Protected: 📣 Call for Local Champions in Victoria
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Job posting: Program & Curriculum Designer; Resilience Facilitator
The ideal candidate is a flexible, adaptive, creative self-starter who also thrives working collaboratively with our team and a diverse range of community members and partners. …
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Fostering Community in Multi-unit Housing: BRN joins the Hey Neighbour Collective!
In many of British Columbia’s densifying communities, multi-unit housing is becoming the norm; however, these housing types can have disproportionately lower levels of connection and community between neighbours, which has… …
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Connect & Prepare – Call for Expressions of Interest
We are inviting groups of neighbours living on the same street or in the same buildings or building complexes to be part of an exciting new program called “Connect… …
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Street in Victoria Gets a “Neighbour Hub” Emergency Supply Bench
On March 31, neighbours of Leonard Street in Victoria, BC welcomed the newest addition to their block: a shared emergency supply bench. The bench was envisioned months ago by the… …
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Resilient Streets — On the Road!
Building Resilient Neighbourhoods team members Michelle Colussi and Stacy Barter have been on the road this October and November delivering Resilient Streets workshops for new collaboratives that will be implementing… …
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Participate in our Resilience & Emergency Preparedness Pilot Project
Are you interested in strengthening emergency preparedness and connections between neighbours? Become part of our unique pilot project! “Connect and Prepare” Call for Expressions of Interest Together we are ready!… …
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Building Great Communities with Pocket Places
“Start small and build incrementally” — it could be a mantra for increased social cohesion and more welcoming neighbourhoods alike. Check out this report from Lorne Daniel of the Greater… …
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Learn to Build Neighbourhood “Pocket Places” to Cultivate Community: Nov. 5
Cultivate character and connection on your block with little free libraries, gathering spaces, community info boards and more! Learn how you can start a small project with your neighbours with… …
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Building Liveable Densities: BRN visits Sydney, Australia
BRN’s Stacy Barter is currently on a knowledge-exchange in Australia, discussing how to make life in “vertical streets” like condominium and apartment buildings more socially engaged and resilient. Today (pictured)… …
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REGISTER for Our Next Round of Resilient Streets Workshops
We are excited to gear up for Resilient Streets Kick-off workshops this fall in 3 new neighbourhoods: James Bay, Fernwood and Burnside Gorge. Join us for an evening of ideas,… …
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CHEK News Reports on Building Resilient Neighbourhoods
Victoria’s CHEK News recently interviewed Building Resilient Neighbourhoods’ Stacy Barter along with Jack Meredith and other Resilient Streets champions in the Victoria West neighbourhood. And there are some healthy-looking local… …
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Resilient Streets Micro-grants
PLEASE NOTE: WE ARE NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW MICRO-GRANT APPLICATIONS as this program has been fully subscribed. Please sign up for our mailing list to be notified of future calls… …
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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… …
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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… …
