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The Tamarack Institute is a connected force of more than 40,000 engaged practitioners and policymakers who work collaboratively to advance positive community change. Learn more here

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Disrupting Systems as a Field Catalyst

Posted by the Tamarack Institute on April 27, 2023

 

 

The Tamarack Institute is a Field Catalyst, a unique type of organization that convenes multiple communities to learn together and scale transformational change.

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Learning Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being

Posted by the Tamarack Institute on April 27, 2023

 

Accompanying First Nations communities is a continuous learning process which requires us to question and revisit our approaches and perspectives.

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Together for Strength, Policy Change, and Community

Posted by the Tamarack Institute on April 5, 2023

 

This blog post was written by Danya Pastuszek, Alison Homer, and Justin Williams.

 

In 2020, hundreds of you contributed to Tamarack’s Future Search. That process surfaced an aspiration to use the power of our network to shape a public policy plan and name shifting policy and advocating for systems change as one of Tamarack’s three strategic priorities.

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Introducing the Ending Working Poverty Initiative

Posted by the Tamarack Institute on December 8, 2022
This blog post was written by Danya Pastuszek, Alison Homer, John Stapleton and Yvonne Yuan, in collaboration with the teams at the Town of Drumheller, the Saskatoon Poverty Reduction Partnership, the Greater Trail Community Skills Centre, United Way Winnipeg and Prosperity Roundtable Chatham-Kent.
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Sustainability and Resilience in Community Collaboratives

Posted by the Tamarack Institute on November 22, 2022

What do sustainability and resilience mean to us?

At Tamarack, we believe that sustainability is about more than maintenance and longevity. It is a combination of many factors including leadership, funding, community engagement, and the ability to influence policy. Sustainability includes investments that lead to outcomes that can have lasting impact on policy and programs.

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How Grassroots Groups and Community Startups Can Make Their Climate Work Sustainable

Posted by the Tamarack Institute on October 20, 2022

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

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