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title: March 2022 CDC Newsletter
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We have a lot to celebrate this year! Join us at our first in-person event in two years

| View in browser Hi there,   Deepening Communities has a lot to celebrate this year! At the core of our celebration is community. We have worked hard as a community to get through the last two years and have learned a lot about what community means and the importance of sticking together.      Here at Deepening Community, we are celebrating a few different things as we kick off 2022: we are celebrating our team growing; we are celebrating our members and all the hard work they’ve done at the local level; and we are celebrating the new communities who have joined us recently, bringing us to over 40 members across Canada.      Lastly, we are celebrating that we are finally planning our first in-person gathering in two years.        We have so much planned for you this year and ask you to join us in our celebration! And don’t forget to celebrate your local communities – all that they have done and all that they do!    Sincerely,    Heather and the Deepening Communities Team        Upcoming Event Celebrating Neighbours: Measuring the Impact of ABCD June 7–9, 2022 \| London, Ontario Join us in London, ON, as we convene Canada’s premier community development leaders and neighbourhood practitioners to explore the impact of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) and leading neighbourhood and community revitalizing strategies. Learn More and Register       Featured Resources Video: Building Belonging in St. Albert: A Story of Deepening Community   St Albert is one of our founding Deepening Community Members. This is a digital story of how a St Albert is supporting their residents to build neighbourhoods and connect neighbours to neighbours. Watch the Video       ARTICLE \| Citizens take the lead in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighbourhood   This article by Ksenia Stepkina and Dan Ritchie offers an overview of the strengths and challenges of a grassroots, citizen-led approach to neighbourhood-building in Kitsilano. Read the Article       Resources and Blog Posts PROJECT \| Strengthening Our Area Residents (SOAR) PROJECT \| Seneca Towns Engaging People for Solutions (STEPS) BLOG POST \| Recreating our ways to empower people with disabilities E-BOOK \| The Collective Impact Toolkit       Who We're Collaborating With Movement for Community-Led Development We are so excited to be partnering with the Movement for Community Led Development to work with our members to provide training and an assessment tool for our Deepening Community members to assess their local community led work.   ABCD Institute In November 2021, Deepening Community and John McKnight hosted 50 people for a learning event about the seven functions of community. Participants worked in small groups to dive deeper into what the functions look like in community, focusing on outcomes for residents, associations and institutions.   We are now working with a small group to see how we can weave asset-mapping and the functions together to build a whole community development strategy.        Get Connected Across Canada We are so excited to start the new year with 40 members from across Canada who are working to deepen community and build neighbourhoods. We would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest members: Shalom Community Co-operative, ON Town of Canmore, AB Old Grace Housing Co-operative, MB Bain Apartments Co-operative, ON Region of Queens Municipality, NS Westboine Park Housing Co-operative, MB KW Habilitation, ON Halam Park Housing Co-operative, ON Westmorland Albert, NB Join the Membership       Upcoming Workshops and Webinars WEBINAR \| Thinking Like a System and Leading with Humility March 2, 2022   Join Mayor Lisa Helps of Victoria, BC, as she sits down with best-selling author Margaret Wheatley for a fireside chat about systems thinking and changing the way we as cities/towns think about working collectively. Learn More and Register       WORKSHOP \| Living Labs: A Place-based Innovation Approach March 3, 2022   This virtual workshop will provide you with a better understanding of how Living Labs work; an appreciation of their ability to adapt to your innovation objectives and context; and practical advice to support their deployment. Learn More and Register       WEBINAR \| A Deep Dive into “The Art of Neighboring” April 13, 2022   Join Dave Runyon in a fireside chat with our very own Deepening Community Member Deanna Butz from Stony Plain as they talk about the importance of focusing your work on building neighbour relationships and what that means for building neighbourhoods. Learn More and Register Stay in touch with us: The Cities Deepening Community Newsletter is brought to you by: Tamarack Institute, University of Waterloo, 140 Westmount Road North, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G6, Canada, 519-885-5155 Unsubscribe Manage preferences |
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