Connecting for Impact – May 12, 2022
May 16, 2022
https://youtu.be/6AwyN4tr5P4 Lynn Fergussen from Social Impact Advisors connects with Tamer Ibrahim and Kate Flynn about the collective impact process, what it is like to be a backbone, and lessons learned from the field. Collective impact is defined as a group of organizations working together to address a major challenge by…
Catalyzing Local Action on Climate Change through Collective Impact
May 12, 2022
Bianca Caramento is the Manager of the Bay Area Climate Change Council, leading the collective impact initiative to advance and accelerate climate change action in the cities of Burlington and Hamilton. She shares with us the structure behind this collective, with her “backbone” role housed in the Centre for Climate…
Welcome and Congratulations for August 2021
September 2, 2021
We are excited to welcome the Deaf youth Collective, a Youth Collective Impact group funded by Laidlaw and led by Silent Voice Canada. Welcome back to the Empowering Parents, Caregivers, and Allies Collective, led by H.O.P.E, with which we are continuing our work on measurement, evaluation, and launch planning This group is focused on addictions…
Uncovering & Addressing Mental Health Needs for Rural Youth
May 6, 2021
This podcast shares the findings and experience of following a Collective Impact process for the Rural Ottawa Youth Mental Health Collective, led by Nicole McKerracher, Executive Director of O-YA, a youth association in a rural Ottawa village. We’re joined by Emily Dozois, a youth with personal experience trying to access…
Halton Youth Collective Program – Final Report
March 17, 2021
Congratulations to the Halton Youth Collective Program, led by the Oakville Community Foundation and Halton Granters’ Roundtable, under the Halton Region’s Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan. The Collective, with key participation from CAS and other youth-serving organizations, recently released their report on the Halton Youth Transitioning from Care Pilot. The…
Challenge 2025, with Jim Vanderveken of Mohawk College: Building community and opportunity through workforce development
November 12, 2020
Today we are very pleased to welcome Jim Vanderveken to the podcast. As the Dean of the Centre for Community Partnership and Experiential Learning, Jim leads Mohawk College’s strategic commitment to postsecondary access, partnership development at the community level, and experiential learning. In our conversation today, Jim and I talk…
Seniors: Isolation, inclusion and system change with Glenys Currie
September 17, 2020
In this episode, Sally speaks with Glenys Currie, Director of Quality and Risk Management at Banyan Community Services about her work with the Hamilton Seniors Social Isolation Plan (HSSIP) and its legacy. While the funded program, which ran for three years, ended in 2019, it has fostered relationships and positive…
Planning for Recovery: New Supports from Innoweave
April 8, 2020
Our sector is moving to address immediate needs of clients as well as to begin building toward recovery in the months to come. Our partners at Innoweave are launching two new supports for nonprofits and charities adapting to the COVID-19 emergency that we want you to know about.Innoweave is offering Leading…
Bold thinking on systems change in Canada, with Bill Young
October 19, 2019
In this episode of Impact Conversations, Bill Young, the founder of Social Capital Partners, joins Lynn to talk about creating impact in systems. Bill’s extensive business experience and social enterprise successes have given him some important insights about learning through experimentation, pivoting as ideas and opportunities present themselves, and trusting…
Hamilton Healthy Birth Weights Coalition, with Vanessa Parlette
April 18, 2019
The audio quality of this episode is a little patchier than we’d like at the beginning. Keep listening, it’s worth it. Vanessa Parlette reflects on the successes of the Hamilton Healthy Birth Weights Coalition. She and Sally discuss the broad community engagement in the work and how they engaged meaningfully…