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Living Wage Week in Canada, 2016: Engaging Businesses

October 31st - November 6th marks the annual Living Wage Week in Canada for 2016.

This is a week where living wage organizers celebrate employers in their role of providing staff with liveable wages, and support them to raise awareness about what a living wage is, as well as the benefits of paying one.

There are now living wage rates calculated in 53 communities across Canada. Of which, 26 are linked to Cities Reducing Poverty comprehensive poverty reduction initiatives, an increase of five in the past year, with even more communities in the process of researching or developing a living wage campaign.

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Learning from Lynda Kahn & Jack Pearpoint

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Together, When We Are Engaged

They say, “a picture is worth 1,000 words.”  This is certainly true of an exciting new photo exhibit – Together, When We Are Engaged – hosted by Tamarack in Waterloo Ontario.  With a series of bold, vibrant images, this exhibit captures the passion and impact of community engagement and action.

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Putting Children at the Centre

I am writing this from “down under” where Anglicare Tasmania and Communities for Children recently hosted over 500 leaders in Launceston, Tasmania to develop strategies which are designed to put children and their families at the centre of community well-being.

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Learning to Love Complexity

"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." - T. S. Eliot

Human beings love patterns, certainty, something simple to help manage the messiness and complexities of life. Our hopes for Collective Impact are no different: if we simply apply Collective Impact’s 5 conditions to the social issues we strive to change won’t that be enough?!

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Collective Impact, Voltran and The Borg

Collective impact: Voltron Vs. The Borg? Yes, you read the question right. I take no credit at all for this title or the truly stellar piece of writing and metaphor that it introduces.

These words and opinions, from blogger Vu Le (@nonprofitwballs) are probably the best explanation of the key concepts of collective impact I have come across. I may be biased given the significant role Voltron: Defender of the Universe played in my early childhood development.

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