A few years ago, John Ott, author of The Power of Collective Wisdom and the Trap of Collective Folly spoke at a Tamarack Community Change Institute and talked about scallops. Now I have not really thought much about scallops since, given that I really don’t like seafood, but John talked about the ‘scallop principle’.
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The family arm of the disability movement that I belong to seems to be getting older. The average age of the people at the meetings or conferences I attend is getting higher. There is a certain nostalgia in our deliberations.
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Tamarack President Paul Born is taking an administrative leave in 2017, temporarily stepping back from the role of President while he puts his heart into what he loves best – teaching, coaching, and connecting with our partners. Liz Weaver has stepped in as Tamarack’s Acting President until September, when Paul will resume his full administrative role.
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How many “resilient streets” does it take to make a resilient neighbourhood or community? This is one of the questions that the Building Resilient Neighbourhoods Project of Victoria BC has been exploring since 2014. Resilient Streets was born out of a year of piloting ways to engage neighbours with each other for the purpose of strengthening household and neighbourhood resilience. The goal was to get “beyond the block party” and find ways to increase connectedness, co-operation, a sense of agency, and a sharing economy among neighbours. Our Resilient Streets Toolkit, published in 2013, shared an array of different ways to support neighbour connectivity and action, based on our belief that the more options people have, the more likely they are to engage and connect.
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As governments and organizations increasingly recognize the importance of online citizen engagement, here are 7 trends to watch as we start the new year.
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Business Community Anti-Poverty Initiative (BCAPI), a progressive movement of the Saint John business community to help the city end generational poverty.
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