Tomorrow at 9am at the Thorncliffe/Greenview Community Association (5600 Centre Street N) Bob Hawkesworth is hosting Conversation Calgary. You can get more information on his blog: http://blog.hawkesworth.com/
I will be going, I’ve been told that the first one of these events was an amazing experience for people. The event is free but you need to register in advance. [...]

Yesterday I headed through the morning snow to the Jack Singer for CivicCamp 2.0.
For more info on CivicCamp go here: www.civiccamp.com
It’s basically a group of Calgarians trying to promote civic interest. A resounding theme to the day was how important inclusivity is. People at CivicCamp want more members and they want different types of members. My suggestion [...]

This is a *very* simplified document to try to explain what politicians do in Canada. I am running for Alderman in Calgary and I want to try to give people a sense of what an Alderman’s job is so they may feel they have a better sense of why they might want to vote. I think when people have a [...]