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Setting the Table with Ben Weinlick

Posted by Bronwyn Kent on November 18, 2016

On November 14, Al Etmanski and Vickie Cammack had the pleasure of talking with Ben Weinlick about Setting the Table for Allies, Adversaries, and Strangers for the third part of our IMPACT-Ability Webinar Series.

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New Forest in The City

Posted by Derek Vanderwyk on November 18, 2016

To “plant a forest” is a task so large as to sound like ridicule. 

Certainly, we often plant gardens, glens, and parks, but “planting forests” is more akin to “moving mountains”- that is, a synonym for the impossible.

Yet, while walking through the site of the “New Forest in the City,” a recently planted stretch of land on the east side of Brantford, the truth in the name becomes apparent. 

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Community Input Shapes Neighbourhood Strategy: Kitchener Announces the Results So Far

Posted by Michelle Drake on November 18, 2016

After a massive community engagement process that saw over 5,000 people contribute nearly 4,000 hours of input, the Kitchener Neighbourhood Strategy Project Team is very excited to share what they have heard and what they are proposing to do in response. Here is a summary of the draft results just announced as they move closer to their goal.

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Change for the Audacious Webinar: A Follow Up

Posted by Steve Waddell on November 15, 2016

After our webinar Change for the Audacious: A Conversation with Steve Wadell on Large Systems Change (LSC), one of the participants, Ian, asked me about connections between it and integral theory and Theory U.

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Lonely? Seeking Community? There’s an App for that!

Posted by Sylvia Cheuy on November 11, 2016

Interestingly, in an age where social networking and abundant “virtual” connectivity is at our fingertips, it seems that people, especially the elderly, are lonelier than ever before. Truly, the negative effects of loneliness have many consequences- including poor health:

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New book advocates for Basic Income Guarantee

Posted by Roderick Benns on November 11, 2016

Leaders and Legacies publisher, Roderick Benns, spent nearly two years interviewing prominent leaders and academics across Canada on the merits of a basic income guarantee, hoping to help put the policy on the radar of politicians across the country.

A basic income (also known as a guaranteed annual income) would ensure no one ever drops below the poverty line.

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