A community gathering rooted in the Black community to talk with youth and families about mental health
A free gathering to build awareness and pride in Calgary’s diverse Creole community
A series of free events in the temporary park space to build community within the school and within its neighbourhood
A free event to break down barriers and build community
Canada Bridges is undertaking an equity audit with the support of Future Ancestor Services, to identify and prioritize areas for change within our organization and continue our journey in building capacity towards these changes. This initiative builds off of on-going anti-racism learning and conversations and will help our organization continue to adapt in ways that are relevant to the communities we serve and team members who carry out this work. The ultimate goal of the audit is to identify and develop strategies to remove systemic barriers within our organization that are preventing equitable services and opportunities for everyone involved in the organization.
Confederation Park 55+ in collaboration with 7 other organizations is investigating the feasibility of having one dedicated website for all 8 organizations. The group feels it would be easier for anyone wishing to access programming, events, etc. to be on one website, with links for each centre instead of searching 8 different websites. In January of this year 5 centres launched a “Super Membership” for a fee of $50.00. Since January an additional 3 centres have joined the group. The centres who are part of this collaboration include the following: Bow Cliff Seniors, Bowness Seniors, Confederation Park 55+ Activity Centre, Greater Forest Lawn 55+, Ogden 50+ Activity, Parkdale Nifty 50’s, Unison at Kerby and West Hillhurst Go-getters,
The goal of this project will be to strengthen our board through working with a consultant and their expertise around Board Governance and an overall tune up for our board. In 2019 we brought together two boards in KidSport Calgary and at the time the Comrie’s Sports Equipment Bank (now the Calgary Flames Sports Bank) to find efficiencies, further our impact and build capacity in the shared work we were doing for low-income kids. Now we have had some time pass, some experience as we work under this new model and some learnings that has led our board to identifying the want and need to engage an industry expert in the process of checking in and seeing how we can strengthen our leadership and governance.
The Outdoor Recreation Coalition of Alberta (ORCA) is building organizational capacity to represent non-motorized outdoor recreation in Alberta. To achieve this, ORCA will gain data and advice from the community which will inform ORCA’s 2023-2025 Strategic Plan. The Outdoor Recreation Forum will provide a solid foundation in this regard, by examining four issues central to the future success and sustainability of outdoor recreation in Alberta. ORCA will contract a Consultant/Facilitator to address this need through the ORCA Forum, to be held at Mount Royal University. The outcomes of the Forum will be gathered through facilitated small/large group discussion, input/data recording, and a subsequent ORCA Forum Report.
The Friends of the Bar U Historic Ranch Association (Friends) is in a time of flux. Over the last few years we have lost some longtime members and volunteers. There is also new management at Parks Canada who we work closely with at the Bar U Ranch. Our Board of Directors is floundering with its purpose and needs to get back on track. Friends are hoping to work on some long term goal setting and visioning to get the Board of Directors back on track and discover what direction the Board will take in the future and with our partnership with Parks Canada. Friends are hoping to work with a facilitatior to help us with this process.