Watch the Social Connectedness Grants Webinar
Do you represent a local government with partnerships with your community and health authority in place? Could your community use more resources and support to foster strong social connections, make…
Author: Building Resilient Neighbourhoods
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods (BRN) is a collaborative effort to help create more resilient communities and neighbourhoods in British Columbia, Canada. It is currently delivered and hosted by the non-profit Building Resilient Neighbourhoods Society.
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REGISTER NOW for upcoming Resilient Streets kick-off workshops
Vic West: Wednesday, May 17th, 7:00PM – 9:00 PM. To register: www.vicwestrsworkshop.eventbrite.com Esquimalt: Thursday, June 1st, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM. To register: www.esquimaltrsworkshop.eventbrite.com Fairfield- Gonzales: Sunday, June…
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Register for the BRN webinar May 10, 2017
The Tamarack Institute is hosting a Building Resilient Neighbourhoods webinar, where we’ll discuss our learnings from the past four years of helping facilitate resilience efforts in Greater Victoria. Please join…
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Call for City of Victoria Host Neighbourhoods!
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,…
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Building Resilient Neighbourhoods: Four Years of Learnings 2012-2016
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…
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Submit Your Story to the Resilient Streets Toolkit! (Deadline Extended to Feb. 10th)!
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…
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Resilient Neighbourhood Economies Report
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,…
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Characteristics of a Resilient Community or Neighbourhood — A Checklist
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.
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Deepening Community: 21 Neighbourhood Tools
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…
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Laughing Allowed! – A How-to Guide for Making a Physical Comedy Show to Build Neighbourhood Resilience
Download our complete do-it-yourself manual to make a neighbourhood physical comedy show.
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Local Governments and the Sharing Economy
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…
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Visit McCaskill Street – Forging Community Through Resource Sharing
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…
