Community hubs have been springing up all over Calgary, thanks to a partnership among The City of Calgary, Rotary, and the United Way. Now there is an on-line tool kit to help anyone in any neighbourhood build their own community hub. The document is called “Community Hubs By Design” and it lays out five steps to building a community hub.
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This spring, the bison were returned to Banff National Park after over 100 years. On April 6, a celebration was held at Mount Royal University to celebrate their homecoming.
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This wonderful comment by Wilf McDougal captured the spirit of the recent Elders Teaching event hosted by Vibrant Communities Calgary and St Mary’s University. Everyone was surprised by the number and diversity of people who took advantage of the opportunity to listen with friends and strangers to stories and teaching from Elders from Treaty 7
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Last week a committed group of poverty activists convened for “Enough,” a Spoken Word Event at the Calgary Public Library’s John Dutton Theatre to mark the United Nations’ International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

The event featured spoken word performances from Calgarians who intimately understand the impacts of poverty and have an important story to share.
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