About ICC
ICC Partners
The Inclusive Cities Canada partners are five social planning organizations in the following cities and urban areas (listed below in alphabetical order):
Burlington
Community Development Halton (CDH) www.cdhalton.ca is an intermediary organization that through social research, needs identification, volunteerism and education serves the voluntary sector, municipal and regional government and local grass roots organization. Our purpose is to build the capacity of our community to improve the quality of life for all residents of Halton.
Executive Director: Joey Edwardh
Edmonton
The Edmonton Social Planning Council (ESPC) www.edmspc.com is a non-profit, independent social research and advocacy organization. The ESPC provides leadership to the community and its organizations in addressing social issues and effecting changes to social policy. Our work includes the definition of the scope and nature of social issues (social research), facilitation of community based solutions to social problems (social planning), the promotion of strategies which will reduce the long term costs and problems caused by unresolved social issues (advocacy), information and referral regarding human service and health programs, and the demonstration of new models of service delivery (innovation).
Executive Director: Nicola Fairbrother
Saint John (Greater Saint John Area)
The Human Development Council (HDC) www.humandevelopmentcouncil.nb.ca is a local social planning council working with citizens to improve the overall quality of life in Greater Saint John. It was formed in 1979 and seeks to coordinate and promote social development in the region. Our goals are to: study and identify social needs within the community, and the services that exist to meet those needs; advise and assist in planning and developing new services and improving existing ones; initiate opportunities for joint action in the development, coordination, and delivery of services appropriate to community needs; and facilitate local citizens’ access to information about community programs and services.
Executive Director: Randall Hatfield
Toronto
The Community Social Planning Council of Toronto (CSPC-T) www.socialplanningtoronto.org is a not-for-profit community organization. The CSPC aims to promote equitable, effective and inclusive policies for improving the quality of life in Toronto. Collectively, the predecessor organizations have over 100 years of experience in social planning, community development, policy analysis and research, advocacy, and service coordination. The work of CSPC-T is fuelled by the efforts and commitment of highly qualified staff and dedicated volunteers from the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors.
The Community Social Planning Council of Toronto also serves as project sponsor (as an incorporated charitable organization) and provides administrative support for the ICC initiative.
Executive Director: John Campey
Vancouver and North Vancouver
The Social Planning and Research Council of British Columbia (SPARC BC) www.sparc.bc.ca works with communities to build a just and healthy society for all. Founded in 1966, SPARC is a non-partisan organization whose members and directors are drawn from throughout British Columbia. SPARC BC is guided by the values of social justice, integrity, learning and inclusion and as such we conduct research, consulting, public education, and advocacy on issues of accessibility, income security, and community development.
Executive Director: Nancy Henderson
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Inclusive Cities Canada works in collaboration with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities through its Standing Committee on Social Development. Civic panel co-chairs, Pam McConnell and Carl White, are members of the Standing Committee, along with Michael Phair, the national co-chair of ICC and former chair of the FCM Standing Committee on Social Infrastructure.
The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) www.fcm.ca is a national organization of 1000 plus cities in Canada. Comprised of locally elected politicians, FCM endeavours to support local governments through conferences, research and information and acts as a lobby for the interests of cities with the Federal Government. Over the past 15 years besides issues of local infrastructure, FCM has advocated for a better quality of life in our local communities. To achieve our goals, FCM liaises and works with numerous other Canadian groups and organizations.
Manager Economic and Social Policy: John Burrett