Community Animator's blog

Employment Opportunity - CI Facilitator with United Way Winnipeg

The United Way of Winnipeg is looking to hire a Collective Impact Facilitator. Deadline for applications is December 5th.

A Thank You to John Kania

A Dr. Seuss inspired thank you poem dedicated to John Kania, Managing Director at FSG Social Impact Consultants by Allyson Hewitt, Director at SiG@MaRS.

Collective Impact: Community development by another name

Blog post by Enrique Robert, Executive Director, Birchmount Bluffs Neighbourhood Centre.

Collective Impact Summit: Finding ways to resolve social problems together

Blog post by Shelley Zuckerman, Executive Director, North York Community House.

Deepening Community for Collective Impact

Resources from Paul Born's workshops in Edmonton, AB and Saskatoon, SK.

Call for Abstracts: Using Collective Impact on Community Development Issues

Call for Abstracts fora special issue of Community Development(Journal of the Community Development Society). Guest Editors: Norman Walzer, Northern Illinois University; Liz Weaver, Tamarack Institute; and Catherine McGuire, Bush Foundation.

Rethink Who You Call an Expert

This blog was originally published on FSG's Strategic Evaluation Blog by Katelyn Mack on October 15, 2014. It has been re-posted with permission.

Sixteen Lessons Learned About Working in Collaboration

Sixteen Lessons Learned About Working in Collaboration developed by Mary Pickering (Toronto Atmospheric Fund) and Robert Plitt (Evergreen CityWorks) based on their experience with early stages of "Move the GTHA."

Job Opportunity - Family Resource Coordinator with The Neighbourhood Centre

The Neighbourhood Centre (NC) is a small, community-based, non-profit established in 1974. NC collaborates with community members and organizations in East Toronto to support people to realize their potential, direct their own lives, and improve economic and social conditions in the community.

On seeking, sharing and systems change

SiG and our partners have been metaphorically swimming in inspiring stories told by Canadian indigenous leaders and stories told of social lab interventions that are positively transforming lives in different parts of the world, while building relationships with a host of change-makers that are in equal measure genius and humble.