Tamarack Thought Leader Lindsay Daniller of REACH Edmonton Council for Safe Communities was featured in the Edmonton Journal today. REACH Edmonton belongs to a consortium of organizations that runs "Schools as Community Hubs", a program that has seen significant social returns on investment since its inception three years ago.

Have you read any good books about collaboration or community engagement lately? During December and January, we want you – members of the CCI learning community – to tap into your inner geek and tell us: If you were going to gift someone with a book or receive a book on either subject, which book would it be and why?

FSG and the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions are pleased to announce the Collective Impact Forum, an online and in-person community of practice, to enable practitioners and funders of collective impact to increase their effectiveness. Watch this video to learn more.

FSG Social Impact consultants has created a series of case studies that feature collective impact initiatives across a range of issues areas. Each case study describes how the initiative began, how the five components of collective impact have taken shape, their results to date, and lessons learned. Many also include a practitioner interview.

Where We Live Matters is a rich new resource for undertaking place-based work at the neighbourhood level developed by Community Development Halton. It includes: promising practices, a literature review and a proposed approach for this work for undertaking this work.

The work of Vibrant Communities has been profiled as a case study of successful collective impact initiatives by FSG Social Impact Consultants.