Climate change impacts on human health: what are the health costs of wildfires?
“Your clothes smell like campfire,” my partner remarked as I leaned in for my welcome home hug after a week…
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Exciting first wave of speakers announced for Making the Links: Climate Change, Community Health and Resilience!
We are excited to announce that we have confirmed our first wave of presenters for Making the Links: Climate Change, Community Health and Resilience (November 5-6, 2018, Kelowna, BC) and have a great lineup so far! This symposium will be tackling a number of increasingly salient topics, including climate change and public health, equity and vulnerability, whole community resilience…
Climate change symposium, Making the Links, coming to Kelowna
Over the course of two days, November 5th and 6th, attendees will hear from inspiring speakers, participate in engaging workshops, identify community stories and create cross-sector dialogue, all with the intent of uncovering shared approaches to climate change that will not only protect, but also…
Converging on Social Innovation Labs
In June, our SHIFT Team joined McConnell Foundation, Radius SFU and a number of other convening partners in Vancouver along with social lab practitioners from across Canada for two days of connecting and learning…
Four things we’ve learned this year about shifting to a better world
Over the last year, SHIFT has been busy in the field, working on over 30 projects with many organizations and…
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Building Readiness through the Collective Impact Feasibility Framework Webinar
Webinar: Building Readiness through the Collective Impact Feasibility Framework Guest: Robert Albright, Director of Programs, Collective Impact Forum, FSG Host: Liz Weaver,…
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Greater Victoria Resilient Streets Workshops
Greater Victoria Resilient Streets Kick-off Workshops September 13, 16 and 24 | Victoria, BC Join SHIFT Team members Stacy Barter…
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September 18 – 20, 2017: Livable Cities Forum
In partnership with ICLEI Canada, the City of Victoria is hosting the sixth annual Livable Cities forum: Advancing Low Carbon…
Read More Sept. 25-29, 2017: Cities of the Future: Co-creating Tomorrow
From their event page: The pressures facing our cities is intense. Across the globe cities are working to address complex…
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Why SHIFT?
Let’s face it: we’re just not going to get there at this rate. No, let me try that again: the…
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Stop solving problems, start creating healthier systems
Systems thinking is a buzz word in the field of social impact these days, but what does it mean and…
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Good collaboration doesn’t just happen
The Collective Impact model is a valuable guide for any cross sector group with system changing or “needle moving” aspirations.…
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“Try stuff out”…you just might change the world
How many times have you been faced with a problem and thought, ‘My goodness, I can think of a better…
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