Low-income families often face barriers that keep their children from experiencing Hamilton’s vibrant arts community. Supported by HCF, the art club at Cathy Wever School enabled students to receive 20 weeks of instruction from two local artists, visit studios on James St. North and mount their own public exhibition complete with opening night reception.
Resources
Links
Children and Youth
Canada ranked last in UNICEF's December 2008 report card comparing child-care services in 25 developed countries. It showed Canada failed on nine of 10 measures aimed at ensuring kids get the best start in life. Read the full report here on UNICEF's website.
Contribution of the Arts
The Conference Board of Canada finds culture generated $84.6 billion in economic benefits in 2007 - or 7.4% of GDP. You will need to register to access this free document.
Citizen Engagement
Theoretical Understandings of Citizen Engagement, Lynda Lukasik available on Hamilton Community Foundation web site, www.hcf.on.ca
Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement; web-based learning centre, go to section on "Environmental Restoration". www.tamarackcommunity.ca
Community Action on Environmental Issues
Smart Growth B.C.: Smart Growth Primer- www.smartgrowth.bc.ca
Community Based Environmental Protection-A Resource Manual and Framework for Community - Based Environmental Protection, two publications by United States Environmental Protection Agency; www.epa.gov.
Community Based Monitoring: Towards a Canadian Community Monitoring Network; Canadian Nature Federation; www.ccmn.ca
A Community's Guide to Restoring Public Landscapes; Common Grounds; Evergreen; www.evergreen.ca
Understanding Sprawl: A Citizen's Guide; David Suzuki Foundation; www.davidsuzuki.org
Great Lakes Green Book;- Summary of Citizens' Action Agenda for Restoring the Great Lakes; Great Lakes United; www.glu.org
Ontario Smart Growth Network; Green Ontario; www.greenontario.org
Ontario Environment Handbook 2003; overview and analysis of Ontario's major environmental issues and strategies; Canadian Environmental Law Association; www.cela.ca
How to Grow A Green Community: An Introductory Guide; Green Communities Association; www.gca.ca
Diversity
A Call to Action: Diversity on Canadian Not-For-Profit Boards; www.yorku.ca
The Economy
HCF hosted economist Armine Yalnizyan to speak about Leadership for Tough Times. See her presentation, and research, here.
Poverty
The Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton and the United Way of Burlington and Greater Hamilton have an updated Incomes and Poverty in Hamilton report based on 2006 census data, featuring a comprehensive study of poverty today. It provides both reasons for hope and reasons for concerns for Hamiltonians. Read the report here.
Together with the City of Hamilton, Hamilton Community Foundation is a founding co-convenor of the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction. Read the latest instalment of how this collaboration is engaging the community to make policy change on the Caledon Institute of Social Policy Website; www.caledoninst.org
The collaborative model used around HRPR’s vision of Making Hamilton the Best Place to Raise a Child has been recognized as a model for successful community transformation, by Tamarack, an institute for community engagement; www.tamarackcommunity.ca
Urban Stewardship /Environmental Projects with Citizens and Neighbourhoods
Environment Canada's web site and its Ontario regional portal provide step by step manuals, access to hundreds of projects from across Canada, educational resources, and links to other websites; Environment Canada; www.ec.gc.ca
Project Registry - directory of over 200 projects from across Canada; Evergreen Canada; www.evergreen.ca
ecoAction Community Funding Program; descriptions of funded projects, regional Ontario news, success stories and Green Source funding guide; Environment Canada; www.on.ec.gc.ca/ecoaction
ecoAction Teams program is a new neighbourhood based initiative of Earth Day Canada; teams across Ontario are participating; www.ecoactionteams.ca
Greenest City; projects and campaigns aiming to help Ontario's diverse and multicultural communities to build healthy, livable, urban environments; www.greencity.org
Hands for Nature, focuses on "community greening volunteerism projects"; Evergreen; www.evergreen.ca
From the Ground Up: An Organizing Handbook for Healthy Communities; Ontario healthy Communities Coalition; www.healthycommunities.on.ca
Securing Canada's Natural Capital: A Vision for Nature Conservation in the 21st Century; national Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy; www.nrtee-trnee.ca
The Green Guide: David Suzuki's Nature Challenge; David Suzuki Foundation; www.davidsuzuki.org
Social Marketing and the Environment
Smart Talk: A Guide for Communicating About the Natural Environment; IMPACS; www.impacs.org
Tools of Change; web site provides array of resources and case studies applying principles and practices of social marketing to environmental issues and activities. www.toolsofchange.com
Community Based Social Marketing; Doug McKenzie Mohr; www.cbsm.com
Communication Tips and Tools; Talking About Biodiversity, Ethics and Faith; Ethics for A Small Planet
Evaluation: Indicators and Outcomes for Environmental Projects
Vision 2020 Sustainability Indicators; City of Hamilton; www.vision2020.hamilton.ca
ecoAction Indicators; list prepared by Environment Canada's ecoAction Community Funding Program. www.ec.gc.ca/ecoaction