Introduction

Dan Scott talks about how neighborhoods and communities are becoming elevated and transformed through participation in a set of activities.

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Across Canada, children, youth and adults are working alongside each other in their neighbourhoods, to engage in a process that raises capacity within a population to take charge of its own spiritual, social and intellectual development. This website is dedicated to their initial efforts to learn the ways of community building in small settings.

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Hongyu talks about his experience in joining a study circle in the St. Jamestown neighbourhood, and shares the transformative effect it had in his life. He sees, through his involvement with these activities, the building of a new community.

Sinoja tells the story of her involvement with a study circle and how it inspired her to work with junior youth in St. Jamestown. She speaks about the unifying effects the junior youth groups have had on their participants.

We revisit Simon and Jelana and the new developments in their community.They describe how assisting the members of their junior youth group to reflect on their strengths enabled them to design a service project to assist their younger peers. They share the insights they have gained on the process of building a community.

Surya shares the story of how she joined the junior youth group in her neighbourhood and began to learn to express herself with greater clarity, while working alongside her peers to better their community.

Mother and daughter share the story of their initial efforts in the Country Squire neigbhourhood, in Surrey BC. They speak about how the Training Institute has helped them develop their capacity to serve their community.