John Cawley
November, 2012
Video: Building on Failure: Learning When Things Go Wrong
In this webinar, Ashley Good provides an overview of how to “fail forward”, an approach that is grounded in years of generating failure reports with Engineers Without Borders Canada. Dr. Natasha Blanchet-Cohen highlights some failures (and lessons learned) related to a pan-Canadian youth engagement initiative called YouthScape.
November 1, 2010
Report: How Funders are Supporting Social Innovation: Three Examples from the Youth Sector
A multi-foundation collaborative piece on funder support of youth-led organizations. Includes a segment on the use of developmental evaluation in the Foundation's initiative, YouthScape. Originally published in The Philanthropist.
September 2010
Report: YouthScape: A Funder's Perspective
Based on a funder's experience, this paper discusses the design, implementation and evaluation of a complex, emerging initiative (YouthScape). It explores the diversity of strategies – healing, empowering, engaging, and organizing – that community organizations can adopt for involving marginalized young people in community development activities.
December 2009
Report: A Dialogue - Free the Children: Final Reflections and our Reply
Youth empowerment and leadership service, Volunteer Now!, reflects on their organization with a reply from the Foundation.
November 2009
Report: A Dialogue - Sport Matters Group: 2009 Progress Report and our Reply
Reflections on Sport Matters Group, a group who collaborates to advance sport and public policy, with a reply from the Foundation.
September 2007
Report: Community Service-Learning: Reflections from the Foundation
The Foundation reflects on Community Service-Learning, an educational approach integrating community service with intentional learning activities.
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