Welcome to our Learning Centre
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.
Learning at Tamarack
The Tamarack Institute is a Registered Canadian Charity dedicated to ending poverty in all its forms and skill-building for changemakers. Many of our workshops, webinars and online training courses are focused on place and community.
We'd love to partner with you!
Tamarack is pleased to offer the Partner With Us option for participants who wish to attend our workshops and cohorts but require a small discount in order for them to be accessible. Learn more below!
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.
Pause, Reflect, and Reimagine: Building Collective Tools for the Year Ahead
January 22, 2026
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.
Evaluation 101
January 29, 2026
Join this interactive workshop to equip project managers and coordinators with practical tools to integrate evaluation into their work. You’ll learn what evaluation really entails, why it matters, and how to use strategies that keep equity at the centre, so your efforts are aligned with community priorities and have the greatest impact.
Community Engagement: From Debate to Dialogue
February 12, 2026
Community engagement is becoming increasingly complex as polarization, intolerance, and fear make it harder for groups to work together. This session will equip you with practical techniques to navigate polarized situations, foster healthy dialogue, and create the conditions for more equitable, inclusive engagement.
The Practice of Sensemaking: Strengthening Our Capacity to Navigate Uncertainty
March 5, 2026
Join this interactive workshop to explore why sensemaking is important in an ever-changing world. You’ll learn tools to interpret experience, uncover insights, and strengthen collective decision-making. Walk away ready to turn shared understanding into meaningful action.
2026 Changemaker Experiences Cohort
Macrh 20, 2026 (Application Deadline)
This cohort is an opportunity to enhance the skills necessary for building consensus & commitment to accelerate systems-level impact. The Changemaker Experience will bring together a small cohort of changemakers who will learn together, experience tools and resources, and develop new skills to bring back to their communities and collaboratives.
Collaborating with Confidence: Essential Skills for Success
March 26, 2026
Join this workshop to deepen your capacity to lead and facilitate diverse groups in developing shared strategies and understanding the core phases of community change. You’ll also explore key mindset shifts, practical tools, and real-world examples that strengthen collaborative work.
Community Change Summit (in-person)
October 21-23, 2026
After three years apart, we’re coming back together - in person, in purpose, and in possibility. Fall 2026, join a movement of changemakers from across Canada and beyond for a summit that celebrates the courage of community, the power of place, and the promise of what’s next. Together, we’ll learn, connect, and accelerate solutions that transform lives and landscapes.
December
4
Seizing the Moment: What Budget 2025 Means for Community Organizations
12:00 - 1:00 PM ET
January
21
From National Findings to Local Solutions: Understanding the 2025 Poverty Report
1:00 - 2:00 PM ET
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.
Learn more & register here: https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/abcd-community-of-practice
Basic Income Atlantic Canada
Join advocates from across Atlantic Canada to work towards a national livable basic income guarantee.
Learn more & register here: https://www.big-ns.org/atlantic-canada-basic-income-now
BC Communities Ending Poverty
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.
Learn more & register here: https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/bc_reducingpoverty_cop
Community's Role in Community Safety
Join us to explore how building a sense of belonging can address polarization and foster a holistic approach to community safety. We'll delve into challenges and successes in resident engagement and cross-sector collaboration.
Learn more & register here: https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/community-safety-community-of-practice
Community's Role in Emergency Preparedness
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.
Learn more & register here: https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/emergency-preparedness-community-of-practice
Neighbourhood Learning Community of Practice
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.
Learn more and register here: https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/neighbourhood-learning-community-of-practice
Strategy for Belonging Working Group
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.
Learn more and register here: https://www.tamarackcommunity.ca/strategy-for-belonging-working-group