Themes: Partnership Building

This report both describes the findings of the Developmental Evaluation (DE) of the 2023 Synergia Transition and Resilience Climate Action Program (STARCAP), and serves as a framework for applying DE…

The Climate Justice Organizing HUB is a support structure designed around the needs of grassroots social movement organizers in so-called Canada that respects organizers’ knowledge regarding their own challenges and…

What are the benefits of community economic development and how can it become more mainstream? Localise West Midlands (UK) has been researching how localised and community economic development can be…

The Community Tool Box’s mission is to promote community health and development by connecting people, ideas, and resources. The central document on the website is a 46 chapter guide with…

This site provides evaluation resources, a handful of downloadable publications, a glossary of terms and a bibliography of tools and guides (not available on-line). Publications include practices for program evaluation…

Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) looks at community development from the view of the glass being half full rather than being half empty. It challenges the traditional ‘top down’ or ‘outside…

The Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement developed this site to promote education about community building in Canada. The Learning Centre section of the site includes a library of recommended books…

The intersecting crises of income and wealth inequality and climate change, driven by systemic white supremacy and gender inequality, has exposed the frailty of the U.S. economy and democracy. This…

ABSTRACT For social enterprise to matter to racialized people, it must be purposefully embedded in the community. This study examines three nonprofit organizations led by women engaged in community economic…

Elinor Ostrom humanised the study of economics and politics. She discovered what is possible, and the problems that can be solved, when we trust each other. Her work inspires optimism,…

On August 21, 2018, the Government of Canada released “Opportunity for All – Canada’s First Poverty Reduction Strategy.” In his letter of transmission to the Prime Minister, the Minister of…

This story was developed through a series of interviews and workshops with key players in the community benefits story in spring 2017. Blueprint conducted interviews with 17 representatives from community…