Mobilizer Session

Digital Resilience for Placemakers: From Theory to Practice

April 27, 2022
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH the Canadian Centre for Non-profit Digital Resilience & NTEN

Digital Resilience for Placemakers: From Theory to Practice

hosted by Katie Gibson & TRISTAN PENN

This session will help you think strategically about your project’s relationship to the digital space while offering open, equitable, and accessible digital resources. Katie and Tristan will also be joined by two HCI-funded projects who will share their own experiences with digital tools as a part of placemaking.

Featuring two HCI-funded initiatives – Near North Mobile Media Lab and the Indigenous Friends Association

Watch the session in English!

Watch the session in French!

Check out our YouTube playlist to watch this, and all other mobilizer sessions.


Canada’s Placemaking Community builds capacity for national placemakers by sharing impactful stories, convening in-person and virtual events, and commissioning research. By fostering collective action, we aim to drive better public outcomes and create vibrant, equitable public spaces for all. Discover more projects in our community of practice and learn more about the benefits of community-led placemaking in the Power of Placemaking Research Report, developed in partnership with Happy Cities.