Bringing to life the learnings from the Phase 1 assessment
Last November, the CIP published a report entitled "Innovating and learning to better support the fight against poverty in Montreal neighborhoods - assessment of Projet Impact Collectif Phase 1" on phase 1 of its operations.
Led by Isabel Heck, Head of Learning and Knowledge at PIC and Associate Professor at CRISES, this report was produced in collaboration with Yannick Sanschagrin, Mariane Rail, Cassandre Ville, Éric Joly, Raphaëlle de Albuquerque and Marie-Michèle Robitaille. It is published as a Cahier de recherche by the Center de recherches en innovation sociale (CRISES) at UQAM.
Since then, the CIP team has shared the results of the assessment in a variety of ways:
First, on January 24, 2024, Ms. Heck presented a webinar intitled "Collectively supporting the fight against poverty at the neighbourhood level - spin-offs, limits and learnings from the Collective Impact Project (Montréal)". This webinar, co-produced by PhiLab, included a presentation by Isabel Heck, comments from Nancy Pole (Evaluation Consultant, Co.spire Conseils and Research Associate, PhiLab) and Sylvain A. Lefèvre (Director of CRISES, Professor atESG UQAM | École des sciences de la gestionco-chair of Territoires innovants en économie sociale et solidaire - TIESSand PhiLab researcher), as well as a period of discussion with the public.
To reach a wider audience, we published an article in The Philanthropist Journalan information and analysis platform dedicated to Canada's charitable and nonprofit sector: "The Transformative Potential of Collaboration: Learnings from Montreal's Collective Impact Project", available in French and English, will give you an overview of the assessment and familiarize you with the results that emerged. It's a great visibility for the results of the assessment!
Finally, Isabel Heck is currently working on learning cards in collaboration with Marie-Michèle Robitaille, which will enable the transfer of learning on specific themes, such as collaboration. The cards will be published in the coming months.
Keep your eyes open!