Community Partner Programs & Events

Throughout the year, the Centre for Community Partnerships (CCP) hosts events and shares resources and opportunities that align with the priorities and interests of our community partners.

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Free Winter 2025 Workshop Series for Nonprofits:
Skills for Frontline Change Agents in Precarious Times

The Centre for Community Partnerships at the University of Toronto invites you to our free online workshop series on practical skills for frontline change agents, facilitated by seasoned changemakers from the field. As you know well, sustaining yourselves and your work for change is not easy—it takes real skills. Affirm the strengths you already have, gain new tools for your toolbox, and engage in reflection and interactive discussion on dynamic topics including “Taking Care of Your Career,” and “Practical Approaches to Systems Change from Where You Stand.”

These workshops are targeted to frontline workers in the nonprofit sector, but are also open to all staff of community and nonprofit organizations in the GTA.

 Unlocking Potential: Practical Approaches to Systems Change from Where You Stand

Tuesday, April 8, 2025
1 – 3 p.m. E.T. (online) 

Systems change work isn’t just for policymakers. This interactive virtual workshop is designed for service providers on the frontlines looking to drive impactful, system-level transformation. Take a step back to reflect on your day-to-day challenges through a wider lens, and leave empowered with tools to make a bigger difference from where you stand as frontline workers. 

Facilitator: Catherine Dyer (she/her), CFRE, MBA (qualifying), is a community builder and systems change leader with over two decades of experience in youth mental health, child welfare, and community development. A former Crown Ward, Catherine has firsthand experience navigating complex systems. 

Register at: www.uoft.me/SkillsforChange

Taking Care of Your Career: Reflect and Plan to Sustain Your Work for Change 

Thursday, February 13, 2025
1 – 3 p.m. E.T. (online) 

This interactive and participatory workshop offers a space to pause for frontline change-makers in the nonprofit sector. Reflect on your social change roles, clarify your core values, and plan for your needs and next steps in your career and social change work. Walk away with practical new tools for reflection and self-care, and bring more sustenance and greater alignment across your professional and personal paths. 

Facilitator: Rima Athar (she/her) is a facilitator, educator and consultant. She has over 16 years of experience supporting community groups, social organizations and philanthropic institutions in their collaborative efforts to bolster civic engagement, social justice and human rights around the world.  

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