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Blog: Reflections

  • Three Bridges: Bridges that Connect 

    by Nancy Carter, Evaluator In the first post in our series, we talked generally about Inspiring Communities’ culture of evaluation and how it can […]

  • The Colonial Place, a blog post by KJ Conyer-Steede. A background of Union Jack is faded and overlaid with circuitry. in the foreground, black boots are visible.

    The Colonial Place

    Navigating the governance bug in the Commonwealth software The Colonial place is my reality. I was watching the TV show The Good Place, which […]

  • Queering Climate Justice in Mi’kma’ki

    How do queer justice and climate action intersect? 2023 IC Climate Fellow Lily Barraclough explores the systems that define the challenges for queer climate […]

  • An overview of the ARAISA cohort 2 room

    I2 – Making Impact with ARAISA  

    In partnership with the Atlantic Region Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies, we launched Innovating for Impact I2 Innover pour impacter a year ago, with […]

  • Driven by Community 

    Feasibility study on carsharing electric vehicles in Dartmouth North by Treno Morton Introduction and Overview In an effort to raise awareness around opportunities for […]

  • Beach rocks in the foreground make way to a sandy coastline and light waves. A sunset colours the sky. The Heiltsuk sigil is overlaid.

    Doctrine of Discovery: A Linchpin of Heiltsuk Cultural Genocide 

    There have been ongoing calls to dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery advocating that it informs and influences policies and practices entrenched in legislation and procedures. It is viewed as a doctrine of superiority that impinges on reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and Canada in general. By dismantling it, reconciliation can be advanced to interface with Canadian law with the International Human Rights Law that repudiates the doctrine.