--- title: The Latest | Community Innovation (2) description: Community Innovation | (2) --- [![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) # The Latest Contribute. We love to hear your thoughts, your musings and your latest work. Please share with us! [![Write a post](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/316071/33819a55-1164-4664-8ab0-c9fe2f42d6f1) #### Subscribe. Be in the know. Get the latest updates about community change and building vibrant communities. [Learn More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/subscribe?hsLang=en-us) × - [Climate Change & SDGs](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/climate-transitions) - [Collective Impact](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/collective-impact) - [Community Engagement](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/community-engagement) - [Community Development](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/cities-deepening-community) - [Evaluation](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/evaluation) - [Innovation](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/community-innovation) - [Leadership](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/collaborative-leadership) - [Poverty](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/cities-reducing-poverty) - [Youth](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/communities-building-youth-futures) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Tamarack-CEP-innovative-community-based-projects-reducing-poverty-in-saint-john-miguel-angel-sanz_2_widescreen.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/innovative-community-based-projects-reducing-poverty-in-saint-john?hsLang=en-us) ### [Innovative community-based projects reducing poverty in Saint John](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/innovative-community-based-projects-reducing-poverty-in-saint-john?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Natasha Pei](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/natasha-pei) on September 21, 2021 In 2018, [Living SJ](https://www.livingsj.ca/) collectively raised an additional $10 million over five years for the Saint John community to reduce poverty when they became the stewards of New Brunswick’s [Social Innovation Fund](https://www.livingsj.ca/social-innovation-fund). The purpose of the grant is to demonstrate innovative community-based practices that could successfully lift Saint John residents out of poverty and be scaled to other jurisdictions throughout the province. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/innovative-community-based-projects-reducing-poverty-in-saint-john?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Jaime%20mes%20voisins%203x5.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/conversations-with-quebec?hsLang=en-us) ### [Conversations with Quebec](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/conversations-with-quebec?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Myriam Bérubé](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/myriam-bérubé) on July 8, 2021 [Lire en français](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/fr-ca/latest/conversations-avec-le-qu%C3%A9bec?hsLang=en-us) What are Quebec actors saying to Tamarack? My conversations with over 25 organizations in Quebec (between May and June 2021) have revealed the path forward, both in sharing Quebec's experiences in community development elsewhere in Canada and growing and nurturing Tamarack's learning community in Quebec. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/conversations-with-quebec?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Road%20to%20Recovery%20written%20on%20desert%20road-1.jpeg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/community-based-covid-recovery-lisa-attygalle-paul-born?hsLang=en-us) ### [Community-Based COVID Recovery](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/community-based-covid-recovery-lisa-attygalle-paul-born?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Paul Born & Lisa Attygalle](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/paul-born-lisa-attygalle) on March 17, 2021 [10 - A Guide for a Community-Based COVID-19 Recovery](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/library/ten-guide-community-based-covid-recovery-2021?hsLang=en) is a beautiful 32-page booklet based on an idea hatched by the Tamarack Board and Co-CEO’s Liz Weaver and Paul Born while developing a ten-year strategy for Tamarack. As an organization we have spent many hours considering why and how cities and communities have become such a force in community change, especially now during COVID-19. With an eye to the future, this guide captures this momentum, attempting to do so in practical and useful ways. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/community-based-covid-recovery-lisa-attygalle-paul-born?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Woman%20working%20in%20flower%20shop.jpeg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/you-can-make-a-difference-a-guide-to-being-a-great-consultant-zena-simces?hsLang=en-us) ### [You Can Make A Difference: A Guide to Being a Great Consultant](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/you-can-make-a-difference-a-guide-to-being-a-great-consultant-zena-simces?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Zena Simces](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/zena-simces) on March 8, 2021 In my recently published book, You Can Make A Difference: A Guide to Being a Great Consultant, I recognize the successful work of the Tamarack Institute in applying a collective impact approach for meaningful community change. As a consultant, manager or leader engaging multiple groups of stakeholders to co-create solutions to complex organizational or industrial challenges, or addressing major community social, health or environmental transformations, this approach enables you to move beyond the single impact of an initiative in the short-term to strive for broader impact in the long-term. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/you-can-make-a-difference-a-guide-to-being-a-great-consultant-zena-simces?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Photos/Image%20Library/Innovation%20Paper.jpg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/announcing-the-2020/21-cbyf-community-innovation-fund-recipients?hsLang=en-us) ### [Announcing the 2020/21 CBYF Community Innovation Fund Recipients](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/announcing-the-2020/21-cbyf-community-innovation-fund-recipients?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Nathalie Blanchet](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/nathalie-blanchet) on February 8, 2021 Tamarack Institute is proud to announce the recipients of our 2020-21 Communities Building Youth Futures Community Innovation Fund. Tamarack and Government of Canada’s Learning Branch through the Goal Getters program, have implemented Communities Building Youth Futures to develop system-wide solutions for youth as they build and act upon plans for their future. The **Community Innovation Fund** is an opportunity for member communities to experiment and develop new models and local efforts, that are not covered by other grants or funding streams, which support youth in the community. [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/announcing-the-2020/21-cbyf-community-innovation-fund-recipients?hsLang=en-us) [![](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hubfs/Innovative.jpeg) ](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/innovation-in-a-few-easy-steps?hsLang=en-us) ### [Innovation in a Few Easy Steps](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/innovation-in-a-few-easy-steps?hsLang=en-us) Posted by [Liz Weaver](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/author/liz-weaver) on October 13, 2020 Tamarack defines community innovation as “Change, for good, with and within a community. In other words, Community Innovation is a community-championed change with benefits that are meaningful to the community. What makes Community Innovation different from other forms of Social Innovation is the focus on community – placing community members as both the champions and as the arbiters of change.” [Read More](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/innovation-in-a-few-easy-steps?hsLang=en-us) [Previous](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/community-innovation/page/1) [Next](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest/topic/community-innovation/page/3) [![20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/hs-fs/hubfs/Administration/Tamarack%20Logos/20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png?width=3401&name=20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange.png "20yrLogo-2_WhiteOrange")](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) ### Tamarack [Home](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/?hsLang=en-us) [Latest](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/latest) [Events](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/eventlisting?hsLang=en-us) [Donate](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/donate?hsLang=en-us) [About](https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/whoweare?hsLang=en-us) ### Follow Us [** ** ](https://www.facebook.com/TamarackInstitute) [** ** ](https://twitter.com/Tamarack_Inst) [** ** ](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tamarack-institute-for-community-engagement)   In the spirit of respect, reciprocity, and truth we honour and acknowledge that our work occurs across Turtle Island (North America), which has been home since time immemorial to the ancestors of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples. ### Subscribe Be in the know. 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