Tools & Resources

Trainers at the Compass Training Centre have read widely on approaches to fostering positive change in individuals and organizations. Here are some of our favourite books and websites.

On Building Inclusion:

http://www.count-me-in.ca/
The Count Me In! project of the Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse provides very practical information and resources about building inclusion at the community level.

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/
An online Inclusion Lens workbook published by the Public Health Agency of Canada, Atlantic Region.

http://www.inclusion.com/inclusivecommunities.html
Resources and reflection on inclusion from an education and formal school system perspective.

On Appreciative Inquiry:

http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/
The AI commons website provides a wealth of resources and information about Appreciative Inquiry.

Appreciative Inquiry: Change at the Speed of Imagination.
Jane Magruder Watkins & Bernard J. Mohr
Practicing Organizational Development, The Change Agent Series for Groups and Organizations

On Outcome Mapping:

http://www.idrc.ca
The International Development Research Centre pioneered the Outcome Mapping approach.

Learning from complexity: IDRC’s experience with Outcome Mapping
Earl, S. & Carden, F. 2001

On Participatory (Action) Research:

http://www.napcrg.org/responsibleresearch.pdf
Valuable overall information about participatory research and ways to implement such a project.

On Social Determinants of Health:

http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/draphael
Dennis Raphael’s website offers the most extensive list of resources and reports available on the topic.

http://www.pph-atlantic.ca
Health Canada’s Population and Public Health Branch, Atlantic Region has done wide-spread work on the social determinants of health.

http://www.cihi.ca
The Canadian Institute for Health Information has researched issues such as housing, health indicators and poverty.

http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/
The World Health Organization has created a Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Canadian Monique Bégin is a member of the Commission.

Staying Alive: Critical Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care.
Raphael, Dennis et al.
Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc., 2006.

Social Determinants of Health: Canadian Perspectives.
Raphael, Dennis, ed.
Canadian Scholars’ Press Inc., 2004.

Other:

Effective Practices in Sheltering Women;, Leslie M. Tutty, YWCA Canada, June 2006

Enhancing Organizational Performance: A toolbox for self-assessment
Charles Lusthaus, Marie-Helene Adrien, Gary Anderson & Fred Carden
International Development Research Centre, 1999

Getting to Maybe: How the World is Changed
Frances Westley, Brenda Zimmerman & Michael Quinn Patton
Random House Canada, 2006