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Welcoming Newcomers in Carstairs

Congrats goes out to the ACE 'Diversity Friendly' Communities (DFC) group in Carstairs.  Their recent application for their $10,000 seed funding for their 'Welcoming Newcomers' initiative has been successful!The Welcoming Newcomers initiative will help new residents including people of...

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• Longview wins ARPA 'Parks Excellence Award'!
• Carstairs evaluates their priorities!
• Looking for some foolishness?
• Suntree Music Festival & Neighbourhood BBQ in Okotoks
• Trochu officially launches their trails

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2012 ARPA Conference and Energize Workshop in Jasper

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Becoming a
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Arts, Culture, & Heritage

Vitalize 2013 – Recharge Your Power

The 25th annual Vitalize 2013 Provincial Voluntary Sector Conference runs June 13-15 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton. Vitalize is excited to announce this year’s...

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• National Youth Arts Week - May 1-7
• The Pop-Up Gallery Art Competition
• Applications Now Open For ATTA Showcase
• Festivals & Events Tourism Growth Program - due Feb 15
• 2013 Celebrate Canada Funding

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Youth Community Leadership

The Pop-Up Gallery Art Competition

Organizations and lovers of art - we implore you to spread the word to young artists in your community to submit!

What is this event?
An art competition! We want to...

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• Upcoming awards celebrates leadership that inspires active communities in Alberta
• Sogo Active Becomes ParticipACTION Teen Challenge
• Gen A – ACTION GENERATION!
• Aboriginal Youth Art Contest
• Scholarship Opportunities - Alberta Foundation for the Arts

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Resource Links

Unleashing Local Capital accepting applications

UNLEASHING LOCAL CAPITAL IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR A SECOND ROUND OF PILOT COMMUNITIES. The Unleashing Local Capital project will empower communities to invest...

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• Rural & Remote Homelessness
• HANDS UP for Health and Physical Literacy
• No TIme to Wait: A Healthy Kids Strategy
• Canada’s Coolest School Trip Contest
• State Farm Grant

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Training Links

FUNdamentals of Child Growth and Development

This webinar will provide the participant with an understanding of the physical changes that occur during the growth period from early childhood to puberty. The focus will be...

• Vitalize 2013 – Recharge Your Power
• Physical Literacy 101 is Coming to Calgary!
• Connecting the Silos: It takes a Region Conference
• HPEC 2013 Conference in May
• Asset Based Community Development Workshop

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Aboriginal Communities

Business Co-op workshop for Métis & First Nations Communities

Check out this upcoming workshop brought to you by the Metis Settlement General Council and facilitated by the Alberta Community and Co-operative Association. 

This...

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• CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - BURT AWARD FOR FIRST NATIONS, MÉTIS AND INUIT LITERATURE
• Indigenous Women in Community Leadership Program at Coady International Institute
• Resources from APIRG
• Survey for Aboriginal Artists
• Metis Youth Employment & Education Power Training

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Diversity Friendly Communities

Creating Spaces of Safety and a Culture of Welcome

City of Sanctuary seeks to build a culture of hospitality for people seeking sanctuary in the UK. Casper ter Kuile, at Common Cause, spoke to Sarah Eldridge about the UK...

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• Engaging Girls & Young Women from Diverse Ethno-Cultural Communities in Sport & Physical Activity
• Opening Doors Symposium 2013
• Upcoming forum and public workshops
• In Practice to Policy: Lessons from Local Leadership on Immigrant Integration
• “Aging, cerebrovascular regulation and physical fitness in older adults”

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