We Are

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We are a team of skilled, dedicated, enthusiastic and collaborative professionals whose collective aim is to work with communities to find ways of making our spaces and places more inclusive and healthy.

The firm's work is dedicated to working with organizations and communities to discover, explore and design solutions to complex challenges through consultation, research, policy development, program design, and strategic planning. We employ unique strategies and creative approaches to dig below the surface to better understand the challenges and system structures that are getting the way of achieving objectives and desired outcomes.

Featured Projects

Recruitment and Retention of Senior Care Staff
Municipality of Chatham-Kent
Completed: 2018
Housing and Homelessness Master Plan
City of Windsor
Completed: 2019
Design and Facilitation of Community Engagement Sessions
North Bay Public Health Unit
Completed: 2019

Our Purpose

We are committed to building healthier, more inclusive communities. Together.

Our Work

Group Facilitation
We specialize in group facilitation that advances the knowledge of organizations and communities and moves them forward through thoughtful insights and creative engagement methods.
Outreach & Engagement

We design, plan, and facilitate a wide range of consultation activities aimed at engaging people in the development of meaningful solutions to community challenges.

Strategic Design
We lead collaborative planning exercises aimed at creating a shared vision and future direction. We engage communities and organizations in participatory planning exercises to explore, articulate and define the strategies and actions needed to achieve desired goals and outcomes.
Community Planning
We prepare comprehensive needs assessments and unique community plans aimed at identifying, and responding to, a broad range of socio-economic needs across diverse communities.
Applied Research
We provide critical information and data through a full complement of applied research techniques including literature reviews, best and promising practices analysis, needs assessments, and statistical analysis.

Our Reach

26

Communities Across Canada

8902

People Engaged

540

Community Groups Engaged

44

Projects

How Can We Help?

  • Designing community and stakeholder engagement strategies and tools
  • Facilitating, planning, and managing stakeholder and community engagement events
  • Socio-economic research and policy development
  • Group facilitation and strategic planning

Our Clients


  • Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

  • Canadian Housing and Renewal Association

  • Canadian Mental Health Association Sudbury-Manitoulin

  • Chatham-Kent Workforce Planning Board

  • City of Edmonton

  • City of Fort St. John

  • City of Greater Sudbury

  • City of Hamilton

  • City of Kamloops

  • City of Peterborough

  • City of Vaughan

  • City of Windsor

  • Clearview Township

  • Community Development Halton

  • County of Lambton

  • ECTA of Canada

  • Fairmount Home

  • Frontenac County Paramedic Services

  • Homeward Trust Edmonton

  • Hydro One

  • JobSkills

  • Mid-Scarborough Hub

  • Municipality of Chatham-Kent

  • North Bay Public Health Unit

  • Riverview Gardens

  • The Housing Help Centre

  • The Nation Municipality

  • Town of Hanover

  • Town of Midland

  • Town of Oakville

  • Township of Tay

  • Vaughan Community Health Centre

  • York Region

  • Yukon Territory


Land Acknowledgement

Our offices are located in Oakville Ontario Canada.

We are grateful for the opportunity to meet, learn, and work here and we thank all the generations of people who have taken care of this land for thousands of years. In particular, we acknowledge and thank the traditional territory of the Anishnabek, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), Ojibway/Chippewa peoples. This territory is covered by the Upper Canada Treaties. We recognize and deeply appreciate their historic connection to this place.