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Want to foster more connections between immediate neighbours in your community? Resilient Streets helps neighbours get to know each other and work together on a project to improve their block,…
Want to foster more connections between immediate neighbours in your community? Resilient Streets helps neighbours get to know each other and work together on a project to improve their block,…
It’s been an amazing four years of experimenting, discovering, sharing and learning! We’re proud to release our comprehensive report on what we did, what we accomplished alongside all of our…
Do you know about or have you read or heard about any inspiring examples or stories of neighbours voluntarily collaborating together on their street or in their apartment or condominium…
The Metcalf Foundation shares findings in a report titled “Resilient Neighbourhood Economies: A Foundation’s strategic learning from a three-year investment in local economies.” Charting the origins of the pilot project,…
This checklist framework helps locate the level of resilience capacity that exists in a neighbourhood or community. It can be used as a citizen questionnaire, to promote discussion in focus groups, or as a guide for conducting a formalized community resilience study and assessment.
As a follow-up to the Neighbours Gathering in Hamilton, ON in June of 2015, Deepening Community collected 21 neighbourhood tools from participants to share with the learning community. From creating…
Download our complete do-it-yourself manual to make a neighbourhood physical comedy show.
One Earth has released a report on the sharing economy. “The Local Governments and the Sharing Economy roadmap explores the question: How can cities strategically engage with the Sharing Economy…
Peak Moment Television has produced a 20-minute video about the pioneering Transition Streets project on McCaskill Street that occurred right here in Victoria, British Columbia, and is still going! Click…
PlanH has released a new action guide for local governments, entitled “Local Government Action Guide: Social Connectedness.” Alongside it, in collaboration with BC Health Communities’ and Building Resilient Neighbourhoods’ Stacy…
VIC WEST STREET FEST, SUNDAY JUNE 7th (10am-4pm) Harbour Road will be closed to vehicles and everyone is invited to the first-ever “Vic West Street Fest.” It’s a free, family-friendly,…
Transition Victoria pioneered the Transition Streets program. Watch a video about the first-ever Transition Street, which happened in Vic West. On a Transition Street, neighbours work together to learn how…