Our work spans sectors & communities, helping you engage key players from grassroots leaders and local organizations to institutions, businesses, and government. By leveraging the strengths of the entire community ecosystem, we drive lasting impact. Our projects include:
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Community Engagement Strategies
Centennial College
Supporting the development of a college-wide community engagement framework built on the College’s rich history and role within its various communities. This has included:
- Strategic development of the community engagement framework
- Internal asset mapping
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Building Institutional Capacity
Northcrest Developments
Catalyzing local equity hiring by seeding and developing community-based workforce pathways using a collaborative and coordinated cross-community workforce development strategy. This has included:
- Capacity building and learning about the Connected Community Approach
- Coaching around community engagement and network building, including exploration of potential new pathways and activities
- Forum design and support
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Strengthening Local Resilience
Headwaters Communities in Action
Helping to strengthen Headwaters Communities in Action’s (HCIA) resilience post-pandemic by enabling it to live into its Theory of Change with concrete actions using the Connected Community Approach. This support has included:
- Development of a Playbook that turns HCIA’s Theory of Change into operational actions
- Co-designing concrete steps towards HCIA’s strategic directions
- Customized learning journey that enables HCIA in its role as a community backbone organization, including access to tools, resources and coaching support