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Measuring Progress

• Higher participation numbers at community events • Increase in volunteer participation and commitment
and in programming
• More community celebrations and festivals
• More positive and respectful conversation at
community events

Key Challenges And Concerns

• Limited opportunities to come together and celebrate success,
• Community members are not aware of all the programming available to them, particularly Youth
• Lack of uptake on advertisement and public communications
• Grassroots organizations have a difficult time recruiting and retaining volunteers
• Negativity and lateral violence between community members makes people not feel safe to participate
• Social Media and technology can connect us, but can be isolating if not balanced with human interaction

Suggested Lead Partners

• Governance • New and emerging • Community Planning
• Social Services organizations

Timeline

OBJECTIVES STATUS IN 2019
Develop a volunteer Central Database needed for grassroots initiatives to find volunteers, celebrate
coordination database participation.

SHORT Develop a consistent and Youth council exists and working towards regular meeting and feed-in process, Youth Life
(2019-2024) sustained youth engagement Promotion is expanding this work, various youth groups are ongoing.
process
Create community Community needs to be made more aware of successes, realistic costs of new projects,
development info strategy opportunities for growth and reasons for delay.

Annual festival to celebrate Community awareness week is focused on community achievement, but not always
success tied to our success on long-term goals.

Hire communications staff Some departments have communications specialists, but largely relying on a
within each community shared communications department which is overburdened with communicating all
MEDIUM organization departmental initiatives.
(2025-2029)
Build spaces to host small Social Services is considering building small spaces that community members can use
group discussions at old school sites to host discussions.
Teach children how to use technology responsibly, how to balance it with in-person
Develop technology/social contact. Develop more apps that integrate our culture and language so tech can
media education strategy celebrate our culture, not threaten it.

LONG Six Nations community app App for members to see event and programming information, local businesses can
(2030-2039) advertise. Kiosks could be developed to communicate the information in public places
for those without smart phone access.

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