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An Abrogation of Government Responsibility

Like a lot of Canadians, I haven’t always paid a lot of attention to...

Work at scale to serve the city

In Wednesday’s post, Dynamically steering cities into the future, I...

Heavy Haulers

Last week I promised to take you down a new trail linking dog breeds and...

Funding now available for Alberta Culture Days!

Guess what? Funding for Alberta Arts Days is back! Well, technically -...

Children in Nature April Update

Greetings to Children in Nature Enthusiasts!This service is provided by...

2012 Physical Activity Forum on Sedentary Behaviour

Facilitate … like a musical arrangement!

Tempo, tone, dissonance, consonance – how do they connect with...

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ACE Emerging Leaders

Partnerships, Parties and Players

More from Mount Royal, here are our last three bloggers from the...

Ask the ACE Team

Have burning questions on what's going on in ACE? Email us and we'll send your question to our team of ACE leaders, contractors, coaches, ACE Communities and ARPA staff members!

• What exactly is Communities in Bloom?

  The tag line for Communities in Bloom is: "People, plants and pride". The intent of the program is to increase civic pride...

• People keep telling me that we need to start using social media more to promote our community projects. Do you think it’s worth it?

  YES! I can’t emphasize enough how essential social media has become to ACE’s current communication strategies. We think...

• ACE Communities has been referred to as a change framework that results in "comprehensive community transformation". What is that and why is it important?

  While ACE Communities began as an initiative that focused on the leadership, collaboration, and innovation required to...

• I keep hearing about the Benefits Hub. What is it exactly and why is it important to me?

  The Benefits Hub is a free online resource developed just for people like you – practitioners, volunteers, elected...

• We're hoping to initiate our first ever Recreation Master Plan in our community. Can you share your best advice for getting it started?

  An important part of being an ACE Community is ensuring a commitment to longer term, community-driven planning at a broad...

• How do we become an ACE Community?

  Welcome to the first ever segment of the ACE Communities advice column. Like we said earlier...Dear Abby - watch out!...