Cities for Everyone: Medellín Case Study: Architecture, Urbanism and Planning /w Guest Jorge Perez,
2023-04-18 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Zoom (Registration Required)
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 democratic and technical process in which the city was constructed as a scene for public life. Multi-scale planning, urban projects, large infrastructures, urban acupuncture, and social urbanism, among other aspects, will be part of the contents of the session.
Register here for this event!
Event shared with Canada’s Placemaking Community through 8 8 0 Cities

Grow with us! An Earth Day Celebration!
2023-04-22 10:00 - 14:00 UTC | Jess Jones Recreation Therapy Centre, 1124 Gainsborough Rd., London, Ontario, N6H 5K8, Canada
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 finishing with a lunch social at Jess Jones Recreation Therapy Inc.
A $75.00 ticket includes the following:
2 Pinecone birdfeeders
A guided forest walk with invitations to immerse your senses and connect with nature
Lunch Social
Gift
Please get in touch with us to chat about our group rate (4 or more!)
This is a family-friendly event, and we encourage families and individuals to join us to celebrate nature and our beautiful earth.
Limited space of 15. Register today!
Learn more here!

Small Group Discussion - Mental Health and Wellbeing
2023-04-25 13:00 - 14:30 UTC | Virtual
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 opportunities.
Making mental health supports accessible and community-centred
Strategies to break the digital gap and develop inclusive support strategies.
Other…

Small Group Discussion - Open Streets
2023-04-27 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Virtual
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 are interested in joining this small group discussion, register here!

Atlantic Black Policy Conference 2023
2023-04-28 13:00 - 2023-04-29 19:00 UTC | Delta Hotels by Marriott Prince Edward, 18 Queen Street, Charlottetown, PEI, C1A 4A1, Canada
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 involves building upon existing knowledge, and highlighting the advocacy surrounding policy development and implementation.
The inaugural Conference was held virtually in October 2021 under the theme Our Collective Voice. The theme for 2023 is Reimagining our Traditions through Black Communities in the Atlantic. This theme was selected to reflect on Black populations in the Atlantic region, their histories, ways of life, their forms of leadership, and to use the lessons learned to advise policy development and systemic change.

This event was shared to Canada’s Placemaking Community through the NABC newsletter

Jane's Walks
2023-05-05 - 2023-05-07 | Various cities across the country, Canada
Happening in cities across the country
On the first weekend of May every year, Jane’s Walk festivals take place in hundreds of cities around the world. Jane’s Walks encourage people to share stories about their neighbourhoods, discover unseen aspects of their communities, and use walking as a way to connect with their neighbours.
Here are some of the Canadian cities hosting upcoming Jane’s Walk events: Halifax, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Ottawa-Gatineau, Toronto

CUI CityTalk: How might office conversions revitalize the post-pandemic city?
2023-05-10 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Virtual
In the wake of COVID, millions of square feet of office space sit empty in cities across North America. CUI’s recent report, “The Case for Conversions: Understanding opportunities for conversion of office space to housing in Canadian downtowns,” examines the barriers and opportunities for the adaptive re-use of office space across Canadian cities. As work from home practices persist and office vacancies remain stubbornly elevated in many downtowns, there is an opportunity to re-imagine how these under-utilized assets could assist in downtown revitalization: bringing people and complementary uses to create more resilient, diverse and equitable cores.
Join our panelists to explore conversions that are underway, what makes them feasible, how stakeholders are leveraging office space conversions to create a balance of uses in downtowns, and what other initiatives need to be considered to revitalize urban cores.
Featuring:
Melissa Román Burch – Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYC)
Tracy Hadden Loh – Fellow at Brookings Metro, Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking (Washington D.C.)
Joe Nickerson – Vice President & Partner, Sidewalk Real Estate Development (Halifax)
Steven Paynter – Principal, Gensler Toronto (Toronto)

"Can't Stand The Heat?" Report Presentation - Worker Solidarity Network
2023-05-11 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Vancouver) | Virtual – Register for Links
The Worker Solidarity Network is hosting a virtual event to proclaim the upcoming report launch on the results from our first ever Climate and Labour Project.
Join in for a presentation on May 11th at noon PST to learn about the report titled “Can’t Stand the Heat? Get Out of the Kitchen”, which explores the intersection between labour justice and climate justice. This past year, the Worker Solidarity Network has been engaging with low-wage food service workers with the goal of better understanding how extreme weather events impact standards and conditions at work.
The presentation will outline the major findings from the WSN’s climate-labour project which include information about precarious employment, prominent concerns from food service workers, collective worker efforts to mitigate harm, and recommendations necessary to ensure a safer and equitable planet for all.
The event will be facilitated by Pamela, and Jen will provide some key insights and summary of the report. Following that we will have other speakers TBD.
Learn more and register here!
See you soon! And stay tuned for the report launch on May 8th, 2023.

Placemaking: What is it and Why Does it Matter? / Argumenter en faveur du placemaking: de quoi s’agit-il et pourquoi est-il si important?
2023-05-18 13:00 - 14:15 UTC | Virtual
Whether picking up litter in the park with a community group, organizing a public poetry reading on your block, or enjoying public art in a local shopping area, placemaking activities help us feel that we belong. Throughout the pandemic, Canadian communities have experimented with using these types of public space and digital interventions in new ways, calling on their resourcefulness to enhance mobility, cultivate a sense of belonging, and facilitate greater connection to each other. A growing number of municipalities, nonprofits, and community groups are now strategically bringing placemaking to the heart of their organizations. But what is placemaking and why is it important to support this work beyond the pandemic?
Register now for Building the Case for Placemaking: What is it and Why Does it Matter? happening on Thursday, May 18, 2023 @ 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET. This 75-minute session, hosted by Mitchell Reardan from Happy Cities and Mary Rowe from CUI City Talks, delves into the well-being impacts of cultivating spaces for public engagement: What are we learning from our experiences over the past three years? Is there a super-power in community-driven change? How can we continue to build support for these incredible efforts?
Featuring practitioners from across the country, this conversation offers an opportunity to hear from people doing the work about the role of public space and digital placemaking interventions in cultivating healthy, inclusive, and resilient communities. Register now for this free public webinar!
Click here to register!
The session will take place in English with simultaneous interpretation in French.

Qu’il s’agisse de ramasser les déchets d’un parc avec un groupe communautaire, d’organiser une lecture de poésie publique dans un quartier ou bien encore de faire découvrir des œuvres d’art dans la zone commerciale locale, les activités de placemaking nous procurent toujours un sentiment d’appartenance. Tout au long de la pandémie, les communautés canadiennes ont expérimenté de nouvelles façons d’utiliser les espaces publics et les interventions numériques, mettant à contribution leur ingéniosité pour améliorer la mobilité, cultiver un sentiment d’appartenance et faciliter l’établissement de liens plus étroits entre les gens. De plus en plus de municipalités, d’organismes à but non lucratif et de groupes communautaires placent désormais le placemaking au cœur de leur stratégie. Mais qu’est-ce que le placemaking, exactement, et pourquoi est-il important de le soutenir au-delà de la pandémie?
Inscrivez-vous dès maintenant à la conférence « Argumenter en faveur du placemaking: de quoi s’agit-il et pourquoi est-il si important? » Cette présentation aura lieu le jeudi 18 mai 2023 à 10 h HP / 13 h HE. D’une durée de 75 minutes, elle sera animée par Mitchell Reardan de Happy Cities et Mary Rowe de City Talks pour l’Institut urbain du Canada. Elle abordera l’impact sur le bien-être des citoyens des espaces conçus pour favoriser l’engagement public: Qu’avons-nous appris de nos expériences de ces dernières années? Les changements menés par les communautés elles-mêmes ont-ils un superpouvoir? Comment pouvons-nous soutenir ces formidables initiatives?
Avec la participation de praticiens de tout le pays, cette conversation offre l’opportunité de recueillir les témoignages de ceux qui travaillent sur le rôle de l’espace public et des interventions numériques de placemaking pour cultiver des communautés saines, inclusives et résilientes. Nous espérons que vous vous joindrez à notre conversation sur cet important travail!
https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wyQBD7kzSmSRyKanAzrnfw#/registration
Cette séance aura lieu en anglais avec interprétation simultanée en français.

Self-Regulation Workshop with Susan Hopkins of The MEHRIT Centre
2023-05-18 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Virtual
Join Erin Mills Connects online for a FREE workshop series on Self-Regulation presented by The MEHRIT Centre, the people who literally wrote the books on Self-Reg Schools: A Handbook for Educators and Self-Reg. The series is on Thurs., April 27 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. ET and Thurs., May 18 from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. ET. Register once for both workshops by visiting: onpathway.me/self-reg-pge.
This event is part 1 of a two-part workshops for parents/guardians and other caregivers

Skills for Change Spotlight Series: Reflecting on Anti-Black Racism
2023-05-23 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Virtual
“Hundreds demand justice in Minneapolis after police killing of George Floyd” – The Guardian.
One headline out of thousands, all talking about the tragedy that shocked the whole world. The year 2020 marked a watershed moment in the fight against Anti-Black racism. George Floyd’s incident led to protests, with millions of people demanding an end to systemic racism that the Black community has been facing for over 400 years. With the Black Lives Matter movement gaining momentum, powerful displays of solidarity were seen around the world, also highlighting the deeply rooted nature of Anti-Black Racism in our societies.
Unfortunately, three years later, Anti-Black Racism continues to be a pervasive issue in Canada, and around the world. With incidents such as Ralph Yarl’s, it is important we reassess our contributions as a community in the ongoing fight against this issue.
As such, we invite you to join us for a panel discussion as we engage in a discussion about Anti-Black racism and critically assess the progress made since 2020.
Join the conversation!

2023 Toronto Mayoral By-Election Debate
2023-05-25 18:15 - 20:00 UTC | Isabel Bader Theatre, 93 Charles St., Toronto, ON, M5S 1K6, Canada
This election, the future of our city is at stake. Toronto needs a dynamic, energetic change agent to lead the 4th largest city in North America and drive a reboot of the national economic engine. The future could be very bright for Toronto: we have been called a ‘quietly booming tech town’ with the innovation, entrepreneurial mindset and talent to lead new and emerging global sectors. However, we need to hit go on the issues facing our city, such as chronic congestion, declining affordability, public safety, homelessness, and fraying public services.
On May 25th, we’re inviting the leading mayoral candidates to the podium to discuss, debate and demonstrate how they will address the issues that impact Toronto’s livability and prosperity. This is their opportunity to prove they have the right mix of knowledge, skills, and experience to lead our city toward a successful future.
This debate will be broadcast live on The Agenda/TVO Today’s YouTube channel, and on TVO’s broadcast channel for those unable to attend in person.
AGENDA:
6:15pm: Doors Open
6:50pm: Opening Remarks
7:00pm: Debate Begins
8:00pm: Debate Concludes
Learn more here

CityTalk: How Can We Work Together on the Mental Health Crisis in Our Downtowns?
2023-05-31 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Zoom (Registration Required)
Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 PM ET
Location: Zoom
The on-going failure to provide widespread and adequate mental health services is a visceral reminder of the challenges to our housing and social service systems. This crisis continues to affect Canada’s downtowns, main streets, public spaces, and transit, negatively impacting many residents’ perception of public safety. If we are to build equitable and inclusive cities for all, how can we work together on the mental health crisis in our downtowns?
Join 6 amazing panelists for a deeper-dive into the approaches communities are taking to provide referral and care supports, and to restore public confidence in our public spaces and places. How are cities addressing the crisis? what are the proven best practices? and what other initiatives need to be considered to offer support systems for all?
Cam Guthrie – Mayor of Guelph (Guelph,ON)
Kyle Marcus – Managing Director, Downtown Sudbury Business Improvement Area (Sudbury, ON)
Dr. Suzanne Shoush – Director of Indigenous Health Program at Inner City Health Associates (Toronto,ON)
Al Wiebe – Peer and Community Engagement trainer, Homelessness Advocate and host of “Of No fixed Address” (Winnipeg, MB)
Dr. Andrew Bond, Medical Director at Inner City Health Associates (Toronto, ON)
Superintendent Howard Tran, Vancouver Police Department, Investigative Support Services (Vancouver, BC)
Register here!

RECONNECT 2023: Community Foundations Conference
2023-06-01 - 2023-06-03 | TBD
As communities recover from the pandemic, our networks need a space to heal and reconnect. The 2023 community foundations conference will provide our network that opportunity. We will gather in Tkaronto | Toronto from June 1-3, 2023 with a pre-conference day on May 31 – to meet old friends, make new ones, and reconnect to our purpose. There will also be a suite of pre-conference virtual connection opportunities leading up to our in-person gathering.
This will complement the in-person sessions and be an opportunity for those unable to gather in Tkaronto | Toronto to be a part of RECONNECT 2023.
Throughout RECONNECT 2023, we will:

Renew our connections with each other;
Rethink some of our long-held assumptions, and;
Reimagine the potential and opportunities that we have in philanthropy.

We’re getting excited and we hope you are too! It’s less than a year away and there are so many new members of the community foundation network that we’ve not yet had the chance to meet in person. The conference is an opportunity for community foundations to connect with each other, partners and members of the nonprofit community.
Learn more and follow updates here!

11th International Public Markets Conference
2023-06-08 - 2023-06-10 | St. Lawrence Market, 92 - 95 Front Street East, Toronto, Ontario, M5E 1C3, Canada
The largest global conference for public market professionals.
For over 35 years, the International Public Markets Conference has brought together leading public market leaders and advocates including a broad mix of government leaders, market managers, downtown planners, grassroots organizers, local food advocates, transportation experts, health care professionals, and educators from around the world to explore the cutting edge of market practice.
At this year’s three-day event on June 8-10, 2023, co-hosts Project for Public Spaces, the City of Toronto, St. Lawrence Market, and Market City TO invite you to help unlock the potential of market systems as equitable sources of well-being and opportunity in one of the world’s great Market Cities—Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Learn more and register here!

Placemaking Canada Gathering
2023-06-11 09:00 - 2023-06-12 17:00 UTC | Evergreen Brickworks, 550 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, ON, M4W 3X8, Canada
CALLING ALL CANADIAN PLACEMAKERS & PUBLIC SPACE ADVOCATES
Join Placemaking Canada for the fourth Placemaking Canada national gathering, taking place June 11-12 at Evergreen Brick Works in and around beautiful Toronto, Ontario.
This is an opportunity for placemakers and public space advocates to share stories, successes, tactics and aspirations. Since 2015, Placemaking Canada has held national gatherings in Montreal (2015), Vancouver (2016), and Halifax (2019). This will be the first time we have been able to meet face-to-face in over three years.
The two-day Placemaking Canada gathering includes walk, roll and bike tours, workshops and presentations, networking events, and various other activities. A full agenda will be posted shortly. All of these activities support three overarching objectives:
Connecting

Providing an opportunity for face-to-face connections between Canadian placemakers (and friends); elevating voices and dialogue between grassroots placemaking and public space organizations.

Learning & Exploring

Hitting the streets to explore Toronto’s fantastic public spaces, city-building activities, and inspiring local initiatives.

Growing

Strengthening the network of local placemakers and building the Placemaking Canada movement.

Double the fun! The Placemaking Canada gathering follows the 11th International Public Markets Conference (organized by Project for Public Spaces) taking place on June 8-10. The two events will provide back-to-back opportunities to engage with like-minded folks and to engage on a variety of topics.
Register for the Placemaking Canada Gathering here!

Canadian Climate Institute: Honouring Indigenous Climate Leadership
2023-06-15 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | Virtual – Register for Links
Honouring Indigenous Climate Leadership

A roundtable discussion showcasing Indigenous-led research and policy responding to climate change.
Event Date: 15.06.23
To amplify and centre Indigenous voices at the cutting-edge of climate research and policy, the Canadian Climate Institute, in partnership with the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources, will host a roundtable discussion on June 15 with the authors of three new case studies in our Indigenous Perspectives series.
These case studies showcase the work of Indigenous researchers, Knowledge Holders, water protectors, and community members. The discussion will highlight how Indigenous self-determination and knowledge are integral to designing effective regional, provincial, territorial, and national climate policies.
Moderator:
Shianne McKay, Senior Project Manager, Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
Opening remarks:
Rick Smith, President, Canadian Climate Institute
Speakers:
Sandra Lamouche (Bigstone Cree Nation)
Patrick Michell (Retired Chief, Kanaka Bar Indian Band)
Dr. Emily Dicken (Indigenous scholar, practitioner in Emergency Management)
Dr. Lilia Yumagulova (Program Director for the Preparing Our Home Program)
Sheri Lysons (Elders and Youth Council Coordinator, Shuswap Nation Tribal Council)
Casey Gabriel (Líl̓wat Nation, Volunteer Fire Department)
Randy Carpenter (Heiltsuk Emergency Coordinator)
Learn more and register here!

The Park People Conference 2023
2023-06-21 - 2023-06-23 | TBA
Hope in Action: Park Solutions for Thriving Cities
The Park People Conference is a national event that brings together Canada’s community park group leaders, non-profit organizations, government staff and park professionals.
The 2023 national conference theme is Hope in Action: Park Solutions for Thriving Cities, and will feature the city park people, practices and policies accelerating the transition to equitable cities where people and the rest of nature thrive.
Learn from and engage with the Canadian city park solutions that generate community belonging and resilience, nourish relationships between people and the rest of nature and recognize city parks as essential infrastructure for cities.
Click here to learn more and register!

Sense-Making Session #3: Placemaking with City Staff
2023-07-12 13:00 - 14:30 UTC | Zoom (Registration Required)
The Healthy Communities Initiative is partnering with Happy Cities to explore the Power of Placemaking. Join us over the next few months to share your experiences, reflections, and lessons-learned through a series of sense-making sessions:
Session 3: Placemaking with city staff
Thursday, July 12 from 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. -11:30 a.m. PT
This session will be geared towards staff of municipalities as we cover placemaking and city staff. We will invite staff to share their experiences with placemaking initiatives, and discuss some of the successes and challenges they face in supporting placemaking projects. We will discuss the importance of placemaking with city staff and the role it plays in social connection and wellbeing.
Register for this session here!

Sense-Making Session #4: Activations
2023-07-20 13:00 - 14:30 UTC | Zoom (Registration Required)
The Healthy Communities Initiative is partnering with Happy Cities to explore the Power of Placemaking. Join us over the next few months to share your experiences, reflections, and lessons-learned through a series of sense-making sessions:
Session 4: Activations
Thursday, July 20 from 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. -11:30 a.m. PT
This session will cover urban activation events, such as markets, festivals, open streets, and art murals. It will also include conversation around activating transportation, community hubs, and community equity. We will discuss how urban activation events are valuable to communities and how placemaking through activation events impacts communities. We will discuss placemaking activations and the role they play in social connection and wellbeing.
REGISTER NOW FOR SESSION 4

Sense-Making Session #5: Placemaking with Funders
2023-07-27 13:00 - 14:30 UTC | Zoom (Registration Required)
The Healthy Communities Initiative is partnering with Happy Cities to explore the Power of Placemaking. Join us over the next few months to share your experiences, reflections, and lessons-learned through a series of sense-making sessions:
Session 5: Placemaking with funders
Thursday, July 27 from 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. -11:30 a.m. PT
This session will invite potential funders to discuss their goals and interests in supporting placemaking projects. During the session, we will explore what questions funders have around placemaking, and what they need in order to support these projects. Further, we will identify key challenges and barriers they face in funding placemaking projects. We will discuss the importance of placemaking funding in supporting social connection and wellbeing.
REGISTER NOW FOR SESSION 5

ECF Community Grants Application Period Begins
2023-08-15 | Virtual (Edmonton), Alberta
Learn more about Edmonton Community Foundation Grants here! Stage 1 application intake begins August 15 and closes on September 15, at 12:00pm MT.

This grant is unaffiliated with the Healthy Communities Initiative.

Urban Ravine Symposium Submissions Due
2023-08-15 | Virtual (Toronto), Ontario
Inviting researchers (established and burgeoning), activists, professionals, artists, stewards, and other people doing work on, in, and about the ravines, to propose presentations and talks on the ‘How’ that most deeply affects their lives and the work they do.
Learn more about the Urban Ravine Symposium here!
Deadline for submission: August 15, 2023
Notification of accepted submissions: September 1, 2023. Please send all inquiries to: programsupport@torontobotanicalgarden.ca

CUI CityTalk - Mobility as a Service: How can MaaS support better mobility access?
2023-08-16 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Zoom (Registration Required)
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore glaring gaps in our transportation networks especially for those reliant on transit services. To meet our collective goals around transportation equity, climate change, and municipal fiscal responsibility, transit service delivery may require a different model, one already implemented in several cities across the world. Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is an integrated platform that combines multiple modes including public transit, taxis, ride-hailing, scooter, bike, and car sharing, and sometimes even parking fees and road tolls on one easy-to-use navigation and payment app.
CUI and AECOM’s joint report, “Mobility as a Service: A Feasibility Study on Implementing MaaS in the Greater Toronto Area,” examines the region’s existing transportation infrastructure landscape and its current economic, political, technological, and operational conditions.
Join our panellists to explore the conversation around MaaS acceptance and implementation and how, if directed intentionally, the model can support better mobility access.
Tosh Chambers – Senior Program Director, Move PGH (Pittsburg, PA)
Justin Trevan – Vice President, Cities Growth Strategy at AECOM (Toronto, ON)
Deborah Wathen Finn – President, The Wathen Group (Westfield, NJ)
Register here!

Sense-Making Session #6: Placemaking in Small Towns and Rural Communities
2023-08-16 13:00 - 14:30 UTC | Zoom (Registration Required)
The Healthy Communities Initiative is partnering with Happy Cities to explore the Power of Placemaking. Join us over the next few months to share your experiences, reflections, and lessons-learned through a series of sense-making sessions:
Session 6: Placemaking in small towns and rural communities
Wednesday, August 16 from from 1:00 p.m.-2:30 p.m. ET / 10:00 a.m. -11:30 a.m. PT
This session will cover placemaking in small towns and rural communities. We will discuss the impacts of placemaking in these communities and its importance. During the session we will explore the role placemaking plays in small towns and rural communities. We will discuss placemaking within small towns and rural communities and the role it plays in social connection and wellbeing.
REGISTER NOW FOR SESSION 6

CREation Community Grants August Deadline
2023-08-31 | Virtual
CREation is a multi-level funding program that supports strengths-based, community-focused and youth-led projects taking place in communities across Canada. Grassroot youth groups/collectives (comprised of Indigenous youth ages 15-29) are eligible to apply for funding to support community programs and projects while receiving innovative mentorship, training and capacity-building opportunities. Funding will be provided to projects/groups that seek to create impactful community change and increase the wellness, resiliency and engagement of Indigenous youth.
Learn more!
This grant is provided by Canadian Roots Exchange. It is unaffiliated with the Healthy Communities Initiative.

AeroVenture Casey 2023
2023-09-01 11:00 - 2023-09-04 17:00 UTC | Camp de Base Casey, Casey La Tuque, Quebec, G0X 3R0, Canada
Célébrons l’aviation et la liberté de voler Le plus gros évènement d’aviation au Canada 1er au 4 septembre 2023 !
CASEY, QC – AéroVenture, présenté par le Camp de Base et Club Copa 217 a le plaisir de vous dévoiler sa programmation en vue de la 3e édition de l’événement, qui aura lieu du 1er au 4 septembre prochain sur le territoire des vestiges militaires et la piste d’atterrissage CSQ4 dans le secteur de Casey, à La Tuque.
« Amateurs d’aviation et de plein air, un rendez-vous à ne pas manquer. Joignez-vous aux nombreux visiteurs qui arrivent des quatre coins du Canada et du nord-est des États-Unis. Que vous arriviez des airs, par la route ou par train, soyez des nôtres », mentionne Naor Cohen, promoteur de l’évènement.
« Je suis très heureux de me joindre à l’équipe de Naor Cohen à titre de président d’honneur de cette 3e édition. C’est un très bel événement qui permet à beaucoup de gens de découvrir l’un des trésors cachés de La Tuque, le secteur de Casey. Naor fait un travail formidable avec son équipe pour accueillir tous les participants et leur offrir un séjour mémorable chez nous. Je suis plus qu’enchanté de le soutenir dans ses démarches et j’invite toute la population à participer aux activités qui auront lieu en septembre. L’événement vaut vraiment le détour », relate Luc Martel, maire de La Tuque.
« Je suis toujours présent à l’AéroVenture de Casey et chaque fois je suis impressionné par la qualité des activités. L’équipe de M. Naor Cohen fait un travail formidable pour faire connaître Casey, qui est un lieu magnifique à découvrir pour les amateurs d’aviation. L’événement ne cesse de grandir et de s’améliorer d’une année à l’autre. Nous sommes fiers que ça se passe chez nous », mentionne le conseiller municipal du district de Parent, Éric Chagnon.
Saviez-vous que la piste d’atterrissage de Casey fête ses 70 ans cette année?
Afin de souligner les 70 ans vestigieux et militaires de la piste CSQ4, des pilotes d’Aviation Royale Canadienne survoleront le site afin de commémorer l’existence de cette dernière le 2 septembre en après-midi. Il sera aussi possible de visiter l’intérieur d’un CF18.
Coup de tambour: Une cérémonie de protection sera aussi exécutée par un chamane Atikamekw afin de purifier la terre mère du territoire. ‘Nikawinan Aski ‘.
Du nouveau!
La première édition du Demi-Marathon de Casey se tiendra le dimanche 3 septembre en matinée. Organisé par Naor Cohen, triathlète lui-même, fondateur et directeur général du Camp de Base.
« Un parcours hors du commun! Nous avons dessiné et testé un circuit qui prend les coureurs sur une visite des vestiges de la guerre froide tout en profitant de la nature. Quatre distances sont proposées. Pour encourager les enfants de moins de 12 ans, l’inscription est gratuite. Il y aura aussi des tours d’hélicoptères et d’avions (payants), une exposition aéronautique ainsi le Marsé AéroVenture », ajoute Naor Cohen.
Une grande primeur !
Casey entre dans l’histoire de la radiodiffusion! Cette année les visiteurs vivront l’ouverture d’une nouvelle station de radio pendant toute la durée de l’événement. AéroVenture 89,1 FM pourra être syntonisée directement sur le site de la CSQ4. En direct, entrevues, programmation, informations tout y sera. Une autre belle opportunité de visibilité et de représentation nationale sur le territoire de L’agglomération La Tuque! C’est une occasion à ne pas manquer.
Casey est rempli d’histoires et d’évènements qui ont marqué la région, de la construction d’une base militaire durant la guerre froide dans les années 50 jusqu’aux évènements du pilote mercenaire, Raymond Boulanger. Perdue en pleine forêt, cette piste a une valeur patrimoniale et touristique inestimable pour le territoire du district de Parent de l’agglomération La Tuque et la région de la Mauricie.
Depuis 2012, un RVA de nature plutôt informelle s’organisait et invitait sans formalité les pilotes amateurs à une activité annuelle assez originale, soit de l’aérocamping sur un mystérieux vestige de la guerre froide. AéroVenture est donc né de ce RVA annuel. En 2022 AéroVenture Casey a accueilli: 241 aéronefs, 28 hydravions, 22 hélicoptères, 260 VR, 92 avions en formule camping et 2600 visiteurs pour la durée de l’événement.
C’est une occasion à ne pas manquer, faites-vous connaître !
« Nous travaillons avec acharnement pour inciter les entreprises locales, provinciales et nationales à se joindre à la fête à titre de commanditaire/partenaire de la 3e édition d’AéroVenture 2023. Aviation Royale Canadienne, Ville La Tuque, Marie-Louise Tardif, député Laviolette-Saint-Maurice, Breitling 1884, Cirrus, Capone Gourmet, Magasin général Parent, Air Tunilik, BMR, Copa, X Reload, Poule des Bois, Passeport Hélico, Desjardins La Tuque et Zénair sont quelques-uns de nos commanditaires/partenaires confirmés à ce jour et il y en aura d’autres à vous annoncer prochainement », ajoute Naor Cohen.
Le succès et la pérennité d’AéroVenture Casey misent sur les bénévoles, des membres, des partenaires et des commanditaires. Nous avons besoin de vous! Notre campagne de sollicitation se terminera le 30 juillet 2023.
AéroVenture se veut rassembleur et communautaire. Sans le soutien de nos membres, il serait impossible de maintenir le site, améliorer les installations et assurer la pérennité de la piste d’atterrissage. Individuel, familial ou corporatif, il y a des forfaits d’adhésions pour tous! Nous vous encourageons fortement à le devenir si vous voulez que l’événement demeure accessible et gratuit pour tous.
On se donne rendez-vous du 1er au 4 septembre prochain !

Cities for Everyone: The City We Want Barcelona
2023-09-05 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | Zoom (Registration Required)
Towards The City We Want, BarcelonaGuest:
Xavier Matilla. City Architect & Planner, Professor.
Barcelona, Spain
Tuesday, September 5th, 2023
11:00 AM EST/5:00 PM CET
About:
Xavier Matilla was Chief Architect of the city of Barcelona between October 2019 – June 2023. During this period, he has directed many urban transformations with the aim of achieving a healthier, friendlier and fairer city. Highlight being the “Barcelona Superblock” project, internationally recognized as an effective strategy to transform city streets into spaces with better environmental quality and more l ABOUT his presentation: At a time when cities need new urban models to approach the future with optimism, Barcelona has shown that it is possible to move towards a healthier, kinder and fairer city for it citizens thanks to the Superilla Project. Barcelona is a compact and dense city, with a polycentric urban model, but it has a significant deficit of green areas and a problem with its car-centered mobility model. Car use takes up more than 50% of public space and is also the main source of atmospheric and noise pollution. Superilla aims to improve all the city’s streets, while proposing a new, more efficient mobility model through promoting public transport, cycling and walking, so that it takes up less room, is healthier and pollutes less. This allows 1 out of every 3 streets to be freed up from through traffic, and to transform them into new “green axes” in such a way that they “naturalise” the city and promote local activities and social relationships, constituting a true environmental and social infrastructure, a true systemic change. During the last 4 years Xavi Matilla has promoted the project, defining a vision of the future for the whole city and at the same time executing a phase with 4 new green axes (4.65 Km / 10Ha) and 4 new squares (1Ha) that allow to demonstrate that it is possible to move towards the city we want.
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Art of City Building: 2023 RE(DEFINE)
2023-09-18 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | Alderney Landing Theatre, 2 Ochterloney St, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2Y 4W1, Canada
From the Annual Art of City Building Conference:
Join us on September 18th at Alderney Landing Theatre. This is our first year in beautiful downtown Dartmouth!
The annual Art of City Building conference aims to inspire residents, planners, thinkers, doers and dreamers from across Atlantic Canada and the world to create great cities, communities and places.
Our theme this year is RE(DEFINE). Let’s normalize collaboration and community participation in city development. What power dynamics & controls shape our urban landscapes? World-class speakers will help explore how to empower all residents and bring everyone’s voice to the decision-making process.

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Livable Cities Forum: From Intention to Implementation
2023-09-25 - 2023-09-27 | Living Arts Centre, 4141 Living Arts Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, L5B 0A1, Canada
Most Canadian cities and towns were not built with a vision of a net zero, resilient, and sustainable future. So what does the transition to resilient, equitable, and livable communities look like? How can we embrace diversity and inclusion in the process? And, ultimately, how can we accelerate implementation to keep pace with challenges municipalities face?
Join ICLEI Canada from September 25 to 27 for the 2023 Livable Cities Forum (LCF) to explore these questions through the lens of “Intention to Implementation”.
Learn more and register here!
