Resources

Getting started is always the hardest part - so we’ve made it easier with resources to kick-start projects in your community. Search our resource database below to find handbooks, research, and step-by-step guides that will help you achieve your goals. If you’re looking for more support, reach out to us! Our team is happy to help, and work with you to implement projects.

September 11, 2024

Growing Culturally Inclusive Communities Report

Inclusive Communities, Rural Immigration

A resource highlighting how rural communities can transform spaces to support diverse populations

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August 27, 2024

Responses to Homelessness in Alberta

Homelessness

The Rural, Remote and Indigenous Communities’ Responses to Homelessness in Alberta What We Heard Report was published in May 2024 and funded by Homeward Trust Edmonton and the Government of Canada’s Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy.

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August 26, 2024

Guide to Implementing Coordinated Access in Smaller Communities

Homelessness, National Coordinated Access

The development of the training materials and toolkit builds upon the Housing First philosophy while using a place-based approach along with a person-centred and trauma-informed care lens based on Reconciliation. The was based on a bottom-up, rather than a top-down…

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August 26, 2024

Shelter Pulse Policy Primers

Women’s Shelter Policies

Guidelines on how to implement best practices and inclusive policies when writing women’s shelter policies.

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August 26, 2024

Shelter Pulse Literature Review, Environmental Scan & What We Heard Report

Women’s Shelter Policies

Shelter Pulse Literature Review: A review of literature, research, and current policies relating to Violence Against Women shelters and the lived experience of survivors. Shelter Pulse Environmental Scan: A review of the internal and external factors affecting Canadian shelters and…

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August 19, 2024

Awareness Builds Connection in Dementia-Friendly Communities (ABCD): Guides

Age-Friendly, Community Development

Informed by research and the experiences of the ABCD pilot communities, these guides have been developed to support rural communities looking to improve the lives of those living with dementia by becoming more dementia-friendly. Understanding that each community is unique…

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June 20, 2024

Olds, Alberta Age-Friendly Action Plan 

Age-Friendly

A critical factor of ageing in place is having a community that enables older people to do what they have reason to value. According to the World Health Organization’s Global Age-friendly Cities:” A Guide; communities that are age-friendly encourage active…

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June 20, 2024

Guidebook for Housing Providers Supporting Ukrainian Evacuees in Alberta 

Housing, Housing Education to Support Ukrainian Evacuees in Alberta, Rural Immigration

With growing populations of Ukrainian evacuees across the province, it is also the reality that many more organizations, businesses, communities, groups, and individuals who may not specifically aim to support Ukrainian evacuees are and will be increasingly coming into contact…

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