Kitchener­-Waterloo

Posted by Sylvia Cheuy on September 3, 2015

We Can Design Belonging, a report recently released by the Kitchener and Waterloo Community Foundation, researched the experience of belonging for residents of Kitchener, Waterloo and Woolwich and outlines an approach to improving people's sense of belonging in their region.

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Rural Health Hubs Framework & the Collective Impact Opportunity

Posted by Sylvia Cheuy on June 25, 2015

Developed and endorsed by a multi-sector rural health hub advisory committee, the Rural Health Hubs Framework for Ontario was finalized in January 2015. A central recommendation within the framework calls for the development and implementation of local Community Health Plans in rural communities in collaboration with local health and social service providers and community members.

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Thinking Differently Together

Posted by Sylvia Cheuy on May 7, 2015

There is a wealth of innovation underway in communities. Confronted with a range of interconnected and increasingly complex challenges, leaders from every sector are searching for new ideas and approaches. What is most surprising is that often the innovations that show the most promise are those that combine existing resources in new ways. This pattern of social innovation is often referred to as bricolage.

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A Community Innovation in Senior Care

Posted by Sylvia Cheuy on May 7, 2015

Deep River Ontario is a small community of less than 5,000 people nestled on the shores of the Ottawa River. A 2­ hour drive north­west of Ottawa, it is home to the Chalk River Nuclear Research Laboratory, Canada's foremost nuclear research lab.

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