BRN Gets International Recognition
BRN’s own Michelle Colussi is also Canada’s representative to the Transition Towns’ international network of Transition hubs, and in this week’s rundown of significant Transition activities, some of our own…
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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BRN Engages with Victoria West Community Association Members
We gave a brief presentation and held some discussions with people attending the Victoria West Community Association Annual General Meeting on Nov. 26. Reviewing the notes from the discussion groups,…
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Victoria West Assembly Vibrant and Fun — Esquimalt too!
About 45 people attended our Victoria West “Assembly” on Sunday the 17th, and it was a lot of fun. We presented some of the findings from our surveys and interviews…
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Resilient Streets Kick-off Packed and Vibrant
Just came back from the Vic West Resilient Streets Kick-off, and still vibrating! We had 40 people comfortably packed into a meeting room at the Vic West Community Centre. Stacy…
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Resilient Streets Coming to Vic West
Only a few days until we’re going to be doing our Resilient Streets Kick-off in Vic West — that’s Thursday, Oct. 17. We’re pretty excited! Please tell anyone you know…
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Vic West Resilient Streets Kick-Off Event
SAVE THE DATE! Want to learn more about creative ways you can engage your neighbours on your street or in your building to work together on fun and hands on…
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Neighbours Connecting
Vic West residents have another opportunity to join the Building Resilient Neighbourhoods team to learn about the project, connect with neighbours, and share ideas in our pop-up Living Room. Our team members…
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Neighbourhood ‘Living Rooms’ on the move
The Building Resilient Neighbourhoods project has been out in the community this summer setting up neighbourhood “living rooms” and chatting with residents about opportunities to connect with their neighbours and…
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Neighbourhood Games
Playing for Keeps is developing healthier, more active, and better connected communities – through play! If your neighbourhood has lost touch with play and fun, you’ve come to the right…
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Resilientville Role-Playing Game
Resilientville is a role-playing exercise developed by the Canadian Community for Dialogue and Deliberation which advances participant awareness of the short and long term benefits of problem solving at the…
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Tamarack’s Action for Neighbourhood Change
Tamarack has developed a series of tools that can be used by communities during the key stages in the development of their Action for Neighbourhood Change (or similar) projects. These…
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Step Up to Leadership: A Curriculum for Developing Community Leaders
The Step Up to Leadership curriculum intertwines two learning goals: To present content learning about specific topics a novice board member will need to know To provide a learning environment…