Title: Fighting Poverty with Belonging: A Strategy for Everyone
Organizer: The Tamarack Institute
Date: November 13, 2024

This webinar recording features a conversation about how place-based collaboratives who centre community belonging in poverty reduction initiatives and strategies can create lasting, resilient shifts in quality of life, social connection, and economic growth across communities.

Speakers:
• Jorge Garza, Tamarack Institute ([ Ссылка ])
• Kathryn Colby, Tamarack Institute
• Natalie Johnston, Fraser Health ([ Ссылка ])
• Meagan Baranyk, City of Timmins ([ Ссылка ])

Have questions? Contact Jorge Garza (jorge@tamarackcommunity.ca)

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Overview of webinar:

0:00 Land Acknowledgement and African Ancestral Acknowledgement (Kathryn Colby)

02:17 Check-in question: What does belonging mean to you? Where do you feel a sense of belonging? (Kathryn Colby)

05:37 What does belonging mean in the context of other social issues? (Kathryn Colby, Jorge Garza)

10:36 Introduction to speakers (Kathryn Colby)

11:30 Introduction to Natalie Johnston’s work in New Westminster, BC, as part of Fraser Health, and how it relates to belonging (Natalie Johnston, Kathryn Colby)

19:41 Introduction to Meagan Baranyk’s work in the City of Timmins, Ontario, and how poverty, isolation, and exclusion, intersect in her community (Kathryn Colby, Meagan Baranyk)

24:54 Question 1: How can residents and local initiatives play a vital role in fighting poverty through belonging? Do you have examples of inspiring work you’re following? (Kathryn Colby, Jorge Garza)

30:55 Question 2: What can we as community leaders do to build belonging into strategies and actions? (Kathryn Colby, Jorge Garza, Meagan Baranyk, Natalie Johnston)

35:38 Question 3: When we talk about engaging all members of the community, including marginalized and stigmatized people, what is your experience in bringing the whole community together around the issue? (Kathryn Colby, Natalie Johnston, Meagan Baranyk, Jorge Garza)

40:25 Question 4, from a participant: Have there been any discussions within your work around data and data protections in relation to this trust piece? How can you support engagement and data collection to create evidence-informed policy while focusing on connection and community? (Kathryn Colby, Meagan Baranyk, Natalie Johnston)

43:45 Question 5: What kind of external data sources do you rely on to determine whether folks are doing better in your communities? (Kathryn Colby, Jorge Garza)

48:29 Question 6, from a participant: Natalie, can you comment on how you address equitable access and diversity? How did you address systemic gentrification in these neighbourhoods [in New Westminster]? (Kathryn Colby, Natalie Johnston)

50:12 Question 7, from a participant: This session has been very focused on regional and municipal government. Is this because you see these governments as being more stable an institution in communities – specifically rural communities – for the delivery of long-term change programs? (Kathryn Colby, Jorge Garza, Meagan Baranyk)

52:54 Closing announcements (Kathryn Colby)

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