{"id":9038,"date":"2024-01-18T08:51:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-18T14:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/?page_id=9038"},"modified":"2025-11-12T16:14:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T22:14:38","slug":"co-creating-a-community-well-being-framework","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/projects\/co-creating-a-community-well-being-framework\/","title":{"rendered":"Co-Creating a Community Well-Being Framework"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Through collaborative engagements, RDI, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.endowmb.org\/\">Endow Manitoba<\/a>, and Gray Matter Insights are working t<span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">o support Manitoba community foundations in advancing their organizational and operational capacities to plan and achieve social and economic impacts that enhance community well-being. By employing think-tank style sessions, it is the goal to determine community foundations\u2019 understanding of the Canadian Index of Well-being (CIW), and reflect on how a well-being framework can be leveraged within their operations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/files\/2024\/01\/Project-Overview.pdf\">Project Overview<\/a> and additional links below for more project information!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meet the Research Team:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Director of RDI and Project Lead: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/files\/2024\/11\/Issue-12-November-2024-Wayne-Kelly.pdf\">Dr. Wayne Kelly<\/a><\/li>\n<li>RDI Research Intern: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/files\/2024\/08\/Issue-5-August-2024-Richard-Adu.pdf\">Richard Adu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Project Partner Highlight:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.endowmb.org\/\">Endow Manitoba<\/a> is a program of The Winnipeg Foundation with a mandate to advance the sustainability, growth, and impact of Manitoba community foundations. Currently, Endow Manitoba is working with 57 community foundations in Manitoba and select nonprofit partners. Through an evidence-based and systematic approach, and guided by the Sustainability, Growth and Impact (SGI) Maturation Model, Endow Manitoba supports organizational and operational capacity building of Manitoba\u2019s community foundations. The intended outcome of Endow Manitoba\u2019s efforts is to support the province\u2019s community foundation network to enhance community well-being throughout Manitoba.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Project Reports:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/files\/2025\/11\/ENDOW-Co-Creating-a-Community-Knowledge-Framework-2.pdf\">ENDOW Co-Creating a Community Knowledge Framework<\/a><br \/>\nAuthors: Dr. Gary McNeely, Richard Adu, Courtney Feldman, and Dr. Wayne Kelly<br \/>\nPublished: June 2025<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/files\/2024\/02\/Frameworks-of-Community-Well-Being-Applied-by-Community-Foundations.pdf\">Frameworks of Community Well-Being Applied by Community Foundations &#8211; Knowledge Brief<\/a><br \/>\nAuthors: <span class=\"OYPEnA text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\">Wayne Kelly, Courtney Feldman, Alan Goddard, and Gary McNeely<\/span><br \/>\nPublished: February 8, 2024<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/rdi\/files\/2024\/02\/Rural-based-Community-Foundations.pdf\">Rural-based Community Foundations: Understanding their Organizational Capacity and Development &#8211; Knowledge Brief<\/a><br \/>\nAuthors: Wayne Kelly, Courtney Feldman, Alan Goddard, and Gary McNeely<br \/>\nPublished: February 8, 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Blogs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>April 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/imaginingruralfutures.org\/reflections-of-the-2024-endow-conference\/\">Reflections on the 2024 Endow Conference\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through collaborative engagements, RDI, Endow Manitoba, and Gray Matter Insights are working to support Manitoba community foundations in advancing their organizational and operational capacities to plan and achieve social and economic impacts that enhance community well-being. 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