The Power of Placemaking
Learn more about the unique role that community-led placemaking initiatives play in cultivating collective wellbeing.
Download the report and accompanying resources to make your own case for placemaking!
Black-led, Black-focused, and Black-serving organizations, groups, and networks (B3s) play a critical role in meeting urgent needs and improving the conditions for Black communities. Building their capacity to do and use evaluation data is important in telling the impact of their work. Peer learning can be an effective strategy to facilitate learning contextualized in shared […]
Medellín Case Study: Architecture, Urbanism and Planning. Guest: Prof. Jorge Perez, former chief planner. From being known as the 'world's drug capital' to become a model for innovative equitable urbanism. Jorge will share reflections on the evolution of Medellín as a city, starting from its extreme crisis in the 1990s, and how it built a […]
Please join us for our Earth Day Event on April 22 This event brings families and individuals together to spend a half day connecting with nature, followed by a lunch social. Our half-day celebration takes us to the beautiful Medway Heritage Forest Trail, beginning with creating peanut-free bird feeders, then a guided forest walk, and […]
We will be hosting a peer-learning session to exchange experiences on mental health and wellbeing practices. This participatory space will be facilitated by Sarah Juma from the Canadian Center for Nonprofit Digital Resilience. Some of the topics that we will touch on are... Providing mental health support in a virtual environment: best practices, challenges and […]
On the 27th of April2023, we will be hosting a peer-learning session to exchange experiences on Open Streets. This participatory space will be facilitated by Shannon Lawrence from 8 80 Cities. This session builds on the Mobilizer Session hosted last January of the same theme. Here is the link to the recording: https://youtu.be/jVadnHy5SgU If you […]
Atlantic Black Policy Conference 2023: Reimagining our Traditions through Black Communities in the Atlantic The Atlantic Black Policy Conference is a representation of Black community-led and policy informed programming in Atlantic Canada, with an agenda that will be applicable to institutions that navigate and carry-out policies pertaining to Black communities. The aim of the ABPC […]
