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After the Ecstasy, The Laundry

Posted by Deb Halliday on June 1, 2017

I recently attended an extraordinary conference hosted by the Tamarack Institute. I met wonderful, warm and interesting people, the workshops I gave were well-received, and to top it off, my mother came to see me present and she was very proud of me. Really: I couldn’t imagine a better work week.

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#MontrealMondays - Centraide of Greater Montreal

Posted by the Tamarack Institute on May 29, 2017

#MontrealMondays – A blog series about the inspiring Neighbourhood and Community work being done in Montréal.

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A New Partner in Deepening Communities

Posted by the Tamarack Institute on May 23, 2017

Tamarack is thrilled that the Suncor Energy Foundation (SEF) has invested in the work of Deepening Community. In introducing our new partner, we want to give Kim Nordbye, Manager of Community Investment at SEF, the opportunity to tell us more about Suncor’s support for community engagement. Here’s our Q & A with Kim.

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#MontrealMondays - The Centre for Community Organizations

Posted by the Tamarack Institute on May 22, 2017

#MontrealMondays – A blog series about the inspiring Neighbourhood and Community work being done in Montréal.

With Deepening Communities’ Neighborhoods – The Heart of Community Mobilizing (HCMI) for Impact being right around the corner, we are featuring a four-week blog series about the incredible organizations that reside in Montréal. There will be one #MontréalMondays blog post every Monday leading up to the HCMI event on June 6th. 

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Ending Precarious Employment – A Game-Changer Strategy

Posted by Mark Holmgren on May 19, 2017

Precarious Employment is the jargon people like me use to describe the employment conditions and experiences of a growing number of workers in our country. Here is what that jargon means:

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Of Recipes and Principles - A Musing about Collective Impact

Posted by Liz Weaver on May 16, 2017

If we are in the work of community and systems change, which is where collective impact is best suited as a framework, then we should privilege the idea of principles versus the implementation of recipes. 

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