August 2020
Clarifying vision, purpose & process
Fall/Winter 2020
Scanning, Engagement, Generating Options
A core group (3 from Lift, 2 from qCJ) work together on planning the strategic planning process.
January 2021
Visioning Sessions
Volunteers meet on Zoom for visioning sessions. Participants interview one another about values and hopes for the organization. The group shares important themes and create images of a preferred future.
March 2021
Strategic Planning Meeting – Possibility Statements
Break into Benchmarkers (best practices now) & Trendseekers (future impact) groups.
Possibility Statement: Conflict is an essential part of living in a community, harming others while working through conflict is not. If we are willing to collaborate respectfully, and take responsibility for our actions and words. Together we can achieve justice in our community.
Spring/Summer 2021
Environmental Scanning
Benchmarkers & Trendseekers research process.
Survey distributed to community & RCMP (for results: see October Strategic Planning Report).
October 2021
Strategic Planning Meeting @ ARC – Presenting Results of Environmental Scanning
Benchmarkers & Trendseekers present research. Opportunities – become a charity, human centered and adaptable process, strong suitability & prep stages, community safety, triage relationship, good referral lists.
Survey results – Community Priorities: mental health, reconciliation, substance use, DEI.
Scenario planning exercise – Community discussions, Youth Restorative Action
November 2021
Strategic Planning Meeting @ ARC – Organizational Priorities
Discussed organizational priorities for our Theory of Change.
Spring 2022
Operational Planning
Develop Theory of Change, organizational model, operational planning and implementation, incorporation planning.
Organizational Structure Visual
May/June 2022
Steering Discussions RE: Society Status
Letter to Steering Committee re: Society Status, June 2022