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Towards a Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy

Tamarack’s Vibrant Communities Canada (VCC) is contributing to the Government of Canada’s large-scale public engagement process towards a federal Canadian poverty reduction strategy.  Through a partnership with Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), VCC supported 27 Cities Reducing Poverty (CRP) members to host 31 consultations across 9 provinces and territories, representing over 600 participants. ESDC will be collating feedback from these consultations into a What We Heard report that will be presented to the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Families, Children and Social Development.

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Evaluations that Work: Your Questions Answered

On June 22nd, Vibrant Communities Canada and the Ontario Nonprofit Network hosted a webinar ' Evaluations That Work: What the Non-Profit Sector Can Learn from the Ontario Nonprofit Network and Vibrant Communities'. The webinar unpacked real-life stories from three Vibrant Communities panelists, who showcased times where evaluation worked really well for them, and highlighted factors which contributed to their success. A successful evaluation was defined as one that led to insight and action.
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Capitalizing on non-technical factors to improve the success of evaluations

While non-profit organizations sometimes struggle with technical aspects of evaluation, their strengths often lie in non-technical areas, such as relationship building and communication.

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