Community Works
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this project is to serve as a vehicle to collaborate on community building activities with diverse young people. We will focus on meeting the needs of those who are under-represented in positions of influence in their communities, institutionally under-supported and under-resourced in their social justice work. Through this project, we will work inclusively with diverse youth to build communities that champion values expressed in Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
What do diverse Canadian young people (aged 18-35) need to build communities that work? With support from Canadian Heritage’s Multiculturalism Program, this is a national project designed to respond to that need by providing knowledge, training and resources to diverse youth to increase their capacity for their community work.
The Community Works Project was delivered in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal and took place from October 1, 2017 to March 31, 2019.
To learn more about the project or to get involved, email youth@ccmw.com.
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KEY ACTIVITIES
The activities of this project include the following:
Education and training to develop community building skills in five cities: Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Ottawa and Montréal. This will provide opportunities for participants to better understand the values enshrined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and learn how to translate those values into their community work.
Delivery of five local youth-led community activities: one local educational activity will be delivered in each city that will address a social justice issue (e.g. racism, poverty, militarism).
Production of a Field Guide to Community Building: this will be a digital toolkit that will be designed especially to be user-friendly for under-represented, under-resourced and under-supported young people. Project participants will contribute to the toolkit.
OUTCOME
Participants will be better equipped to play leadership roles as active citizens and community builders. They will contribute to the long-term development of a civil society that champions equality, equity and empowerment.