Building community-led networks of support with the people of East Scarborough: Meet East Scarborough Storefront
For communities and organizations, 2022 presented the unique challenge of bringing people together after two years of pandemic lockdowns.
Our Caring Community Challenge: Lessons from a community development and innovation mashup
by Mandana Attar Zadeh, Community Engagement and Empowerment Specialist It was a busy winter afternoon at work in early 2020 when I received an email from our community development officer at the City of Toronto. I browsed over the e-mail, as I usually did for the things that weren’t directly related to my day to […]
Atlantic Water Network: empowering communities to advocate for healthy waters
What powerful things can happen when people connect with each other to share knowledge and advocate for healthy waters? This is a driving question for Atlantic Water Network (AWN), a community-based water-monitoring hub located in Kjipuktuk (what is now known as Halifax). Listen to our full interview with AWN Project Director, Emma Wattie and Communications […]
