What are the concrete ways that policy makers and funders can support place-based, collaborative and comprehensive efforts to reduce poverty?
Community wide efforts to tackle complex issues such as poverty do not operate in a vacuum. They are directly and indirectly influenced by the policies and practices of public policy and government and philanthropic funders. Many of the traditional policies emphasize short term responses that focus on only one dimension of poverty, a practice that runs counter to working across boundaries on the multiple root causes of poverty over a longer period of time.
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Provincial Poverty Reduction Strategies - This five part online audio seminar series profiles provincial efforts, progress achieved and the role of both place and community engagement in the strategies. A different province is profiled in each seminar and the series ends with a call led by the Caledon Institute of Social Policy analyzing the strategies and the importance of communities in poverty reduction. Access the seminars here.
Government and Community - A three part online seminar series with senior civil servants and policy researchers. The series covers the concept of government in service of communities, the challenges faced by government workers as they attempt to function in support of communities, and research on how government can develop a shared leadership structure that is truly in service of the communities agenda. Access the seminar series here.
Social Justice Grant Making - A two part online seminar series that explores two case studies of social justice grant making – an approach that emphasizes investments that get at underlying causes of social issues rather than simply treating their symptoms. The series looks at the experience of Community Foundations of Canada and the Hamilton Community Foundation. Access the seminar series here.
Funding Lasting Change - This two-part online seminar series examines the successes, challenges and the impact of funders who make a long-term, place-based and hands-on approach to funding community change. The second part examines the Calgary Foundation as a case study of an organization working to effect long-term community change. Access the seminar series here.
Comprehensive Grantmaking - A three part online seminar series that explores the case for a comprehensive approach to grantmaking the processes and structures that funders and communities can employ to allow for more comprehensive responses to complex issues like poverty. Access the seminar series here.
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