Time for Real Action

“A lot of us felt it was time for real action,” says David Pecaut, when he shares the story of how the Toronto City Summit Alliance came to be.

Formed to address the challenges a leadership summit identified in 2002 as critical to the future health and wealth of the city, the Toronto City Summit Alliance focuses its efforts on issues related to finance, infrastructure, education, immigration and the health of the regional economy.

The Toronto City Summit Alliance is well positioned to influence change on each of these issues thanks to its ability to attract diverse leadership to work on issues of concern. More...

Why Collaborate?

The CommunityCollaboration.net website provides a concise, snappy introduction to what collaboration is and how it helps, answering questions such as “why collaborate?” and “what does collaboration look like?” The site also offers links to additional resources. Check out the website HERE.

Engagement, Collaboration & Inclusion

The Quality of Life CHALLENGE is charting a bold new way for people throughout BC’s Capital Region to improve quality of life for all, particularly those disadvantaged by poverty. By carefully nurturing a network of relationships, the CHALLENGE is helping to build a climate in which the community has the continued capacity to self-organize around issues that threaten its quality of life. Read this Caledon story HERE.

Join us December 15 as we engage in a conversation with Sherri Torjman, Vice President of the Caledon Institute of Social Policy, on Place-Based Approaches to Reducing Poverty.

Visit our events listing for more information. Go there now!



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About Communities Collaborating
Communities Collaborating features stories of community collaborations and highlights resources that help to make collaboration easier and more effective. Each issue of this newsletter will aim to take no more than one minute of your time. If the issue takes longer than one minute to read, let us know how to make it snappier by emailing the editor, Louise Kearney, at tamarack@tamarackcommunity.ca. Banner photos property of Tamarack.

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