Our learning opportunities will equip you with skills and connections for impactful community change. Learners will explore areas like Collaboration, Collective Leadership, Community Engagement, Asset-Based Community Development, and more.
Here's a list of our upcoming workshops, webinars and Communities of Practice. As usual, our online courses are available year round, and you can learn at your own pace.
Featured Event
2025 Changemaker experience
The Changemaker Experience is intentionally designed as an intimate, small-group learning experience. The 2025 Changemaker Experience cohort will be limited to 100 participants. Participants will build connections and become a peer learning group to share successful practices and challenges in driving community and systems-level change.
Our workshops offer short, focused sessions designed for immediate impact— perfect for busy community builders who want to gain essential skills for their place-based work.
Evaluation 201: Impact Evaluation
May 29, 2025
Join this workshop for a comprehensive overview of impact evaluation, and gain practical tools to identify, measure, and analyse the significant results of your initiatives. You will learn how to develop relevant indicators, collect and interpret data, and use your findings to guide your decisions and maximise the impact of your actions.
Join this workshop to explore the paradigm shift needed to embrace collective leadership. Learn how to best integrate collective leadership practices into the work of the board, senior leaders, and line managers.
Join this dynamic two-part virtual workshop to craft strategies that tackle the systemic barriers that are contributing to the very issues that our programs and services are intended to solve. Discover Collective Impact in action and equip yourself with practical tools to co-design a systems-focused effort that drives real change
Policy Change to Support Community-Driven Outcomes
October 9, 2025
Join this workshop to explore the importance of community and grounding policy change in place. Learn how to build the case and foundation for policy change, define your goals, reflect on internal & external organizational shifts, and develop a strategic plan to drive meaningful change.
Join this interactive workshop to elevate your facilitation skills to inspire groups to equitably achieve meaningful goals. Over two sessions, you'll learn seven essential practices, practical tools, and actionable strategies to co-create a collaborative path forward.
Join this workshop to learn the seven steps for crafting compelling stories that showcase your collaborative's successes and progress. Learn how a well-told story can help attract and retain the funders and partners needed to deepen your community impact.
Join this interactive workshop designed to help you create space for meaningful reflection, explore tools and structures for visioning, and cultivate a sense of collective care and accountability. Equip yourself with practical strategies to navigate what rest, reflection, and goal-setting can look like in your personal or professional life.
Join one of our cohorts for an immersion community-focused learning journey where changemakers develop practical skills, receive expert coaching, and connect with peers to create meaningful impact.
Anti-Racism & Indigenous Cultural Competency
Embark on a transformative learning journey that introduces you to:
A distinctions-based approach for engaging with First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities
The historical context of colonization, treaties, and the legacies of Residential Schools, the 60s Scoop, and the Pass System
The role of education in advancing truth and reconciliation
Practical applications of the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action
The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion + Community Change
This learning cohort will equip participants with skills in handling challenging conversations related to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in community settings. You'll gain strategies to create inclusive policies, spaces and practices and develop a shared understanding of language.
The cohort is designed to catalyze community-level actions to advance local climate adaptation and resilience projects. The cohort will bring together 15 collaborative teams for a year-long journey of applied learning and action that includes communities of practice, tailored coaching, and access to the latest thinking, tools, and resources, all designed to help you overcome your barriers to action.
The Changemaker Experience is intentionally designed as an intimate, small-group learning experience. The 2025 Changemaker Experience cohort will be limited to 100 participants. Participants will build connections and become a peer learning group to share successful practices and challenges in driving community and systems-level change.
From Assets to Action: Unlocking Community Potential through Asset Mapping
This interactive 6 month learning journey equips participants with the tools and strategies to foster stronger, more connected communities through a whole-community approach. A key focus is on asset mapping, a vital process to identify and leverage the unique strengths, talents, and resources within your community. Asset mapping is essential for uncovering untapped potential, fostering collaboration, and building a foundation for crafting community plans.
Don't have time for long-term immersive learning journeys? Our webinars provide focused and practical insights that empower changemakers to drive meaningful change within their local contexts.
Our online courses are foundational; they provide changemakers with the basic skills and theories to enact long-lasting change in the community. They are self-directed and low-stress, so you can learn at your own pace!
Our Communities of Practice are recurring online meet-ups where people with a common interest – and sometimes only Tamarack members – discuss common problems or goals within their practice area. Click each CoP below to learn more and register.
Asset-Based Community Development Community of Practice
Dive deeper into the principles and practices of Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) by joining a vibrant network of practitioners and residents committed to community-driven growth.
Join a committed group of individuals with a common desire to learn from each other, to enable professional self-development, and to build capacities of their local poverty reduction initiatives.
Join us to explore how building a sense of belonging can address polarization and fostera holistic approachto community safety.We'lldelve into challenges and successes in resident engagement and cross-sector collaboration.
Join us to explore examples of the role of community in emergency preparedness as well as tools and resources to help organizations trying to catalyze community-led emergency preparedness.
By joining this unique community of practice, you will connect and collaborate with a diverse network of practitioners that share resources, programs, policies, and best practices for building belonging and strengthening social infrastructure in neighbourhoods.
Join us for a series of engaging dialogues, interactive workshops, and collaborative co-design sessions as we embark on the next phase of our journey towards making a call for a Canada-wide strategy for Belonging –the Strategy for Belonging Working Group.
