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Appendix B: U-ACT Project Timeline
This timeline shows the key phases and activities of the U-ACT Project, launched in North Bay in 2012.
Although some activities took place at particular points in the project, often the phases overlapped: engaging the community, learning, doing, planning, applying for funding, forming partnerships, etc. went on throughout the project.
PRE-PLANNING
July 2012 – November 2012
• OFIFC asks NBIFC to participate in Urban Aboriginal Communities Thrive (U-ACT) initiative.
• NBIFC secures seed funding from Ontario Trillium Foundation.
• Research team is hired and trained; Friendship Centre becomes the hub. Team interviews Friendship Centre staff to gain
insight into research perceptions, key needs and goals, and to encourage staff support.
• Drafting key materials begins: work plan, description, pamphlet and web design, terms of reference, power point, research materials including consent forms are developed.
• Letters of support are requested from North Bay agencies, Aboriginal and non-aboriginal organizations, and governing bodies including local First Nations; 28 letters are received.
• Invitations are sent to agencies and organizations to join a community advisory committee.
• Community Action Circle (CAC) is formed; Elders Action Circle and Youth Action Circle concepts are developed to support their involvement. Each CAC meeting involves reviewing what has been done since the last meeting, discussing new opportunities, sharing information and breaking into focus groups to examine specific issues and work on our strategy. By our third meeting, 50 people are attending.
• Youth Action Circle (YAC) holds its first meeting (Sept 2012), establishes a formal meeting structure and meets every two weeks.
• Elders Action Circle (EAC) takes the form of individual Elders offering advice and other supports.
• Elders and community members want space and opportunities to drop in and talk. In response, we create weekly teas and social drop-ins. We use these opportunities to visit and obtain feedback on research questions and ideas.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, PARTICIPATION AND PLANNING
August 2012 – February 2014
LEARNING AND DOING
July 2012 – February 2014
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