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Partners

Camosun College Geography Department

City of Victoria Includes Beacon Hill Park Management Plan and Community Association links.

Green Map.org Homepage of the Greenmap organization with worldwide links.

IDRC Canada Canadian international development research corporation.  

James Bay Community Project James Bay's neighbourhood health centre

LifeCycles The website of our partner organization in Victoria, B.C., a youth-driven urban agriculture non-profit.

University of Victoria Geography Department

Capital Region

Capital Region District Guide to services and programs in Greater Victoria area, including parks and Regional Growth Strategy.

Conservation Connection On-line network of stewardship and conservation organizations and iniatives in the Capital Region. Great resource.

CRD Regional Planning Services Great maps of the region under Regional Informational Services link.

CRD Natural Areas Atlas Initiative Mandate for creation of a green atlas for the region.

Harris Green Charrette  The final report from the Harris Green Charrette here in Victoria.

Treks by Transit! Guide to green spaces around Victoria put together by PCC.

British Columbia

Aboriginal Mapping Network  B.C. based site supporting aboriginal mappers. Technical information, upcoming conferences, map page. 

Ecotrust Canada Promoting conservation-based development as a means to a conservation economy

Inforain BC GIS resources for regional and community databases based on watershed boundaries

Smart Growth B.C. Challenging urban sprawl and unsustainable development practices in British Columbia.

The Stewardship Centre Case studies and suggestions for people involved in conservation and ecological initatives.

Community Mapping - Canada 

Alternatives Journal Check out links page for Canada-wide directory of environmental academic and non-profit organizations.

Eco-Montreal (Tiotiake) Building ecological database and green maps in the greater Montreal region.

Canadian Community Atlas  School-based Canadian mapping project (check out http://schools.brunnet.net/islandview/com.htm for a great school site).  

Notre-Dame-de-Grace Community Council Community-based organization that works to improve the quality of life in Notre-Dame-de-Grace, Montreal through mapping. Amazing example of community asset mapping, includes over 200 organizations in their area.

Nature Mapping  Nature Mapping in the Pacific Northwest, mapping the natural areas in your community (with some workshops offered in Vancouver).  

Sensitive Habitat Inventory & Mapping Great interactive ecosystem maps of B.C.

Community Mapping - International

The Borneo Project  Indigenous mapping project to preserve large tracts of aboriginal homelands in the rainforest of Sarawak. 

Civil Practices Network  Civic Practices Network (CPN) - Some interesting on-line reports on the political aspects of healthy communities with an American slant. 

Common Ground UK Championing local distinctiveness in the United Kingdom, largely through the creation of parish maps.

Community Map.org  The community mapping arm of the Orton family fund, which aims to empower rural communities across the United States. 

Community Mapping and Empowerment  Asian Coalition for Housing Rights - Community Mapping in the context of tools for community empowerment.  

Conservation Economy.org Beautifully designed site exploring a bioregional "pattern language."

Geographers.com  Every geographer's favorite page. 

Learning City Network UK Promoting lifelong learning and partnerships in cities and towns

The Mayan Atlas  The Mayan Atlas was made by the forty-two Ke'Kechi and Mopan communities of southern Belize.

Community Planning & Design

About Planning is an independent and unaffiliated clearing house for information, websites, publications and essays on land use planning, growth management, smart growth and new urbanism.

City Repair Portland-based citizen group creating gathering places and "repairing intersections" through creativity and community involvement. Willing to advise on your local projects. Check it out!

Congress for the New Urbanism Influential movement for humanizing the built environment and revitalizing suburban sprawl.

Cubekc.org CUBE connects educators, design and planning professionals, and activist citizens in carrying out community based education activities in the classroom. Check out the "architivities."

Cyburbia.org Web hub for all things planning, urban and architectural.

DesignCorps Community Design Resources, includes directory of U.S. community design groups under "innovative" link.

Kids Neighborhood Workshop Fantastic online resource for teaching kids about planning.

Lesstraffic.com Info on reducing traffic and reclaiming streets

National Neighborhood Indicators Program Furthering the development and use of neighborhood-level information systems in local policymaking and community building.

Open Directory Project (Urban & Regional Planning Category)

Project for Public Spaces Promoting community, place-based planning of space.

Resources Zine Online newsletter for teaching and involving youth in planning. Includes downloadable lesson plans!

   
 
 

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Project coordinator  Maeve Lydon