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This paper was prepared on behalf of Social Development Canada to support the department and its partners in developing an evaluation framework for potential federal investment in the social economy. …
The Matrix is a tool a community with little or no planning capacity or experience will really use to ballpark its present state and define a target to move towards….
Count Me In! analyzes inclusion through the determinants of health. The feeling and reality of belonging play differently through the various determinants of health and among groups in a diverse…
Ma Mawi, Canada’s first and largest major urban native child and family support program, is a great example of a community taking charge of their own challenges and opportunities and…
How do comprehensive, multisectoral initiatives contribute to poverty reduction? The six Trail Builders in Vibrant Communities are experimenting with a variety of approaches. This series documents their experiences. For each…
Communities across Canada are grappling with many of the same food security issues that the Toronto Food Policy Council seeks to address. Quite naturally, urban hunger is a priority issue…
In this working paper commissioned in the context of the Community Employment Innovation Project, the authors reflect on the available literature dealing with the social economy in an effort to…
This Tool Kit will assist community organizations in becoming more equitable, diverse and inclusive than they are at present. The purpose of this Tool Kit is to support diversity and…
The Earth Charter Action Tool (EarthCAT) is a free software tool designed to provide communities with a framework that permits them to identify their own priorities and approaches as they…
This step-by-step strategic planning tool is based on the Medicine Wheel in order to make it more culturally appropriate to Aboriginal communities. 17 clear steps are provided to guide the…
Uniting top academics and high profile experts from across the country, this contributed volume is the first of its kind published in Canada. It summarizes how socio-economic factors affect the…
The five community-based organizations that are helping lead the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Rebuilding Communities Initiative (RCI) offer excellent opportunities to document the success of community-based leadership development. At the…
