Show a little love to the places that bring your community together! 🧤♻️ Grab some friends and spend some time picking up litter at a local park, trail, shoreline, or around your neighbourhood. Even a short cleanup can make a visible difference in a space you use every day. Gather your crew, clean up a place you care about, and track your action on Commit2Act.org! 🌎 #Commit2Act #CommunityCleanup #ClimateAction #KeepItClean #SustainableLiving #TakeAction

Driven by a desire to create space for Indigenous stories and knowledge, her career has taken her from the Assembly of First Nations to the mining industry and now to academia. Learn about Tyna Legault Taylor’s journey with her @AConnectedNorth Fireside Chat: firesidechats.ca/video/tyna-… ✨

Marilynn Burch-Harvey’s project, Dear Future YEG Youth ACCCTIVATOR, brought youth together at Edmonton City Hall to build skills in artivism, advocacy, and community mobilization. Youth connected directly with politicians, advocates, and community leaders while sharing their experiences and identifying gaps in youth representation. For Marilynn, the experience strengthened her confidence as a youth advocate and inspired her to continue creating opportunities for young people to have their voices heard in the decisions that affect them. 💛 Learn more about Marilynn’s project at: sproutideas.org/fellows/mari…

Nyakien Buong’s Sprout Ideas Fellowship project, Ethnographies of War: Stories of the Displaced, brought together seven artists to explore stories of war, migration, cultural memory, identity, and belonging through art. The exhibition created space for artists to share personal and intergenerational experiences of displacement on their own terms. For Nyakien, bringing the exhibition to life also marked the beginning of a new chapter in her own creative journey, building her confidence as a curator and showing how her experiences in anthropology, fashion, and community work can come together in meaningful ways. 💛 Learn more about Nyakien’s project at sproutideas.org/fellows/nyak…

Following her lifelong passions of art, music and hair, she left behind the expectations of traditional career and found her place to shine. Hear about Ingrid Aubrey's incredible journey in her @AConnectedNorth Fireside Chat: firesidechats.ca/video/ingri… ✨

One turn of the dial can make your laundry routine a little more sustainable! 🧺❄️ The next time you're doing a load of laundry, choose cold water instead of hot. It's an easy change that can help reduce the energy used to wash your clothes — without adding another task to your day. Make the switch and track your cold-water wash on Commit2Act.org! Small actions can add up to collective impact. 💚 #Commit2Act #WashCold #SaveEnergy #SustainableLiving #ClimateAction #EverydayAction

On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day, we remember the children who never came home from residential schools and honour Survivors, their families, and communities. We recognize the grief that continues alongside the strength and hope carried forward. In the lead-up to this important day and throughout October, Connected North is hosting 73 sessions, with students from 70 schools participating in opportunities to listen, learn, and reflect together. These conversations remind us that reconciliation is an ongoing responsibility. It calls us to continue learning, recognize past and present injustices, and take meaningful action in support of healing and reconciliation every day.

Learning from mistakes and gathering inspiration from everywhere, she has built a business for over a decade that has taught her so much. Get to know graphic designer Katie Wilhelm in her @AConnectedNorth Fireside Chat: firesidechats.ca/video/katie… ✨

Your next meal is another opportunity to take action! 🌱 Try making one of your meals plant-based this week. From veggie tacos to lentil curry or your favourite pasta, there are plenty of delicious ways to put more plants on your plate. One meal is a simple place to start! Track your plant-based action on Commit2Act.org and see how your choices contribute to collective impact. 🌎

Working for Scotiabank to help Indigenous people advance and in her own business to help Indigenous people learn traditional practices, her heart was made for helping. Find out how Jessica McKenzie makes a difference in her @AConnectedNorth Fireside Chat: firesidechats.ca/video/jessi… ✨

Designing spaces where everyone can feel a sense of belonging. 💛 Through the Sprout Ideas Fellowship, Rabia Muhammad launched Solid & Void to make spatial design more accessible while exploring how community spaces can support belonging and well-being. The six-week program brought together participants from diverse professional and lived backgrounds to learn about sensory design, accessibility, and spatial planning before building architectural models of their own community cafés, libraries, and gardens. Rabia’s project helped participants transform their lived experiences into thoughtful, inclusive visions for the spaces their communities need. Learn more about Rabia’s project at sproutideas.org/fellows/rabi…

When we work together, small actions can transform an entire community. 🌎🧤 Gather your friends, family, or neighbours for a community cleanup and help care for the spaces we all share. Every piece of litter collected makes a visible difference! Track your sustainable action on Commit2Act.org and see your impact grow. 💚 #Commit2Act #CommunityCleanup #TogetherForThePlanet #SustainableLiving #ClimateAction

The most sustainable outfit might already be in your closet!👕 Before buying something new, try repairing a pair of jeans, mending a T-shirt, or giving an old piece a fresh look. Making our clothing last longer is one small sustainable action that makes a difference! Track your action on Commit2Act.org and see how your impact adds up 🧵 #Commit2Act #SustainableLiving #GreenLiving #EcoFriendly #GoGreen

Making harm reduction more accessible and community-informed. 💛 Through the Sprout Ideas Fellowship, Crystal Yang launched KW Harm Reduction Connect to support people who use drugs in Kitchener while helping future healthcare providers better understand harm reduction and barriers to care. The project brought together people with lived experience, medical learners, and community partners to distribute harm reduction supplies, provide drug-testing resources, and create opportunities for hands-on learning. Crystal’s project helped create stronger connections between healthcare education and the communities it serves. Learn more about Crystal's project at sproutideas.org/fellows/crys… ! #SproutIdeasFellowship #LeadersToday #JeunesEnAction #LeadersDaujourdhui #YouthEmpowerment

Bringing people together to imagine a more climate-friendly Toronto. 🌱🏙️ Through the Sprout Ideas Fellowship, Nicole Doray hosted a city-wide Design Lab during Toronto Climate Week, bringing community members together to co-design solutions for climate action. The event brought together voices from across the GTA, with a focus on including marginalized and equity-seeking communities. Participants left feeling inspired and motivated to take climate action together. Learn more about Nicole’s project at sproutideas.org/fellows/nico… !

Making impactful pieces for CIBC, Air Canada, Nike and more, her career wasn’t handed to her, she had to figure it all out for herself. Learn what her most impactful teachers taught Métis director Apolla Echino in her @AConnectedNorth Fireside Chat: firesidechats.ca/video/apoll… ✨