• Art in the Shops this week!

    13Jul

    From Monday, July 11th through Saturday, July 16,  there’s an exciting preview of Guelph’s art on the street all over downtown Guelph.  Local art is showcased at numerous downtown ‘shops’.  Brought together by Downtown Guelph Business Association, artists and venues are collaborating to generate excitement and anticipation prior to the big art on the street event on Quebec Street. Part of the mix is an excellent musician line-up, including Bry Webb of the Constantines.  10 Carden is one of the venues, displaying the vibrant work of local artist Melanie Gausden.  One piece can’t be missed if you walk by 10 Carden’s big front window,  and more art is hanging in the community room on the first floor.  Melanie is one of a few artists we’ve showcased at our community hub this year, and we’re thrilled as always to add amazing art to our space.   Visit the display and then peruse other venues to support the diverse range of artists adding vibrancy and life to downtown Guelph!  For more information about art on the street visit htty://tiny.cc/artonthestreet

  • Join us for a special 10 Carden Workshop at Hillside Festival!

    06Jul
    Social change at Hillside…

    We are hosting a workshop using innovation and community collaboration to bring about social change.  For this workshop we’ll bring community partners together and have a discussion with workshop members with a focus on how we can shift attitudes and behaviours around ‘fun in the sun’ while understanding the importance of sun protection.  Hillside is a model community for many social change practices – from re-usable dishes and water bottles to its feature green roof  — we hope to discuss how we can work together to model what might be achievable long term at Hillside and beyond.

    The purpose of the workshops is to bring people together and to begin to shift attitudes and behaviours around sun protection.  August is Melanoma month, so after the Hillside workshops the collaborative that comes together will continue their efforts by organizing additional awareness building workshops and fun community activities that will help create a new culture around sun protection in Guelph and beyond.

    This – like all of our efforts – is a collaborative initiative involving many different folks, and a creative musical twist as a model for creating change. Among the organizations and folks involved are: McNeil (with donations), WGD public health, Gail Cornwell, and Patricia Gray.

    On Sunday we have a special treat: Sandy Mackay, a performer who lives in New Brunswick, is joining us.  He performs whenever allowed with various bands, including Small Moots, the Banned and Family.  He will share a song titled “SPR 25″,  inspired by this experience:

    “we traveled to Muskoka to visit the Dukes, and spent a glorious weekend out in the hot Ontario sun. I usually burned badly, but as a responsible young father I was learning and applying the lessons of skin care to my young family and of course following suit as a good example. On the way home, I was pleased to have no sunburn after a long weekend outside, and composed this song with the kids in the car en route back home to see my folks in Eramosa.”

    Do join us at the festival – and if you are a musician and want to get involved, we especially want to hear from you!

    Workshop details:
    Hillside, Interplay Tent: Saturday, July 23rd, 5-6 PM and Sunday, July 24, 6-7 PM

    Festival Information – check out the exciting lineup of local and world artists!
    http://hillsidefestival.ca/#/how_to_hillside/workshops

  • Where our Sidewalk Leads…

    29Jun

    On June 9th I (Katarina) attended a workshop in Waterloo: Where the Sidewalk Leads: A Conversation bringing together people who are interested in exploring innovative approaches to working with youth.

    Organized by SiG @ Waterloo – ” a national collaboration addressing Canada’s social and ecological challenges by creating a culture of continuous social innovation” (http://sig.uwaterloo.ca/about-the-waterloo-institute-for-social-innovation-and-resilience-wisir) – this workshop was an opportunity to explore new perspectives on working with youth of all ages and backgrounds.

    This ‘out-of-the-box’ question guided the conversation: what are some of the questions we are not asking but should be asking when it comes to working with youth?

    Interesting question, isn’t  it?  By asking it, the diverse range of youth-based organizations, teachers, educators, spiritual leaders, and researchers at the workshop were encouraged to not only identify the assumptions they hold when it comes to working with young people, but also to deconstruct these via open, candid, and honest reflection.

    So, where does the sidewalk lead?  There is no easy answer.  This workshop was certainly a starting point, where more questions were provided than answers, questions such as:

    Why don’t we encourage creativity in youth?  Why do we always speak for youth, instead of allowing them to voice their thoughts, perspectives, and opinions?  Why aren’t we trying to engage the most disadvantaged youth in environmental and social programming?

    At 10 Carden we’re busy thinking up new initiatives to engage youth in Guelph and beyond in social change initiatives, and we’re using questions such as these as a starting point.  We want to encourage youth to join existing organizations, to voice their opinions, and also to  have the courage to start their own creative projects. So far, we have had 1 co-op student from a local high-school work closely with us on food-related issues, and we’re about to welcome a new team of youth volunteers to our organization from Katimavik.  We encourage everyone involved in youth projects, working with youth, and youth themselves to contact us for ideas, suggestions, and ways to get involved in building collaborative youth-focused projects for social change.

    For more information about this workshop and other SiG@Waterloo events, visit http://sig.uwaterloo.ca/feature/where-our-sidewalk-leads

  • Inspired by the Guelph and District Multicultural Festival!

    29Jun

    Beginning with the raising of the One World flag in front of Guelph City Hall, and concluding with the colorful closing ceremony at the picturesque Guelph Riverside Park, this year’s Guelph and District Multicultural festival was an exciting exploration into the possibilities that arise when we explore cultures other than our own, celebrating what makes each of us unique and at the same time brings us together.  We watched folks of all ages and cultures explore different cuisines, listen to a variety of ethnic performers from around the world, and celebrate unique cultural activities such as the  Chinese overture “Spring Festival”, Argentinean tango, Romanian and Hungarian dances, Italian songs, a wide assortment of delicious ethnic foods, and so much more!

    10 Carden tabled under one of the big white tents, nestled between the henna tattoo workshop and the more-serious Diabetes Care Guelph awareness table.  Our co-op student Shelene Douglas helped man our table, which we also shared with Transition Guelph for a couple of hours.   The collaborative sharing of the table with other organizations and our co-op student allowed us to get the word out there about our member groups more effectively.

    Being at the festival allowed us to meet families, groups, and youth we wouldn’t have otherwise connected to.  Folks with a keen interest in cultural, ethnic, and creative diversity within the social change movement were curious about the work we do, our wonderful member organizations, and how they can get involved.  Being at the festival has also inspired us to seek new ways of integrating cultural diversity and play into the day-to-day life of our organization: to create a dynamic space that is welcome to folks from all cultures and walks of life.  We promote inclusiveness and diversity at 10 Carden, and we encourage all people in our community to use our space for networking, learning, and growing together.  As we reach out to new neighbors, in an effort to engage them in our social change initiatives, we help create a more dynamic and resilient society – enriching for all!

    For more information about the Guelph and District Multicultural Festival: http://www.gdmf.ca/

  • Accessibility Standards for Customer Service

    17Jun

    On May 11th, 2011, the Guelph-Wellington Volunteer Centre hosted a workshop for not-for-profits on how to comply with the Accessibility Standards for Customer Service, part of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).  Conducted by the Ontario Nonprofit Network,  the workshop provided valuable information on the requirements of the Act, and how to train staff and volunteers.  All not-for-profits will need to comply with this new legislation by 2012, and will  be required to train not only their staff, but also their volunteers, on following the requirements under this legislation.  With the goal of an accessible Ontario by 2025, this new legislation is part of a wider culture shift intended to remove and prevent barriers for people with disabilities in every aspect of their lives.

    For more information, including free workshops and webinars on the topic, check out http://eno.ontarionprofitnetwork.ca

    For more information about the amazing services that the Guelph-Wellington Volunteer Centre provides, contact them directly:  http://www.volunteerguelphwellington.on.ca/

  • 10 Carden at the Farmer’s Market!

    17Jun

    Does your Workplace Suck? If you noticed us at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday April 23rd, you probably also chuckled at our sign, “does your workplace suck” on top of the basket of free delicious (and organic) Stone Store multi-flavored suckers.  Katarina and Shelene used the sign to spark conversation about the what’s, why’s, and how’s of co-working and co-locating.  The catchy slogan resulted in some interesting conversation around the norm of sharing resources and working together (though admittedly, some folks only stopped for the delicious suckers).

    So now you know that though we’ve suspended the Social Change Cafes for the summer months, you can bring your social change ideas to the Farmer’s Market.  We’ll be there at least once a month to share insights and exchange information about 10 Carden and other social change initiatives in the community.  If you want to help us table at the Farmer’s market, do let us know!

  • Nutrition, stress, and food combining

    17Jun

    Lorraine Blackwell’s presentation on managing stress as a small business owner on May 16th was inspiring; packed with interesting information on how diet impacts our response to stressful situations, there was lots of opportunity to ask personal questions.  Lorraine’s message was that what we eat, how we exercise, and how much free time we have to rest and spend with loved ones will impact our overall health and our ability to be successful at what we do.  The conversation took on an unexpected turn as participants wanted to get into the details about food combining and how it can improve digestive health, one of the first things to suffer when we are under stress.

    It was a small workshop, but a wonderful opportunity for some deep learning!  If you missed out on this, or other workshops from our spring series,  and want to learn more, do visit us for handouts and to get connected!  Or get in touch with Lorraine Blackwell directly, and have her come and speak to your organization or group! www.terraverdewellness.com

  • EVENTS AT 10 CARDEN…AND BEYOND!

    14Jun

    COMING UP…

    Mon, June 27th: 12-2 pm. Community Potluck to celebrate our wonderful hosts and co-workers! Our hosts and co-workers are invited to share a potluck lunch on Monday, June 27th from 12-2 pm –  and anyone in the community is welcome to join!  Ideas are floating around about watching a short TED talk related to social change.  Come to get inspired and to meet the folks that animate 10 Carden, and bring something small and yummy to share – something that you can’t live without!

    10 Carden at Hillside.
    We are running fun, collaborative social change oriented workshops on both Saturday and Sunday at Hillside. Interested in the intersections between music and social change?  Want to get involved as a volunteer for our workshop?  Let us know at info@10carden.ca

    Transition Guelph
    July 9: 7-9pm     Cities, Homo automotivis habitat, have been razed and remade for them.  Yet cities compete with each other to assemble more of them.  The carapace of Homo automotivis, the automobile, has so captivated us that a quarter of our working lives are spent paying for them.  In STOP SIGNS: Cars and Capitalism on the Road to Economic, Social and Ecological Decay, a newly released book by Yves Engler and Bianca Mugyenyi, they use a bus trip as a platform from which to examine critically the parasitic impact of Homo automotivis on our environment and ourselves.  Engage with Engler and Mugyenyi for a STOP SIGNS presentation as an opportunity to roll up your sleeves in anticipation of the great die off of Homo automotovis.  Contact Transition Guelph for more info: http://www.transitionguelph.org/

    Are you a yoga teacher, or do you have another practice to share? We are looking for volunteers who would like to teach tai chi, yoga, pilates, dance, or similar practices at 10 Carden in the Fall.  We’re aiming to provide our members with various options for classes that encourage healthy living and provide tools for mind/body balance, which will in turn enhance their social change work.  Let us know if you want to be a part of this community and shared-space initiative! * Note that Wednesday morning yoga is cancelled through the summer months but will continue in September!

    PAST EVENTS…

    Transition Guelph and FutureWatch. Tuesday, May 24th and Wednesday, June 15th: 7-9pm. Transition Guelph and FutureWatch invite the community to an orientation session where you’ll get to learn how these two groups are working together to build awareness around environmental and multicultural issues in the community, and how you can get involved. The momentum around these two organizations in the community is spreading like fire! See transitionguelph.org/events.phand futurewatch.net for more info.

    Movie Screening: Handmade Nation and Discussion                                                                                                                         Wednesday, June 8th: 7 pm. Join us on June 8th for a screening of Faythe Levine’s documentary on arts and craft. Handmade Nation documents the new wave of art, craft and design that is capturing the attention of the nation. Faythe Levine traveled to 15 cities and covered more than 19,000 miles to interview artists, crafters, makers, curators and community members. Join us for a discussion of the relevance of fine arts and crafts in a Guelph context. Presented in collaboration with the Ontario Crafts Council. For more information contact us at info@10carden.ca

    Guelph Multicultural Festival, June 11-12
    10 Carden has a table at the festival and we would like to present our work, as well as the work of our members. If you are interested in showcasing your organization or business to the community during the festival, let us know so that we can coordinate the various member displays with our own. The collaborative use of our table will surely make for a colorful and dynamic display at this wonderful community festival. http://www.gdmf.ca

    Stephen Quilley – 2011 “Innovators in Action” Speaker Series Thursday, June 9, 2011 - 19:00 - 21:00; Festival Room, South Campus Hall, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue W.  Register at: http://sigopensourceeconomics.eventbrite.com/

    For two hundred years, people have experienced the flip-side of material prosperity as a loss of meaning – alienation, the loss of a sense of self-sufficiency, the feeling of being a cog in a vast machine. Stephen’s talk will explore the significance of this quest for meaning – a meaningful relationship with other people, with our environment and with the products that we make, use and consume. In his talk he will compare “Transition Towns” with the growing popularity of home-schooling, the radical-fringe of the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) movement, the emergence of ‘collaborative’ forms of consumption and a unique Kansas-based experiment in ‘Open Source Ecology’ (open sourcing the technology of modern material culture for production, maintenance and repair at home).  Currently Senior Lecturer in Environmental Politics at Keele University, Stephen Quilley worked previously at University College Dublin (1999-2005) and the ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition in Manchester (1997-1999).

    ***If you’re interested in going to this event, let’s organize a carpool leaving from Guelph!

    http://sig.uwaterloo.ca/feature/stephen-quilley-2011-innovators-in-action-speaker-series?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Volume+9+Issue+1&utm_content=Volume+9+Issue+1+CID_cb5ddf071dd14cd06997efb7a0a7d927&utm_source=Newsletter&utm_term=Learn+More

    Dinner and Panel Discussion in the spirit of MayDay                                                                                                                       Thursday, May 19: 5-8 pm Listen to speakers from the front lines of struggles with: the immigration system, that continues to place restrictions and pressures on immigrants, the continuation of temporary worker programs that deny status and facilitate the abuse of people, the quiet but continuing position of aggression towards those without papers; as well as the continued environment of cuts to the funding of important front line supports and services for (im)migrants.  Speakers include: Kripa Sekhar (Director of the South Asian Women’s Center in Toronto); Phillip Allan (worked under the Seasonal Agriculture Worker’s Program); Pablo Vivanco (Community Organizer with Barrio Nuevo); Marco Luciano (Community Organizer with Migrante International). Everyone welcome!  Potluck – bring your own plate and join and share food with others!

    Transition Guelph and Living Centre. Sat. April 30: 10-4 pm Are you looking for an empowering and ecological approach to create transformation in yourself, your backyard, and your community? Permaculture is a whole systems approach that can support you in designing your communities, your economies, and yourself to have the stability, diversity, and resilience of natural ecosystems.  Join Lorenna and Shantree to discover ways you can provide for your own needs and create abundance in your life — while giving back to the Earth and your communities. The solutions are here and can be applied to any situation. This one-day workshop will highlight the skills available to you, and provide an inspiring vision of how your communities and ecosystems can move toward an abundant, healthy and resilient future together.  Cost is sliding scale: $50 to $100. Subsidies are available. Please emailinfo@transitionguelph.org for more information and to register.

    Guelph Urban Forest Friends. Sat. April 23: 11-1 pm The Celebration of the Guelph Loves Trees School Challenge! The winning elementary public school will be presented with $500 for their school library and all schools will have some of their submissions on display. Drop in for a morning drink and to enjoy the artistic and heartfelt messages supporting the importance of trees in our city…a fun and timely celebration to follow Earth Day. www.guffguelph.ca

    Guelph Urban Forest Friends.  Wed. April 20: 7 – 9pm. Join Guelph Urban Forest Friends for a free presentation in our Trees in Our Life series. A fascinating presentation by Doug Eiche, a well known beekeeper in our area, on Growing Nut Trees, followed by a screening of Dirt! The Movie. This is a fascinating movie about the source of all growth. Whether you call it soil, earth or dirt, the top few centimetres of ground are vital to our resilience and sustainability. This living, breathing base may be more alive than we are. www.guffguelph.ca

    Spark of Brilliance
    Monday, April 18th: 6 – 8:00 pm
    Spark of Brilliance is opening opportunities to the Guelph/Wellington Region for volunteers interested in the expressive arts, arts-based workshops and events, imagining and dreaming, program planning, and offering your creative gifts and talents. If you know of others who might be interested, please share with them! Come to learn more. Fun and Refreshments included! RSVP to Marcey Gray at mar.c@rogers.com or info@sparkofbrilliance.org; or 519.766.4450. x 237

    Young Conservation Professionals Career Development Program Friday, April 15: 10 am-2pm. A fun, interactive session where you’ll get to practice what people fear most: speaking in front of others.  You’ll learn how to know your audience, tailor your way of speaking to the occasion, be genuine, creative, use body language, and bring a sense of style to your presentation.  Led by Anika Steblin, an experienced Communication Consultant.  Must register, space is limited: soniadong@gmail.com.  Cost: $45 or by donation.  Room not accessible.  http://ycpleadership.ca/who-we-are/leaders/

    A Conference on Environmental Education through Creative Arts
    Wed. April 13: 6:30- 9pm.     Transition Guelph and English students studying Literature and Social Change at the University of Guelph bring a FREE event intended to explore strategies for integrating creative arts with environmental and sustainability education. Featured presenters include Chris Earley, Shirley Hunt, Madhur Anand, and Susan Hubner. Also featured will be a short documentary screening and a musical presentation that will investigate what we as individuals value in nature. We’ll begin at 6:30 pm with a casual nature-drawing “workshop” just for fun! Light refreshments will be provided.

    Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice (ICASP)
    Frid. April 8: 6-10 pm.     This is an event to raise awareness about what students are doing in the community and show that there is a desire and movement for students to have more community facing dynamics added to their courses. This event is free to all, and hopes to bring together students, faculty members, and organizations and to inspire students to apply their knowledge and passions outside of the university campus. (http://www.improvcommunity.ca/news)

    AIDS Committee of Guelph/Wellington Support Group Continuing Wednesdays. Next one: Wed. April 6: 6:30-8:30 pm AIDS Committee of Guelph/Wellington is holding a support group on Wednesday evenings at 10 Carden. The AIDS Committee provides service in the area of HIV/AIDS through innovative health promotion strategies and community partnerships. To find out more about this particular support program, contact Natalie Basaraba, the Harm Reduction Outreach Coordinator, at 519.763.2255 x 151 or outreach@aidsguelph.org.





  • Our AGM was a great success!

    13Jun

    A little bit of an update for those who missed our first Annual General Meeting…because we know how hard it is to get to everything!

    What were some highlights of the meeting?

    Mark Rodford, owner of the Cornerstone and Ouderkirk & Taylor, opened with the 10 Carden story – the interesting stream of events that us to the present moment: over 50 social change organizations and businesses sharing, learning, and connecting at 10 Carden!

    It was wonderful to hear  5 of our member organizations talk about the collaborations that they’ve been involved in through 10 Carden.  We’d like to share who these groups are:

    FutureWatch Environment and Development Education Partners http://futurewatch.net/about/ Rodrigo Goller from the advisory board for FutureWatch, spoke about his experience co-working at 10 Carden and the relationship he has developed with organizations such as Transition Guelph.  It’s definitely been a reciprocal and mutually beneficial relationship with FutureWatch, as we are fortunate to share our space with them, and in return, have access to their expertise on engaging diverse cultural groups.  Their work connecting new Canadians to their local natural environment and community is inspiring for all of us who are trying to create an inclusive, just, and open society.

    Transition Guelph: http://www.transitionguelph.org/ Transition Guelph’s (TG) Sally Ludwig  (also a 10 C host!) spoke about the community-wide TG Resilience Festival which happened recently in Guelph, and which brought many in the community together to celebrate a growing movement to deepen our community’s commitment to deep change on every level.  Transition Guelph partners and collaborates with many environmental, social, and other groups in Guelph, many of whom meet and work at 10 Carden.  FutureWatch and TG have been collaborating closely over the past few months, and have had a great positive impact working together!

    The Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship (Research Shop): http://www.theresearchshop.ca/about Research Shop is an active co-working member of 10 Carden, funneling researchers from the University of Guelph to the downtown core where they can connect more easily to the community and to real research needs.  Anne Bergen presented on the role of Research Shop at 10 Carden, and how the space at 10 C has allowed for some of their projects to take off.

    Student Life, University of Guelph http://studentlife.uoguelph.ca/ Wellington Water Watchers http://www.wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/ Janet Doner spoke of some of the personal and professional connections she’s made at 10 C, and how they flowered into projects that have now taken on a life of their own.  The spontaneous connection she made with Arlene from Wellington Water Watchers has created new research opportunities and ideas for connecting work around water to art, education, and other community projects.  Arlene is also a co-worker at 10 Carden, sharing space with a few other organizations on the second floor.  If you’re interested in water (and who isn’t?) be sure to keep in touch to find out where this new collaboration will flow!

  • Next Week — Two Great 10 Carden Events

    02Jun

    This Wednesday June 8 at 7pm, join us for a free screening of Faith Levine’s documentary about the rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design, followed by a chat about highlighting Guelph’s arts and crafts scene.

    Movie: Handmade Nation Registration

    This Wednesday June 8 at 7pm, join us for a free screening of Faith Levine’s documentary about the rise of DIY, Art, Craft, and Design, followed by a chat about highlighting Guelph’s arts and crafts scene.

    Then on Thursday, June 9 at 5:30pm, join us for an interactive session geared to connect high school

    youth to local and sustainable food systems. Connect with local food activists, organizations, farmers, and youth.  Discuss the upcoming changes in local high-schools related to healthy eating.  Showcase your organization and be part of the dialogue.  Registrations is free but required.

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