D6 - One-five-oh: Making a splash for Canada's sesquicentennial
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The document outlines plans for the Smart & Caring Communities initiative in Canada, which began in 2011 with the goal of creating a more inclusive and collaborative Canada for its 150th anniversary in 2017. It discusses the goals of legacy, inclusion, collaboration and greater results, as well as strategic directions of co-creating, connecting, curating and catalyzing. An online platform and community called 150Alliance is being developed to connect organizations, share stories, and track activities related to Canada's 150th anniversary celebrations.
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- 2. Building A ‘Smart & Caring’ Canada 2 2011: Governor General at CFC 2011 Conference 2012: Crafted Smart & Caring Communities vision 2013: Launch of Smart & Caring Communities
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- 4. The power of together Ottawa January 23
- 7. Strategic Directions Co-create Connect Curate Catalyze
- 9. Every province & Canada’s North Ottawa January 23 Vancouver April 10
- 10. Be a matchmaker
- 11. Drive engagement
- 12. Share stories with the widest possible audience
- 13. A platform to connect the country
- 14. Together we can build… The largest Canada 150 database in the country Robust directory of: 150Alliance member organizations 150 projects 150 events from coast to coast Multi-criteria search capability Content that can be shared by media and other networks
- 15. Behind the scenes… An online community dedicated to Canada 150 Internal collaboration space for 150Alliance members Special spaces for groups with common interests Analytics to help track activity, interest and impact around Canada’s 150th
- 16. Join the community now Phase 1: Beta Planning and initial build Basic registration module complete Add your organization to our member directory to stay connected! www.150alliance.ca
- 17. Coming soon Phase 2 Events directory and map 150 project directory Resource library Ability to post news to blog What else would you like to see?
Editor's Notes
- My name is Anne-Marie McElrone and I’m the VP Public Engagement for Community Foundations of Canada – the organization that is kickstarting the 150Alliance. I’ve been travelling across Canada with the 150 Alliance – creating opportunities for individuals and organizations that are interested in – or are already actively mobilizing around Canada’s 150th – to come together to share their ideas and inspiration.
- The Governor General opened the CFC 2011 Conference in Vancouver with incredible energy and momentum At that time he shared his vision of a ‘smart & caring’ Canada and the call to action he was issuing to us – and all Canadians leading up to the country’s 150th birthday in 2017. In 2012 started a conversation with community foundations, and many others, about the notion of building Smart & Caring Communities and what that vision could look like for our movement and our communities. This included a one-day meeting at Rideau Hall with CF volunteers from across the country In 2013 we officially launched Smart & Caring Communities at our conference in Winnipeg. Of course, many CFs had already gotten started, but the conference was a time to learn from one another, consider what our focus could be leading up to 2017 and see how some CFs were beginning to participate The Governor General also started visiting communities across the country to launch Smart & Caring Community Funds – giving us an extra lift
- That milestone gathering continued a conversation that had started in the same building about three years earlier. Those discussions in 2011 sparked the 2017 Starts Now initiative—a cross-Canada tour that connected 90 prominent Canadians with more than 1200 local delegates. The 2017 Starts Now tour got us thinking about what might be possible; about the difference we could make in communities all over Canada; about the opportunities we could create for all Canadians. After the tour, we got together again in 2014 with even more participants around the table - some 40 representatives from national, community and arts-based organizations. We shared ideas and talked about plans to celebrate Canada’s 150th.
- My name is Anne-Marie McElrone and I’m the VP Public Engagement for Community Foundations of Canada – the organization that is kickstarting the 150Alliance. I’ve been travelling across Canada with the 150 Alliance – creating opportunities for individuals and organizations that are interested in – or are already actively mobilizing around Canada’s 150th – to come together to share their ideas and inspiration. We started our journey in Ottawa in late January.
- Legacy Leave something meaningful to mark a pivotal milestone in our history Shape our country for future generations Telling a shared story of Canada @ 150 and beyond A stronger, better Canada Inclusion Increased participation and engagement across Canada Everyone welcome Intentional outreach to marginalized and disengaged Collaboration Sharing knowledge, skills, experience, resources Creating connections between players to increase reach and impact Together, more than the sum of our parts Results Tangible, meaningful impact at the local level Benefits felt in every part of the country Robust and reliable measurement and evaluation
- Curate Knowledge exchange Publicity & event tracking Metrics, evaluation and dashboards Connect Convene groups in the 2017 space Build new/expanded networks Develop and share resources Engage under-represented groups Co-create Build a governance structure that creates presence/connection across the country Partnerships and Fundraising Catalyze Greater engagement Match-making Support member-led activities Storytelling
- Then we decided we’d wait for the weather to improve a bit….which meant our next stop was in Toronto…in April.
- Then we hit warmer climes in Vancouver and we’re going to be in Halifax on May 25 and Quebec City in June. Smart travel planning if you ask me… We’re travelling to every province and Canada’s North because we know that great connections – and relationships – are often kickstarted with face to face meetings like this.
- Met a tv producer in Toronto who wants to create recreate the Voyageurs route through Canada via an Amazing Race-style reality tv show Right now it’s just an idea. But when he joins the Alliance he can promote his idea to a much wider audience. And he can share his big challenge which is finding someone who can map the route for him. Enter the Trans Canada Trail – also an Alliance member and he may be one step closer to his tv show.
- When Canada 300 was looking for youth participants for its conversations about Canada’s 300th birthday we posted the news on our blog and sent out a request to groups that might a good match for their request.
- CANADIAN MOSAIC STORY Good stories deserve to be seen and heard and the 150Alliance platform will create a much larger audience for every story than we can create one organization at a time.
- The 150Alliance is in the process of working with Canada 150 and IGLOO software, from Kitchener Waterloo, on a massive digital platform that will be the ‘go to source’ for all things Canada 150 - information, events, activities, ideas – it will all live on the digital platform. I know Gerard would want me to tell you that we’re building much more than a website – we’re creating an online community. A place where visitors get involved, share their story, ask for help, find something or someone they need.
- As more and more organizations and projects join the Alliance, visitors to our community will soon be able to search through the biggest Canada 150 database in the country to find organizations, projects and events near them. They will be able to search and connect using a variety of labels/tags that will allow them to slice and dice what they’re looking in many different ways. The site will also be home to an events calendar and map that will also be searchable by many different lenses: community, region, province, event type etc. And we want this calendar to be able for use by media and other important communication networks so that we’re getting the word out as broadly as possible The platform will help individuals and organizations…
- Those are just a few of the uses for the digital platform’s external presence. But like an iceberg, there’s more than meets the eye! IGLOO is built for collaboration – so there will be plenty of resources behind the scenes for 150Alliance members Elevate 150 is an event taking place in Banff over the next several days and they are going to be our first community within the 150Alliance community. GERARD HERE