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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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Community Climate Transitions Awarded New Definity Insurance Foundation Grant

Posted by the Tamarack Institute on October 1, 2022

We are pleased to announce that Community Climate Transitions (CCT), Tamarack’s latest Vibrant Communities program, has been selected as a recipient of Definity Insurance Foundation's inaugural set of grants. 
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Climate and the Sustainable Development Goals

Posted by the Tamarack Institute on August 18, 2022

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

The climate crisis is a complex, multi-faceted challenge. There are countless intersections between climate change and a range of other issues such as poverty, hunger, equality, employment, and sustainable land and water. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a useful framework for unpacking these linkages.
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Seeing Youth Futures - Envisager l’avenir des jeunes

Posted by the Tamarack Institute on February 1, 2021

 

Are you a youth aged 15 to 30 who lives in Canada? Do you like to share your perspectives and vision through photography?

We are looking for original photos that explore the idea of prosperity and a future where young people in Canada thrive.

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What is it like to be a Canadian youth?

Posted by the Tamarack Institute on September 11, 2020

Brandon, Adam and Tatjana are four Canadian youth from across Canada with a shared passion for their community. This past summer, these four driven youth were selected by the Tamarack Institute as part of the Communities Building Youth Futures (CBYF) initiative. As a team, they are determined to work together and help support youth across Canada to create pathways from high school to higher learning. Despite working remotely, this group is bound together by their eagerness to foster community empowerment and help bring about the change that they want to see in Canadian society. The following blog posts are a series of stories, thoughts and ideas about what it means to be a youth in Canada:  

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