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What We Feel – Sharing our stories
Here is the link to the What We Feel – Sharing our stories document for your reading pleasure (click here for English or ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ). This document chronicles the community engagement undertaken in 2012. Each person’s contribution has been left unedited, in order to accurately represent their input. In this document, data is organized by activity. If you prefer to review data compiled by question, click here (English or ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ).
This is the third of the set of documents that also include What We Heard – A summary of past voices (English or ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ) and What We Have – Our community assets (English or ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ).
The draft Sustainable Community Plan is currently being reviewed by Municipal Directors. In the near future, I look forward to sharing the draft with Council, and then with the public. There will be time for everyone to provide their response before the final version is complete.
Robyn Campbell
Update!
We have been working hard over the summer and fall on two fronts. We have collated the ideas and feelings shared by Iqalummiut about our current reality and our dreams for the future, and we have been turning them into two usable documents:
1) What We Feel – Sharing our stories
The What We Feel document collates the input of Iqalummiut in response to community engagement over the past year. It includes the thoughts and feelings that were shared through:
- The Storytelling Activity, March 2012 – June 2012
- The Community Exhibit, May 2012
- The Working Groups, May 2012 – June 2012
This is the final document of the set of three, including What We Heard – our past voices and What We Have – our community assets. We are in the process of completing this document and preparing it for translation. This should come out in the New Year.
2) Early draft of the Sustainable Community Plan
We have been working on an early draft of the Sustainable Community Plan. We’re distilling all the reports, documents, meetings, ideas, and notes we have collected over the past year, and using them all to develop a draft plan. We’re determined to make this plan reflect our community’s feelings and needs. It will include actions to move us towards a better long-term future.
Into the winter
In the New Year we’re looking forward to distributing the Draft Plan to municipal staff and to Council, and also to the community.
We’re also looking forward to holding community meetings to discuss it together.
As ever, your input is welcome. Feel free to contact Robyn Campbell at r.campbell@city.iqaluit.nu.ca or 979-6363 x232 to share your ideas.
Wishing happy holidays to all!
Robyn Campbell
PS – Please note I’ll be taking a break over winter holidays from December 25, 2012 to January 3, 2013.
What happens now?
It’s been a busy springtime! In the past two months, over 400 Iqalummiut have participated in the community storytelling activity, the four-day Community Exhibit, and the eight Working Groups (click here for more details.) We are so pleased by the wonderful community response. Your warmth, enthusiasm, and genuine interest have been inspiring and heartening. It feels so good to work together in moving towards a better future. :)
What’s next?
This summer
Over the summer we are tying together the thoughtful input we’ve received, with the intent of circulating it in the fall as a document called What We Feel. This will be the third document in the set that includes What We Heard – A summary of past voices and What We Have – Our community assets. These three tools will form the basis of the content for our first Sustainable Community Plan. We will continue to seek advice and maintain open dialogue with stakeholders and community residents to create a meaningful sustainability plan for Iqaluit.
Early fall
To our delight Iqalummiut have requested several follow-up meetings to enhance our understanding of sustainability in our community. We are looking at booking these in the early fall, knowing that many people are away from town in the summertime.
Late fall
We’re intending to have the first draft of the Sustainable Community Plan available for community review in the late fall.
We wish you a very fine summer, with time out on the land and with your neighbours, friends and family. :)
New location for Working Groups: June 6 – June 14, 2012
Please note new location: Iqaluit Centennial Library
Wednesday June 6, 6-8pm at IQALUIT CENTENNIAL LIBRARY
Housing and homelessness
Food security and country food
Thursday June 7, 6-8pm at IQALUIT CENTENNIAL LIBRARY
Sustainable growth and development
Transportation and cargo
Tuesday June 12, 6-8pm at IQALUIT CENTENNIAL LIBRARY
Outdoor lifestyle
Local infrastructure
Wednesday June 13, 6-8pm at IQALUIT CENTENNIAL LIBRARY
Mental wellbeing
Thursday June 14, 6-8pm at IQALUIT CENTENNIAL LIBRARY
Everybody contributing
Education and training
Everyone is warmly invited to attend. We need people to RSVP to ensure adequate seating: contact Robyn Campbell at r.campbell@city.iqaluit.nu.ca or 979-6363 x232.
Working groups for Sustainable Iqaluit running May 29-June 14, 2012
Sustainable Iqaluit is inviting all Iqalummiut to join Working Groups, to develop the contents of our first Sustainable Community Plan.
These two hour Working Group discussions will build on the themes in the What We Heard – A Summary of Past Voices document (available here) and will get into the details of designing our future.
This is your opportunity to clarify, share and develop your opinions, and help identify community priorities for our long-term future.
Please note that Inuktitut/English interpreters will be available and that you can choose to attend any one or all of the discussions:
Tuesday May 29, 6-8pm at Yummy Shwarma
Strong Inuit culture, language and identity
Life skills, traditional skills, and leadership
Wednesday May 30, 6-8pm at Yummy Shwarma
The land, sea and waters
Cultural relationship to our environment
Thursday May 31, 6-8pm at Yummy Shwarma
Families, childcare and parenting
Community health and safety
Wednesday June 6, 6-8pm at Grind and Brew
Housing and homelessness
Food security and country food
Thursday June 7, 6-8pm at Grind and Brew
Sustainable growth and development
Transportation and cargo
Tuesday June 12, 6-8pm at Grind and Brew
Outdoor lifestyle
Local infrastructure
Wednesday June 13, 6-8pm at Grind and Brew
Mental wellbeing
Thursday June 14, 6-8pm at Grind and Brew
Everybody contributing
Education and training
Everyone is warmly invited to attend. We need people to RSVP to ensure adequate seating: contact Robyn Campbell at r.campbell@city.iqaluit.nu.ca or 979-6363 x232.
