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Visioning for Change Visualisation pour le changement AOHC Health Equity Action and Transformation Conference June14th, 2018 Toronto, ON, Canada

Presenter Disclosure • Presenters: – Valérie Assoi, Community Health Worker, South East Ottawa Community Health Centre (SEOCHC) – Lynda Giffen, Community and Health Equity Developer, Sandy Hill Community Health Centre (SHCHC)

• Relationships with financial sponsors: – Grants Support for Visioning for Change workshops: Multicultural Community Capacity Grant Program to SEOCHC, from the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration (OMCI) 2

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This program has received financial support from the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration in the form of the Multicultural Community Capacity Grant Program In-kind support from the City of Ottawa, Timbercreek Communities and John Fraser’s Office

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Mitigating Potential Bias •

Potential for conflict(s) of interest: – Valerie Assoi and Lynda Giffen have received no funding towards discussing this project.

– Sandy Hill Community Health Centre and South East Ottawa Community Health Centre have not developed/distributed or benefited from the sale of any products that will be discussed in this program

• No bias/conflict of interest identified 4

Visioning for Change Workshops •

4 workshops in South East Ottawa catchment

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Audiences: Diverse residents living in priority neighborhoods in the SEOCHC catchment

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Groups linked through community developers

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Participants were given multiple media (magazines, crafts, markers, etc.) to make their “vision boards” with short and long term

Visioning for Change Workshops •

Served meals made by residents

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1 celebration event at conclusion

Presentations by SEOCHC’s ED, local MPP and City Councillor.

Attended by community media and representative from Ontario Ministry of Immigration (OMCI)

How Was it Received?

“We never have time for ourselves” “Can we do this every month”?

- VfC Participants

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Strongly positive reactions

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Relationship building between participants and CDers involved

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4 Visioning for Change sessions, and a total of 48 participants from 15 different cultures and backgrounds

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Successfully achieved the outlined grant objectives

How Was it Received?

Vision/Values behind Visioning for Change •

Why Important?

Health Equity and Canadian Index of Wellbeing indicators (community vitality, leisure and culture, time use)

Evaluation Output Measures

Numeric Target

Result

(in the original project application)

(numbers in the original project application)

Achieved (project’s actual numeric results)

Participants: Total number of individuals participating in the project or project program(s)

24

48

Workshops: Total number of workshops offered in areas such as leadership or governance

4

4

Volunteers: Total number of volunteers involved and engaged in the project

18

5

Partnerships: Number of new partnerships developed with other groups or organizations and directly involved in the project

N/A

1

Participants: Number of cultures

3 per session

15 total

Evaluation Output Measures

Numeric Target

Result

(in the original project application)

(numbers in the original project application)

Achieved (project’s actual numeric results)

85%

100%

85%

100%

85%

94%

85%

100%

85%

94%

85%

94%

Percentage of participants who felt the project empowered them to make positive change in their lives, whether personally, in community, or both Percentage of participants who made an effort toward achieving an identified goal Percentage of participants who felt they made new social connections as a result of the project Percentage of participants who agree that community engagement was improved by the project Percentage of participants who identified an increased understanding of other cultures Overall positive satisfaction rate of the sessions

Vision/Values behind Visioning for Change What’s the Impact on participants?

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Dreaming / Confiance en Soi • Visioning / positive cognitive activity • Moment of joy • Sense of self / well being • Grounded in community development approach • Personality of presenters (What we as workers bring to a space - Energy) •

Impact •

What came out of this project?

A strengthening of relationships with Arabic women in Heron Gate that led to an increase in programming for that population

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Funding has been granted from the same ministry for a mentoring program in Hunt Club (Springland) wealthier residents giving back to Syrian refugees

Community Development Guiding Principles • Provide

Space for transformational learning of self - community

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developed through a partnership between CHCs

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accessible to speakers of multiple languages - delivered in English and French (and to audiences who don’t speak either)

ValĂŠrie Assoi valeriea@seochc.on.ca

Lynda Giffens - Clements lgclements@sandyhillchc.on.ca

Questions / Partage