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Suzanne Galloway

Clean Air Festival

Suzanne Galloway June 1, 2000

It was a sunny day in May for the Clean Air Festival, a good time to cel­ebrate something residents of Water­loo Region have learned not to take for granted. Because of record smog levels over the past few summers, Ca­nadian Geographic ranks Kitchener among Canada’s “smoggiest places”; the region is identified as number one for ground level ozone. Happily, there are many worthwhile organizations and agencies banding together to combat air concerns.

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Tools for Living Project

Karin Kliewer December 1, 1999

For the past three weeks the third floor of the Working Centre has been electrified by the energy and daily ac­tivity of the “Tools for Living” (TFL) group. This is a consensus-based youth-run project that is working in conjunction with the organization and planning of the new building at 43 Queen Street.

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KW LETS Grows to 100 Members

Suzanne Galloway June 1, 1996

Money is essentially a promise that value will be given, and a way to measure trade. Yet we have become so depend­ent on the monetary economy, that without cash, trade doesn’t happen-and people don’t get the things they need.

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The Integrated Circle of Care is a fluid and collaborative approach followed by workers from different agencies weaving through St. John’s Kitchen. Within this approach, staff members from each agency are aware of their specific personal roles. However, the high level of collaboration between workers means that people can approach any worker, without knowing their agency association or specific role, and still receive support – either that worker will support the person directly, or they will introduce the person to another worker who can support the person more appropriately.

This approach makes relationships more natural and support more accessible. Workers from different agencies are easily approachable, meaning that people build relationships with multiple workers. Having relationships with different workers is important to a person’s support – it makes support from a trusted source easy to find, and means that people have a choice of worker to approach in any given situation.

In order to maintain a circle of care around a person, workers from different agencies ask for consent from the person for information to be shared between workers. Continuous communication between workers helps to ensure that people do not fall into gaps between services, and also that services are not duplicated.

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