--- title: Top 10 Examples of the Growing Movement to Deepen Community in 2017 description: Inspiring stories about the work that happened to deepen our sense of community 2017, and resources to fuel your own neighbourhood initiative. image: https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/38442284911_30f8876308_o.jpg --- [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=200&height=47&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) # Top 10 Examples of the Growing Movement to Deepen Community in 2017 Posted on December 15, 2017 [By Heather Keam](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/heather-keam) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) There is some amazing work that is being done in neighbourhoods all across Canada. In this article, we wanted to highlight some of the inspiring stories about work that happened in 2017, and provide resources to fuel your own neighbourhood initiative. 1. [Read](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5cnVB-zJQycci1MVzVLcjZBMTQ/view?_hsenc=p2ANqtz--5716cFR7UXVvMiTDqYU5bcNibCNP3CXVw3sINWDZfo8OskS518iXYfy9ehOLZOlyyX9uD) about the City of Victoria’s Building Resilient Neighbourhoods Project – A report on four years of learning. 2. [Read](http://deepeningcommunity.ca/sites/default/files/connecting_lakeside_new_formatting_v4b_-_feb_13_17.pdf) about York Region’s Connecting Lakeside Deepening Community Initiative, gathering neighbours to get to know one another, sharing hopes and discovering their gifts in a social housing context. 3. [Read](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/if-you-want-to-build-community-start-where-the-people-are?hsLang=en-us) more about engaging people where they live, in Jim Diers' article, If you want to build community, start where the people are. 4. [Listen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhQ8m2b4d5Q&feature=youtu.be&utm_campaign=Deepening+Community&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8Oxe6H753VB2LqUJ_oOpgOhwrMBwKpnOFkB3h7_UXdDsrqZD_ziZblXPDxspfG_xY7bCA8) to Kitchener’s Neighbourhood Strategy to learn about how the city started their first neighbourhood strategy and how they will support resident-led initiatives into the future. 5. [Listen](http://vibrantcanada.ca/blogs/natasha-pei/recording-online-montreals-centre-sud-nourishing-neighbourhood) to Montreal's Centre Sud Nourishing Neighbourhood to learn about a central-Montreal working class neighbourhood that collectively created a strategy for addressing food security issues using a unique combination of creative and logical solutions. 6. [Listen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shEllcBPOqY&utm_campaign=Deepening%20Community&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--_X3HiU66gH3jiYtdFSeTv4zx09HbD7NCocoQVhnDoDxYWcao3CpjKYh4BaR-AkpIuuDBk) to Donna Thompson as she talks about advocating with empathy. 7. [Listen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUkBLR4iMe4&t=4s&utm_campaign=Deepening+Community&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-88iXH5P20C6uQmU_cpulds7OSF7fRYIuo-Pe45w9BKFcSnisR2XG60P1lsuost14T1wkgy) to a conversation about the changing nature of technology and the impact on ourselves, our families and movements. 8. [Read](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/the-halo-project?hsLang=en-us) about the Halo Project from Milton Friesen as he talks about understanding how, and in what ways, our community contributions add up to make a real difference for the common good. 9. [Read](http://deepeningcommunity.ca/sites/default/files/theory_of_aligned_contribution.pdf) about Micheal McAfee’s Theory of Aligned Contribution explaining the conditions needed to bridge the gap between desired results and current reality in complex adaptive systems. 10. [Listen](http://deepeningcommunity.ca/blogs/natasha-pei/recording-online-needs-assets-new-approach-community-building) to John McKnight present the principles of Asset-Based Community Development, a paradigm shift that will help you work and interact with people in a way that is empowering for neighbourhood residents.  Topics: [Cities Deepening Community](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/cities-deepening-community) ![Heather Keam](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/heather.png) ### By [Heather Keam](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/heather-keam) Heather works with municipalities and organizations to build strategies that put people at the center using Asset-Based Community Development. With over 22 years of experience in community development, she uses an ABCD approach to center people and belonging in the development of community plans and strategies through coaching and training staff teams, facilitation, and writing about ABCD and Belonging. She has a passion for the power of people and believes that people and communities are the solutions to local problems. She believes that we need to build a sense of community belonging so that people are connected to their community, and their place within it and get involved in decision-making. 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