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Engaging youth as leaders in poverty reduction

Posted by Natasha Pei on August 27, 2022

In 2022, the Communities Ending Poverty network raised the following question: How can we engage youth as leaders in poverty reduction efforts?

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Climate and the Sustainable Development Goals

Posted by the Tamarack Institute on August 18, 2022

This resource is also available in French. Click here to access the French version.

The climate crisis is a complex, multi-faceted challenge. There are countless intersections between climate change and a range of other issues such as poverty, hunger, equality, employment, and sustainable land and water. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a useful framework for unpacking these linkages.
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“How can I make people care about climate change?”: Influencing others to take climate action

Posted by Charly Cox on August 15, 2022

This resource is also available in French. Click here to access the French version.

 
Wouldn’t it be great if we could just tell people to care about climate change … and they did? While, logically, we know we can’t make people take action, when we see others stalling, we might wish we could. Defeated, many of us feel like we’ve tried everything and all that’s left must be to shake people and tell them how bad it’s going to get.
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An Introduction to Jennifer Lerus-Roulez

Posted by Jennifer Lerus-Roulez on August 11, 2022

This resource is also available in French. Click here to access the French version.

 
Jennifer, Manager of Cities, joined Tamarack in July 2022 in the Community Climate Transitions team.
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Windsor-Essex’s Community Safety and Well-Being Plan

Posted by Natasha Pei on July 24, 2022

In 2019, every municipality in Ontario was mandated to develop a Community Safety and Well-Being Plan that would move their activities and investments upstream.

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The Power of Connection and Collaboration: Reflections from Celebrating Neighbours – Measuring the Impact of ABCD

Posted by Connor Judge on July 20, 2022

Last month, the Deepening Community team hosted Tamarack's first in-person event in over two years. This blog post is a reflection of the most significant learning I took away from the event. 

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