Tamarack recognizes
the need for providing easily accessible ideas, research and
resources that help individuals and groups to engage and build
their communities.
Here you will find workshops that you can
work through at your own time and in your own way to consider
key concepts of community engagement.
These enhanced workshops comprise of research,
multi-media clips, case studies and access to moderated bulletin
boards where you can interact with other members of the Learning
Community.
Current workshops
Urban Canada -
Cities are a hot topic. With more than 80% of Canadians
living in urban areas, Canada is the second most industrialized
nation in the world and our cities are starting to show
some strain. From October to December 2004, Tamarack hosted
three tele-learning seminars focused on Urban Canada and
the issues facing our cities. We've gathered resources from
each of these seminars to create this workshop on Urban
Canada.
Jane Jacobs: Dark Age Ahead
- Everyday activist and author Jane Jacobs (1916-2006)
turned a half-century of thinking within the field of urban
planning on its head. Check out this workshop here.
Leaders and Leaderful Communities
- The study of leadership gives us important insights into
the development of more leaderful communities. When we understand
leadership as a process of engagement rather than as something
someone is or is not, we are able to map the process of
leadership in action within a community. Check out this
workshop on leadership and take on the Leadership Challenge!
What is a vibrant community?
- How can we identify what makes a community vibrant? Are
vibrant communities those that are thriving or also those
that face substantial challenges? Check out this workshop
to explore these questions by studying the case of a vibrant
community in action.
Additional Online Seminars
The Canada We Want: John Godfrey
with Sherri Torjman - The Honourable John Godfrey,
Minister of State (Infrastructure and Communities) shares
his thoughts and vision for Urban Canada in an interview
with Sherri Torjman, Vice-President of the Caledon Institute
of Social Policy.
The Unique Needs & Role
of Canada's Large Cities - Check out this spirited
dialogue with Alan Broadbent, Chairman and CEO of Avana
Capital Corporation and co-founder of Tamarack and Mary
Rowe, Editor, Ideas that Matter on the role our large cities
play in Canada.
Cities: Needs, Challenges,
Opportunities - Judith Maxwell and Neil Bradford
from Canadian Policy Research Networks provide a compelling
case for the important roles cities play in Canada. Judith
and Neil lay out the issues facing our cities, how we got
here and what needs to be done to protect and revitalize
Urban Canada.
Complex Systems Organizing
- Dr. Steve Waddell's work focuses upon change in complex
systems through something he calls “societal learning.”
This concept is useful for us to find better ways to work
together on the issues facing our communities.
Dynamic Community Engagement
- How does community engagement unfold at the community
level? (A Tamarack learning initiative)
A Canada Fit for Children
- The Honourable Landon Pearson presents "A Canada
Fit for Children", the Government of Canada's official
response to the United Nations Special Session on Children.
Creating the Kinds of Communities
We Want - This seminar highlights the key issues
facing the CED landscape in Canada.
Social Enterprise Growth:
The Social Purchasing Portal - Examine an exciting
and innovative tool designed to meet local community economic
development goals and enhance social enterprise growth!
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