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CASE STUDY | Building on the Strengths...

Collective Impact, Case Studies, Collaboration, Homepage Resources, Quebec, Myriam Berube

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

This publication is part of a series of case...

WEBINAR | Bridging Community and Data...

Webinars and Videos, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Data, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar, Kieran Maingot

This webinar recording features a conversation about how climate and community data have been brought into community-led work to...

CASE STUDY | Supporting Indigenous...

Case Studies, Indigenous, Homepage Resources, Quebec, Myriam Berube

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

This publication is part of a series of case...

CASE STUDY | Harnessing the Power of...

Collective Impact, Case Studies, Collaboration, Homepage Resources, Quebec, Myriam Berube

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

This publication is part of a series of case...

CASE STUDY | Building Capacity Through...

Collective Impact, Case Studies, Homepage Resources, Quebec, Myriam Berube

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

This publication is part of a series of case...

WEBINAR | Collaboration – Beginnings...

Collaborative Leadership, Webinars and Videos, Liz Weaver, Sylvia Cheuy, Collaboration

This webinar recording features a conversation with Linda Mollenhauer of Ignite NPS and the Tamarack Institute’s own Liz Weaver...

CASE STUDY | Citizen Mobilization as a...

Case Studies, Municipal, Racial Equity, Homepage Resources, Quebec, Equity

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

This publication is part of a series of case...

TOOL | Accountability Matrix: Building...

Collaborative Leadership, Tools, Liz Weaver, Homepage Resources

Tamarack Institute Co-CEO Liz Weaver has designed a collaborative tool for building accountability matrices, to support your...

WEBINAR | Navigating Multiple Crises:...

Webinars and Videos, Systems Change, Homepage Resources, Equity

This webinar recording features a conversation about the concept of systemic mediation and what it can offer towards building the...

WEBINAR | Creating a Culture of...

Webinars and Videos, CDC Webinars, Homepage Resources, Jorge Garza, Equity, Rochelle Ignacio, Communities Building Belonging

This webinar recording features a conversation with some of the bright minds behind The Learning Tree on their organization’s...

WEBINAR | Circle of Actions Q&A

Webinars and Videos, Homepage Resources, Jorge Garza, Communities Building Belonging, Prachir Pasricha

This webinar recording features a conversation with members of the Communities Building Belonging team about the Circle of Actions

REPORT | Evaluation Report:...

Evaluating Community Impact, Ontario, Homepage Resources, Participatory Grantmaking

This report by Jean-Marie Chapeau showcases the findings of an evaluation of the Participatory Grantmaking Pilot Project that...

TOOL | Open Space Technology

Collective Impact, Tools

Open Space is a highly flexible and participatory methodology that allows participants to co-design and self-manage their meeting...

WEBINAR | Using Social Finance to...

Webinars and Videos, Poverty Reduction Strategy, Finances, CDC Webinars, Homepage Resources, Jorge Garza, Communities Building Belonging

In the midst of intersecting and compounding crises, there is a pressing need for financial tools that drive positive change at...

WEBINAR | Building Communities That...

Webinars and Videos, Neighbourhood Strategy, Heather Keam, Communities Building Youth Futures, CDC Webinars, Homepage Resources, Jorge Garza, Communities Building Belonging

This webinar recording features a conversation about the structures (social, physical and relational) that create belonging,...

WEBINAR | Indigenous Partnerships for...

Webinars and Videos, Indigenous, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar, SDGs

This webinar recording features a conversation developing partnerships along the economic, environmental, and social dimensions...

GUIDE | Improving Youth Service...

Collective Impact, Tools, Guides, Communities Building Youth Futures, CBYF Publications, Homepage Resources

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

Navigating the web of social services for...

WEBINAR | Advancements on Basic Income...

Webinars and Videos, Basic Income, CRP Webinars, Homepage Resources, Communities Ending Poverty

This webinar recording features a conversation about important developments in the basic income movement in Canada over the...

WEBINAR | Cybersecurity – Building a...

Webinars and Videos, Homepage Resources, Digital Divide, Digital Resilience

This webinar recording features a conversation with three leaders in the field of cybersecurity about how nonprofit organizations...

WEBINAR | Intro to the Inner...

Webinars and Videos, CCT Webinar, SDGs, Prachir Pasricha

This webinar recording features a conversation with Jamie Bristow and Arielle Goodman on how to apply inner development and...

ARTICLE | Building Strong Brains in...

Collaborative Leadership, Liz Weaver, Youth, Homepage Resources, United States, Impact Story

Discover the impactful journey of Elkhart County's commitment to childhood development! 

ARTICLE | Collaboration Lab: Investing...

Collaborative Leadership, Liz Weaver, Diversity, Homepage Resources, United States, Impact Story

Discover the transformation of the Dan River Region! This Impact Story highlights the remarkable journey of building a...

ARTICLE | Belonging, Community and...

Belonging, Climate Change, CDC Publications, Homepage Resources, CCT Publications

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

At a time of increasing social isolation and...

ARTICLE | Interconnected Practices for...

Community Engagement, Collective Impact, Systems Change, Homepage Resources

Unlock the power of change through understanding. This article discusses Tamarack's transformative framework that fuels and...

CASE STUDY | Building Housing...

Community Engagement, ABCD, Affordable Housing, Community Development, Cities Deepening Community, CDC Publications, Homepage Resources, Communities Building Belonging

Four trailblazing communities across Canada joined Tamarack's Building Belonging Membership Program. Through it, they built...

WEBINAR | Neighbourhood Roundtables:...

Community Engagement, Webinars and Videos, Neighbourhood Strategy, Quebec, Myriam Berube

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

WEBINAR | The Evaluation of Montréal en...

Evaluating Community Impact, Webinars and Videos, Homepage Resources, Quebec, Jean-Marie Chapeau

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

WEBINAR | The Art of Scaling Deep

Collaborative Leadership, Webinars and Videos, Lisa Attygalle, Systems Change, Homepage Resources

This webinar recording features a conversation with Tatiana Fraser and Rachel Sinha, co-founders of The Systems Sanctuary

ARTICLE | Harnessing the power of...

Community Development, Quebec

How does the National Table of Community Development Corporations harness networking power in community development?

ARTICLE | Community Belonging: A Way to...

Articles, Belonging, CDC Publications, Homepage Resources, Communities Ending Poverty, Communities Building Belonging

How can community belonging help to reduce poverty in Canada?

WEBINAR | Relationship Infrastructure...

Neighbourhood Strategy, Government, CDC Webinars, Homepage Resources, Danya Pastuszek

This webinar recording features a conversation with Seth Kaplan, PhD, about his October 2023 book, Fragile Neighbourhoods,...

CASE STUDY | When Community Residents...

Community Engagement, Case Studies, Ontario, Homepage Resources, Gender Equity, Peel Region, Karenveer Pannu

What happens when the people in a community are given decision-making power? In this case study, discover how Tamarack is working...

WEBINAR | Democratizing Planning...

Webinars and Videos, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar, Urban, Kieran Maingot

This masterclass recording features a presentation from Aurash Khawarzad, an artist, educator and urban planner whose work uses a...

WEBINAR | Centering Creative and...

Community Engagement, Ontario, Homepage Resources, Urban, Duncan Field

This webinar recording features a conversation with David Carey and Sam Carter-Shamai of Toronto’s The Bentway, an organization...

REPORT | Communities Ending Poverty...

Evaluating Community Impact, Poverty Reduction Strategy, CRP Publications, Homepage Resources, Communities Ending Poverty

Communities Ending Poverty (CEP) is a dynamic network on a mission to eradicate poverty across Canada and beyond. With over two...

CASE STUDY | Transforming the Coasts of...

Case Studies, New Brunswick, Homepage Resources, CCT Publications

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

Coastal communities in Canada are facing...

WEBINAR | Five Community-Driven...

Collective Impact, Webinars and Videos, Sylvia Cheuy, Community Change, Homepage Resources, New Zealand Aotearoa

This webinar recording features a conversation with members of New-Zealand Aotearoa-based SASS (Systems-change Advocacy Support...

WEBINAR | Grassroots Versus Grasstops:...

Webinars and Videos, Natasha Pei, Poverty Reduction Strategy, Finances, CRP Webinars, Homepage Resources, working poverty

This webinar recording features a conversation with Seth Klein, author of A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency...

WEBINAR | Businesses Reducing Poverty

Webinars and Videos, Natasha Pei, Poverty Reduction Strategy, Finances, CRP Webinars, Homepage Resources, working poverty

This webinar recording examines the case for for-profits in the changemaking space and highlighted unique levers businesses have...

REPORT | Communities Ending Poverty...

CRP Publications, Homepage Resources, Communities Ending Poverty

In the face of unprecedented challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, communities have shown remarkable capacity for...

WEBINAR | Investing in Place-Based...

Collaborative Leadership, Sylvia Cheuy, Homepage Resources, Place-based, United Kingdom

Place-based or community-based collaborative models have the power and potential to drive significant and systems level impact....

RESOURCE | Days of Significance...

Homepage Resources, Equity

Many folks in your organization or community, just like at Tamarack, observe various ethnocultural, religious, faith, and...

CASE STUDY | Centering Equity and...

Collaborative Leadership, Liz Weaver, Homepage Resources, Equity

In this paper we explore what equity means in place-based change and systems transformation. We consider it as one of the most...

WEBINAR | Engaging Hearts and Minds...

Community Engagement, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar, Jennifer Lerus-Roulez

This webinar recording features a conversation with Montana Burgess of BC-based Neighbours United about the practice of deep...

WEBINAR | The United Nations High-Level...

Municipal, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar, SDGs, Laura Schnurr

The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) is an annual global check-in hosted by the United Nations to take stock on progress towards...

WEBINAR | Authentically Sharing Power...

Webinars and Videos, Lisa Attygalle, Youth Engagement, Homepage Resources

This webinar recording features a conversation with Meleah Follen, Youth Engagement Director at the Northfield Healthy Community...

WEBINAR | Building Sustainable...

British Columbia, Sustainability, Ruté Ojigbo, Homepage Resources, Peel Region

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

WEBINAR | From Coaching to the Practice...

Collaborative Leadership, Quebec

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

CASE STUDY | Designing Well-Being...

Case Studies, Finances, Climate Change, Homepage Resources, CCT Publications, Climate Transitions, Equitable Economies, Chiara Camponeschi

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

Growing poverty, escalating climate change,...

WEBINAR | Building Sustainable...

Webinars and Videos, Sustainability, Communities Building Youth Futures, CBYF Webinars, Homepage Resources, Rana Nemat Allah

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

CASE STUDY | Implementing a...

Case Studies, Nova Scotia, Climate Change, Homepage Resources, CCT Publications, Climate Transitions, Chiara Camponeschi

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

This case study by Community Climate...

WEBINAR | Planning for Sustainable and...

Webinars and Videos, Housing, Housing Strategy, Climate Change, CRP Webinars, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar, Jennifer Lerus-Roulez

Safe, adequate and affordable housing is not only essential to tackling the climate emergency, but a crucial requirement to...

WEBINAR | A World Without Labels:...

Webinars and Videos, Cities Deepening Community, Homepage Resources, Equity

This webinar recording features a conversation with a panel of community advocates who are working to change how we see labeled...

WEBINAR | Building Sustainable...

Webinars and Videos, Sustainability, CBYF Webinars, Homepage Resources

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

This webinar recording features a...

WEBINAR | Global Book Launch for...

Collective Impact, Webinars and Videos, Paul Born, Community Building, Homepage Resources

This webinar recording features a conversation with veteran community organizer Paul Born, Tamarack Institute Co-CEO Danya...

WEBINAR | Community Leaders: A...

Webinars and Videos, Neighbourhood Strategy, Local, Cities Deepening Community, CDC Webinars, Homepage Resources

This webinar recording features a conversation with four community leaders who discuss why they stepped up and their role in...

WEBINAR | Building Sustainable...

Webinars and Videos, Sustainability, Funding, CBYF Webinars, Homepage Resources

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

This webinar recording features a...

WEBINAR | Building a New Civic Economy...

Webinars and Videos, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar, Equitable Economies

This webinar recording features a conversation with Indy Johar, founding director of Dark Matter Labs and one of the world’s...

WEBINAR | “The Art of Navigating in...

Webinars and Videos, Homepage Resources, Quebec

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

This webinar recording features a...

PUBLICATION | CBYF Formative Evaluation...

Youth, Communities Building Youth Futures, Youth Engagement, CBYF Publications, Homepage Resources

This formative evaluation report provides an overview of the first two years of the implementation of the Communities Building...

WEBINAR | When Children Succeed: A...

Webinars and Videos, Youth, Education, New Brunswick, Poverty Reduction Strategy, CRP Webinars, Homepage Resources

This webinar recording dives into one of the community of Saint John, New Brunswick's, big successes: Closing the...

WEBINAR | When Residents Lead: Creating...

Webinars and Videos, Community Innovation, Alberta, Local, Cities Deepening Community, CDC Webinars, Homepage Resources

This conversation with members of the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues explores the importance of local leadership to...

MEMBERSHIP | Community Climate...

Membership, Climate Change, Climate Transitions

Want to be a part of this exciting movement? Share knowledge and resources with your peers? Access capacity-building resources,...

WEBINAR | Sustaining Social Change:...

Collective Impact, Webinars and Videos, Sylvia Cheuy, Funding, Homepage Resources, Australia

This webinar recording features a conversation with Annabelle Roxon, a co-author of Social Ventures Australia’s research on...

WEBINAR | Understanding the Impact of...

Community Engagement, Webinars and Videos, Lisa Attygalle, Homepage Resources, Relationship-Building

This webinar recording features a conversation with David Jay, founder of Relationality Lab, who takes us through scientific...

WEBINAR | Local Government...

Webinars and Videos, Government, Municipal, Local, CRP Webinars, Homepage Resources, Communities Ending Poverty

This webinar recording explores avenues and tools within municipal and district jurisdiction to help local government leaders,...

WEBINAR | The Connected Community:...

Webinars and Videos, Neighbourhood Strategy, Cities Deepening Community, Homepage Resources

This webinar recording features a conversation with Cormac Russell and John L. McKnight, who talk about their book, The Connected...

WEBINAR | Overcoming Ecoanxiety and...

Webinars and Videos, Climate Change, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar, Mental Health

In this webinar recording, we unpack the human and behavioural aspects of navigating the climate crisis.

10: A Guide for Building a Sustainable...

Collaborative Leadership, Resiliency, Sustainability, CRP Publications, CDC Publications, CBYF Publications, Homepage Resources, Ten Guide

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

10: A Guide for Building a Sustainable and...

CASE STUDY | Saint John Stronger...

New Brunswick, Poverty Reduction Strategy, CRP Publications, Homepage Resources, Communities Ending Poverty

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

This case study captures how Saint John, NB,...

WEBINAR | Mental Health and Poverty: A...

Webinars and Videos, Poverty Reduction, British Columbia, Jill Zacharias, CRP Webinars, Homepage Resources, Mental Health

This webinar recording features a conversation with Registered Clinical Counsellor Jennifer Wright, who illustrates how community...

WEBINAR | Do We Know the Problem We’re...

Collaborative Leadership, Webinars and Videos, Tools, Liz Weaver, Sylvia Cheuy, Homepage Resources, Collaborative Governance

This conversation between Sylvia Cheuy and Liz Weaver explores why it’s important for the leaders of a collaboration to take the...

TOOL | The Cynefin Framework: Defining...

Collaborative Leadership, Publications, Tools, Homepage Resources, Collaborative Governance

Not all problems require the same approach. In fact, by understanding the nature of the problem the collaborative or community...

CASE STUDY | Transforming Systems...

Homelessness, Poverty Reduction Strategy, Lived Experience, Jill Zacharias, CRP Publications, Homepage Resources, Communities Ending Poverty

This case study explores the development and impact of a pilot project that targeted skill building in anti-poverty advocacy,...

FIELD NOTES | Centering Anti-Racist and...

Poverty Reduction Strategy, Racial Equity, Jill Zacharias, CRP Publications, Homepage Resources, Communities Ending Poverty, Equity

Tamarack’s Communities Ending Poverty hosted two conversations that explored how CEP members were developing, implementing, and...

WEBINAR | Kim Samuel on Belonging:...

Webinars and Videos, Cities Deepening Community, Belonging, Isolation, Homepage Resources

This webinar recording features a conversation between our Director of Deepening Community, Heather Keam, and Kim Samuel, the...

WEBINAR | Transforming Systems for...

Webinars and Videos, Poverty Reduction Strategy, CRP Webinars, Homepage Resources, Communities Ending Poverty, Rochelle Ignacio

This webinar recording features a conversation with Scott MacAfee, Chair of the National Advisory Council on Poverty.

WEBINAR | Breakthrough Community...

Collective Impact, Webinars and Videos, Paul Born, Sylvia Cheuy, Community Change, Homepage Resources

Paul Born has spent more than twenty years helping communities across Canada, the United States and around the world to transform...

WEBINAR | Bankability / Payday Lending

Webinars and Videos, Poverty Reduction Strategy, Finances, CRP Webinars, Homepage Resources

This event took place in English.

Lacking access to safe and affordable credit from mainstream financial institutions, many...

WEBINAR | Integrating the SDGs into...

Webinars and Videos, Municipal, Local, Homepage Resources, CCT Webinar, SDGs

This event took place in English. It was co-hosted by SDSN Canada and Tamarack Institute.

In the midst of COVID recovery, many...

WEBINAR | Centring Equity, Diversity,...

Webinars and Videos, Cities Deepening Community, Racial Equity, Homepage Resources, Equity

This event took place in English.

This webinar recording features a conversation with Ana Gonzalez Guerrero (she/her), Rochelle...

CASE STUDY | Building Resilient,...

Case Studies, Ontario, Homepage Resources, CCT Publications, Climate Transitions, Urban, Astrid Arumae

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

WEBINAR | Young Climate Voices on the...

Webinars and Videos, Youth, Communities Building Youth Futures, Youth Engagement, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions

This event took place in English with simultaneous interpretation in French. Click here to access the French recording.

This...

WEBINAR | Impact Networks: Building...

Evaluating Community Impact, Webinars and Videos, Data, Homepage Resources, Jean-Marie Chapeau

This webinar recording features a conversation with David Ehrlichman, co-founder of the Converge network and author of Impact...

GUIDE | Community Climate Start-Up -...

Community Building, Community Change, Guides, Climate Change, Homepage Resources, CCT Publications, Climate Transitions

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

Climate work is community work and taking...

ARTICLE | Collective Climate Action...

Climate Change, Homepage Resources, CCT Publications, Climate Transitions, SDGs, astrid, Astrid Arumae

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

Reflecting Together: Results and...

Cities Reducing Poverty, Learning, Tamarack Institute, Membership, Cities Deepening Community, Communities Building Youth Futures, community, Communities Ending Poverty, Climate Transitions

In July and August 2022, midway through the second year of Tamarack 2030 plan, you – Tamarack’s learners – participated in a...

WEBINAR | Getting Equity on the...

Webinars and Videos, Poverty Reduction, Municipal, Jill Zacharias, CRP Webinars, Homepage Resources

This webinar recording featured a conversation about what local roundtables and equity-seeking groups are doing to get their...

WEBINAR | Transformative Change? It...

Webinars and Videos, Liz Weaver, Community Innovation, Mark Cabaj, Homepage Resources

This webinar recording features a conversation with Mark Cabaj, Keren Perla and Liz Weaver about ambition and transformative...

PAPER | What Is Community?

Community Building, ABCD, Community Change, Cities Deepening Community, Homepage Resources

This resource is the first of eight foundational papers we've written as part of a series titled Building the Case for Deepening...

WEBINAR | Evaluating the Impact of...

Webinars and Videos, Neighbourhood Strategy, Evaluation, ABCD, Alberta, CDC Webinars, Homepage Resources

This webinar recording features a conversation between our consulting Director of Evaluating Impact, Jean-Marie Chapeau, and ...

WEBINAR | Strategies for Shifting Power...

Community Engagement, Webinars and Videos, Lisa Attygalle, Indigenous, Homepage Resources, Participatory Grantmaking, United States

This webinar recording features a conversation with  Gabriela Alcade and Lauress Lawrence from the Elmina B. Sewall Foundation,...

ARTICLE | Climate and the Sustainable...

Workforce Development, Homepage Resources, CCT Publications, Climate Transitions, SDGs, Laura Schnurr

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

The climate crisis is a complex,...

ARTICLE | Climate and the Sustainable...

Community Change, Homepage Resources, CCT Publications, Climate Transitions, SDGs, Laura Schnurr, Jennifer Lerus-Roulez

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

The climate crisis is a complex,...

TOOL | Monitoring Collaboration

Community Engagement, Tools, Evaluation, Collaboration, Homepage Resources, Myriam Berube, Participatory Grantmaking

This tool is designed to help you monitor and assess the quality of collaboration that occurs amongst a group.

CASE STUDY | Participatory Grantmaking...

Community Engagement, Case Studies, Ontario, Homepage Resources, Myriam Berube, Participatory Grantmaking, Peel Region

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

This case study from Myriam Bérubé and...

WEBINAR | Sacred Civics: Building Seven...

Webinars and Videos, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar, Urban

This webinar recording features a conversation with Jayne Engle and Tanya Chung-Tiam-Fook, co-editors of the book Sacred Civics:...

WEBINAR | Civil Society, Power &...

Collaborative Leadership, Webinars and Videos, Homepage Resources, United Kingdom

This webinar recording explores what the chief executive and a project lead at the UK-based Sheila McKechnie Foundation...

CASE STUDY | District of Tofino...

Community Engagement, Case Studies, Poverty Reduction, British Columbia, Jill Zacharias, CRP Publications, Homepage Resources, Communities Ending Poverty

Faced with a critical shortage of child care, the District of Tofino, British Columbia, broke new ground by offering direct...

WEBINAR | Youth Leading on Issues that...

Webinars and Videos, Poverty Reduction, Cities Reducing Poverty, Youth, Communities Building Youth Futures, CRP Webinars, CBYF Webinars, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar

This webinar took place in English with simultaneous French interpretation. Click here to access the French version.

In this...

WEBINAR | Navigating the Community Data...

Evaluating Community Impact, Webinars and Videos, Poverty Reduction, Jill Zacharias, Data, CRP Webinars, Homepage Resources

This webinar featured an overview of the Community Data Program (CDP) and related consortium; highlighted available data sets;...

WEBINAR | Failing Productively in...

Webinars and Videos, Community Building, Community Innovation, Homepage Resources

In this webinar, the speakers worked together to develop collective knowledge and awareness around having a healthy relationship...

CASE STUDY | A Squad of Young Tech...

Case Studies, COVID-19, Communities Building Youth Futures, CBYF Blog, CBYF Publications, Quebec

This resource is also available in French. Please click here for the French version.

Written by Tania Fournier and Sarah...

WEBINAR | How to End a Slow-Rolling...

Webinars and Videos, Community Building, Homepage Resources

There are times when a crisis comes with force and requires immediate action and leadership. A recent example of a crisis...

WEBINAR | Revolutionizing...

Webinars and Videos, Municipal, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar, Laura Schnurr

In this webinar recording, you will learn about the City of Kitchener’s experience adopting the Enterprise Evolution program and...

RESOURCE | Tamarack 2030 Plan on a Page

Strategy, Homepage Resources

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

This Plan on a Page provides an overview of...

ARTICLE | Civil Society & Power:...

Community Change, United Kingdom

Change itself is constantly changing. Where it occurs, who’s involved, what blocks it and what boosts it. At the Sheila McKechnie...

REPORT | Community Climate Transitions...

Evaluating Community Impact, Justin Williams, Homepage Resources, CCT Publications, Climate Transitions, Laura Schnurr

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

As Community Climate Transitions enters its...

WEBINAR | A Dialogue on Systems Change...

Webinars and Videos, Youth, Communities Building Youth Futures, Youth Engagement, Data, CBYF Webinars

This event took place in English with simultaneous interpretation in French. Click here to access the French recording.

...

ARTICLE | Brock University Students'...

These three blogs were written by Brock University Students studying Community Recreation

ARTICLE | About Mentorship

Youth, Communities Building Youth Futures, Employment, Youth Engagement, CBYF Blog

This blog post is written by Phillip Mock, the Project Coordinator of CBYF Chatham-Kent

WEBINAR | Decent Work and the Labour...

Webinars and Videos, Poverty Reduction, Cities Reducing Poverty, Workforce Development, CRP Webinars, Homepage Resources, working poverty

This webinar recording features business owner Devinder Chaudhary, who spoke about how adopting a Living Wage model and decent...

WEBINAR | Multisolving: A Promising...

Webinars and Videos, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar, Laura Schnurr, Intersectoral Action

This webinar recording features a conversation with Elizabeth Sawin, founder and director of the Multisolving Institute.

Listen...

ARTICLE | Future of Work: Survey of...

This resource is also available in French. Please click here for the French version.

This presentation by Megan Nimigon and...

BOOK | 10 - A Guide for Deepening...

Community Engagement, Case Studies, Publications, CDC Publications, Homepage Resources

With the growing sense of disconnect and social isolation happening in communities across Canada and the lack of civic...

WEBINAR | People, Planning and Process...

Webinars and Videos, Community Building, Homepage Resources

In September 2020, the Danville Regional Foundation launched Collaboration Lab, a 10-session collaborative leadership development...

WEBINAR | Building Equity and Justice...

Webinars and Videos, Community Building, Homepage Resources

The Tech that Comes Next: How Changemakers, Philanthropists and Technologists Can Build an Equitable World is a newly released...

ARTICLE | The Future of Work: A...

Youth, Community Development, Workforce Development, Communities Building Youth Futures, Youth Engagement, CBYF Publications

This resource is also available in French.  Please click here for the French version.

This article by Megan Nimigon explores the...

CASE STUDY | Building a Heart-Centered...

ABCD, Ontario, Community Change, CDC Publications, Homepage Resources

This case study by Dan Ritchie, Hardy Steinke, Nicole Bonder and Christine Bennett explores the ABCD approach of Heart Comonos in...

ARTICLE | Transforming Leadership in an...

community, Homepage Resources

The last two years have challenged leaders to think, work and act differently.

WEBINAR | Creating Safety Through...

Webinars and Videos, ABCD, Community Change, CDC Webinars, Homepage Resources

This webinar recording features a fireside chat about the role that everyday citizens can play in promoting safety in their...

ARTICLE | “I felt the power, I felt the...

community, Homepage Resources, Participatory Grantmaking

Many funders are interested in moving away from the traditional grantmaking models — which have been criticized as rigid, opaque...

CASE STUDY | Windsor-Essex’s Community...

Community Engagement, Case Studies, Natasha Pei, Poverty Reduction, Ontario, Homepage Resources, Communities Ending Poverty

In 2018, the Government of Ontario mandated every Ontario municipality to create a multisector Community Safety and Well-Being...

WEBINAR | Centering Lived Experience...

Webinars and Videos, Homepage Resources, Participatory Grantmaking

As part of a Participatory Grantmaking pilot project in Peel launched in 2021, funded by the WES Mariam Assefa Fund, members of...

ARTICLE | Making the Case for...

Strategy, Homepage Resources

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

The arts bring life to our communities. It...

WEBINAR | Income Security, Climate...

Webinars and Videos, Cities Reducing Poverty, Income Security, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar, Laura Schnurr

This webinar recording features a conversation with some of the key actors behind The Green Resilience Project and their work in...

WEBINAR | A Deep Dive into “The Art of...

Webinars and Videos, Community Change, CDC Webinars, Homepage Resources

This webinar recording features a fireside chat with Deanna Butz from Stony Plain and author Dave Runyon as they talk about the...

ARTICLE | 20 Years of Impact: Looking...

Strategy, Homepage Resources

Twenty years is a significant timespan in the life of an organization. Over the years, communities across Canada, the US and...

WEBINAR | Advancing Change in...

Webinars and Videos, Leadership, Systems Change, Community Change, Homepage Resources

This conversation with Sonja Miokovic and Sylvia Cheuy focused on how community changemakers can strengthen their practice and...

CASE STUDY | Shifting From a...

Community Engagement, Evaluating Community Impact, Case Studies, Funding, Homepage Resources

The Elmina B. Sewall Foundation (Sewall) has been engaged in a learning journey—both internally and externally—to deepen equity....

WEBINAR | Convening, Coordinating and...

Webinars and Videos, Quebec, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar, Jorge Garza

This webinar took place in French, with simultaneous English interpretation. Click here to access the French recording.

ARTICLE | Connecting Community, the...

Community Engagement, Neighbourhood Strategy, Heather Keam, Cities Deepening Community, Neighbourhoods, CDC Publications, Homepage Resources

In this article, Heather Keam, Associate Director of Cities Deepening Community, introduces what a neighbourhood strategy is, its...

ARTICLE | A Field Review of the Five...

Community Engagement, Collective Impact, Evaluating Community Impact, Collaborative Leadership, Community Innovation, Community Change Institute, Community Change, Homepage Resources

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

This article by Tamarack's Learning Centre...

CASE STUDY | Supporting Systems Changes...

Community Engagement, Inclusion, Diversity, Homepage Resources, Quebec, Place-based

In this article, Carly Goodman of Federation CJA (FCJA) shares the story of how FCJAs Inclusion Initiative helped to fill a...

FACT SHEET | Neighbourhood Round Tables

Community Engagement, Homepage Resources, Quebec

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

WEBINAR | Building Digital Resilience...

Webinars and Videos, Leadership, Systems Change, Community Change, Homepage Resources

This conversation featured Victor Beausoleil, Amy Ward, Chantal Edwards, Narinder Dhami and Liz Weaver in an engaging...

ARTICLE | The intersection of housing...

Poverty Reduction, Affordable Housing, Climate Change, Homepage Resources, CCT Publications, Climate Transitions, Jorge Garza

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

This article by Cayo Costa and Jorge Garza...

CASE STUDY | Convening, connecting and...

Case Studies, Collaboration, Climate Change, Homepage Resources, Quebec, CCT Publications, Climate Transitions, Jorge Garza

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

This case study profiles the work of...

WEBINAR | A Conversation about...

Webinars and Videos, Leadership, Systems Change, Community Change, Homepage Resources

This conversation featured Danya Pastuszek and Liz Weaver in a lively conversation about leadership journeys, community impact...

WEBINAR | Field Catalysts | A Missing...

Webinars and Videos, Leadership, Systems Change, Community Change, Homepage Resources

In this webinar, Sylvia Cheuy, Liz Weaver and Mark Cabaj explored the four integrated roles of the Field Catalyst and the...

CASE STUDY | City of Vancouver Reduced...

Case Studies, Poverty Reduction, British Columbia, transportation, Jill Zacharias, Homepage Resources, Communities Ending Poverty

This case study by Austin Lui and Jill Zacharias unpacks how the City of Vancouver’s Reduced Fare Transit Pilot offers...

WEBINAR | Thinking Like a System and...

Webinars and Videos, Leadership, Systems Change, Community Change, CDC Webinars, Homepage Resources

In this webinar, Mayor Lisa Helps of Victoria, BC, sits down with Margaret Wheatley for a fireside chat about systems thinking...

WEBINAR | The Essential Mindset and...

Collective Impact, Webinars and Videos, Liz Weaver, Community Change, Homepage Resources

In this webinar, Liz Weaver invites Chris Thompson for a lively discussion about the essential mindset and skillsets of backbone...

WEBINAR | A Place at the Table – How...

Webinars and Videos, ABCD, Disability, Cities Deepening Community, Homepage Resources

Caregiving in society is something that community does best. It is the area in which the “experts” are those who empathize,...

PROJECT | Seneca Towns Engaging People...

Community Building, ABCD, Rural, Cities Deepening Community, CDC Publications, Homepage Resources, New York

This resource is an example of Neighborhood Health Status Improvement from theGreater Rochester Health Foundation.

PROJECT | Strengthening Our Area...

Community Building, ABCD, Rural, Cities Deepening Community, CDC Publications, Homepage Resources, New York

This resource is an example of Neighborhood Health Status Improvement from the Greater Rochester Health Foundation.

It profiles...

GUIDE | Communities Ending Poverty...

Natasha Pei, Membership, Communities Ending Poverty

Read this guide if you are new to the Communities Ending Poverty, would like a refresher on the many exciting learning...

WEBINAR | Academic Partnerships for the...

Webinars and Videos, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar, Partnership

This event was cohosted by the Tamarack Institute and Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Canada.

This public...

WEBINAR | Getting to Systems Change:...

Webinars and Videos, Natasha Pei, Poverty Reduction, Cities Reducing Poverty, Federal, CRP Webinars, Homepage Resources

This event took place in English with simultaneous interpretation in French. Click here to access the French recording.

In this...

WEBINAR | Celebrating the Evolution and...

Collective Impact, Webinars and Videos, Sylvia Cheuy, Community Change, Homepage Resources

In this webinar, Sylvia Cheuy invites Jennifer Splansky Juster and Junious Williams to explore the implications of Collective...

WEBINAR | Building Equitable Economies...

Webinars and Videos, Myriam Berube, Participatory Grantmaking, Peel Region

This session introduced attendees to the People’s Panel, our participatory process, and provided information on our application...

WEBINAR | Design: Application and...

Webinars and Videos, Liz Weaver, Cameron Norman, Homepage Resources, Design Thinking

In this webinar, Cameron Norman and Liz Weaver review the Design Helix to set the stage for an example of a case study on...

Climate Transitions Cohort: Key...

Homepage Resources, CCT Publications, Climate Transitions, Climate Transitions Cohort, Resource List

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

This list has been compiled by the Community...

WEBINAR | Youth well-being and...

Webinars and Videos, Cities Reducing Poverty, Youth, COVID-19, CRP Webinars, CBYF Webinars, Homepage Resources

Youth resilience and well-being are vital to the ability to reach one’s full potential and prevent poverty.

Join us to better...

ARTICLE | Communities Ending Poverty:...

Evaluating Community Impact, Articles, Natasha Pei, Membership, COVID-19, CRP Publications, Homepage Resources, Communities Ending Poverty

When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020, the Tamarack Institute had been celebrating Canada...

WEBINAR | Design Production and...

Webinars and Videos, Liz Weaver, Cameron Norman, Homepage Resources, Design Thinking

In this webinar, Cameron Norman and Liz Weaver explore the second part of the design helix. We share practical tools for each of...

BOOK | 10 - A Guide to Celebrate Paul...

Publications, Paul Born, Tamarack Institute, Homepage Resources

Paul Born, Tamarack’s Co-founder and Co-CEO, was the creator of Tamarack’s signature 10 Guides. The guides each feature 10...

WEBINAR | Halton Climate Collective: A...

Webinars and Videos, Climate Change, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar

The Halton Climate Collective is a group of organizations from across sectors (local and regional municipalities, an...

WEBINAR | Place-based Social Innovation...

Webinars and Videos, Homepage Resources, Quebec, Myriam Berube, Place-based, Philanthropy

Today, communities are facing an array of complex social and environmental challenges. The programs we have created to address...

CASE STUDY | Alternative Economic...

Case Studies, British Columbia, Homepage Resources, CCT Publications, Climate Transitions, economic resilience

Cette ressource est également disponible en français. Cliquez ici pour accéder à la page de destination de la version française.

...

WEBINAR | Imagination and Design

Webinars and Videos, Liz Weaver, Cameron Norman, Community Innovation, Homepage Resources, Imagination, Design Thinking

In this webinar, we will dive into the first half of the design helix. The Design Helix is an emerging approach to support the...

CASE STUDY | Common threads: Weaving...

Case Studies, Homepage Resources, Quebec, CCT Publications, Climate Transitions

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

This case study looks at how a group of...

WEBINAR | Mobilizing Community Change...

Webinars and Videos, Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Communities Building Youth Futures, Youth Engagement, CBYF Webinars, Homepage Resources

This event took place in English with simultaneous interpretation in French. Click here to access the French recording.

How might...

WEBINAR | Theory of Change to Theory of...

Evaluating Community Impact, Webinars and Videos, Sylvia Cheuy, Community Building, Community Development, Homepage Resources

The New Communities Program (NCP) began through the collaboration of the Chicago Local Initiatives Support Corporation...

Case Study | Digby's Youth-Led...

Youth, Communities Building Youth Futures, Youth Engagement, CBYF Publications, Homepage Resources

Through our research with the Digby area community, which was done through Turning the Tide, we at Inspiring Communities...

ARTICLE | Join Tamarack's Board of...

Leadership, Tamarack Institute, Community Change, Community Development, Homepage News

Tamarack’s Board of Directors members have been key partners in stewarding the organization forward since 2001. They have...

WEBINAR | Collective Impact in Action /...

Community Engagement, Homepage Resources

Version française

Five years ago, Montréal’s Collective Impact Project was launched as a unique neighbourhood-based effort to...

WEBINAR | Climate Transitions Cohort –...

Webinars and Videos, Climate Change, Homepage Resources, Climate Transitions, CCT Webinar

The Community Climate Transitions team at Tamarack is launching the Climate Transitions Cohort.

Over 10 months, a group of...

CASE-STUDY | Corner Brook: Free...

Community Engagement, Case Studies, Youth, Youth Engagement, CBYF Publications, Homepage Resources

After the Bell Student Supports Tutoring Program is a new initiative created by Communities Building Youth Futures Corner Brook,...

WEBINAR | Place-based Philanthropy for...

Webinars and Videos, Homepage Resources, Quebec, Myriam Berube, Place-based, Philanthropy

The funding landscape in Québec – and Montréal in particular- has seen increased willingness for collaborative philanthropy and a...

WEBINAR | Basic Income and Climate...

Webinars and Videos, Basic Income, Climate Change, CRP Webinars, Homepage Resources

Basic Income has been long positioned as a means to reduce poverty and improve equality, but it is also a promising strategy for...

CASE STUDY | Sudbury Youth Co-Design...

Community Engagement, Case Studies, Youth, Youth Engagement, CBYF Publications, Homepage Resources

The Brand Identity and Digital Strategy project’s goal was to develop an in-depth understanding of youth and how to best engage,...

PANEL NOTES | Charity Village...

Case Studies, Youth, Communities Building Youth Futures, Youth Engagement, Homepage Resources, Panel Notes

Below you will find reflections and examples from the first 20 months of implementing the Communities Building Youth Futures...

WEBINAR | The Collaboration Spectrum...

Collaborative Leadership, Webinars and Videos, Liz Weaver, Sylvia Cheuy, Collaboration, Homepage Resources

The Collaboration Spectrum is a foundational approach for Tamarack. There are so many ways that collaborative efforts are...

WEBINAR | Building Equitable Economies...

Webinars and Videos, Homepage Resources, Participatory Grantmaking, Peel Region, Mariam Assefa Fund, Equitable Economies

We are excited to announce that the community of Peel has been selected for the Participatory Grantmaking Pilot! We would like to...

CASE STUDY | Fostering a connected...

Case Studies, Alberta, Community Development, Cities Deepening Community, COVID-19, CDC Publications, Homepage Resources

How do communities foster connectedness at a time when it is ever more challenging to do so? The Town of Stony Plain, AB, has...

WEBINAR | Ending Working Poverty in...

Webinars and Videos, British Columbia, CRP Webinars, Homepage Resources, working poverty

With 42% of people living in poverty considered to be working poor, ending working poverty could cut Canada’s poverty rate almost...

WEBINAR | Place-Based Participatory...

Webinars and Videos, Neighbourhoods, Homepage Resources, Place-based

This webinar is part of a new monthly series on Place-based initiatives, featuring a diversity of experiences made in Quebec.

...

Seeing Youth Futures Online Exhibit

Youth, Learning, Communities Building Youth Futures, Homepage Resources

For this year’s Seeing Youth Futures Photo Contest, CBYF has created a 3D virtual gallery that featured 10 exceptional photos....

PAPER | Building Collective Impact...

Collective Impact, Articles, Learning, Homepage Resources

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

As it has continued to evolve and mature,...

WEBINAR | Place-Based Neighbourhood...

Webinars and Videos, Neighbourhoods, Homepage Resources, Place-based

This webinar is the first of a new monthly series on Place-based initiatives, featuring a diversity of experiences made in Quebec.

WEBINAR | Reconnecting our Communities:...

Community Engagement, Webinars and Videos, Cities Deepening Community, Neighbourhoods, Homepage Resources

The Pandemic response in Canada was swift and given the severity of the situation unprecedented. Though on a technical level we...

PUBLICATION | The End of Poverty: Eight...

Cities Reducing Poverty, Community Development, CRP Publications, Homepage Resources, Communities Ending Poverty

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

This guide presents high-impact policies,...

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