From Edmonton’s Interfaith Housing Initiative, this platform offers resources in 12 languages to:

• Help Safely
• Guide to share food safely
• Ideas for safe connection and celebration
• Introduce yourself to your neighbours and offer help

The projects you will find here are all about doing practical, creative things with people nearby, and finding more ways for people to connect and learn across the neighbourhood. They are made possible by local residents coming together to share their ideas, time and skills for mutual community benefit. The wide range of sessions such as neighbourhood walks, making your own dream catcher, or preparing healthy snacks for kids, means that there are many different ways to get involved and fuel your creativity. They are all free to attend and open to everyone. This 4 week program will inspire a growing network of friends and neighbours who are excited to bring new ideas and projects to life in the neighbourhood.

Parkdale Neighbourhood Land Trust — part of a growing movement of community-based groups who are taking affordable housing acquisition and preservation into their own hands.

Health Commons has been working with partners in Toronto and Central Region communities hardest hit by COVID-19 to better understand the role of local response strategies as part of the recovery effort

Interviews with over 100 residents and community organizations offer insights about what’s driving the high rates of transmission in ‘hotspot’ communities and how healthcare partners can help This proposal outlines a proposed model for community-based COVID-19 response, including an integrated approach to testing that could be piloted in hotspot communities Core elements of the model were designed with the community.

Nelson Helps is a way to connect individuals vulnerable to the virus that do not want to go out in public for prescriptions, groceries, or other essentials, with volunteers who are willing to help.