Publications
SPARC BC teams create resources to support the work in our five areas of focus, and share them with our community partners and all levels of government. We identify knowledge gaps within communities, collect data, develop social planning tools, create how-to guides for community capacity-building, and more.
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Community Engagement
Measuring Up
- British Columbia 2015 Family Demographics
- Alberni Clayoquot 2015 Family Demographics
- Bulkley Nechako 2015 Family Demographics
- Capital 2015 Family Demographics
- Cariboo 2015 Family Demographics
- Central Coast 2015 Family Demographics
- Central Kootenay 2015 Family Demographics
- Central Okanagan 2015 Family Demographics
- Columbia-Shuswap 2015 Family Demographics
- Comox Valley 2015 Family Demographics
- Cowichan Valley 2015 Family Demographics
- East Kootenay 2015 Family Demographics
- Fraser-Fort George 2015 Family Demographics
- Fraser Valley 2015 Family Demographics
- Greater Vancouver 2015 Family Demographics
- Kitimat-Stikine 2015 Family Demographics
- Kootenay Boundary 2015 Family Demographics
- Mount Waddington 2015 Family Demographics
- Nanaimo 2015 Family Demographics
- North Okanagan 2015 Family Demographics
- Northern Rockies 2015 Family Demographics
- Okanagan-Similkameen 2015 Family Demographics
- Peace River 2015 Family Demographics
- Powell River 2015 Family Demographics
- Skeena-Queen Charlotte 2015 Family Demographics
- Squamish-Lillooet 2015 Family Demographics
- Stikine 2015 Family Demographics
- Strathcona 2015 Family Demographics
- Sunshine Coast 2015 Family Demographics
- Thompson-Nicola 2015 Family Demographics
Content coming soon.
Community Development
- Affinity Diagram: Handbook for Basic Process Improvement
- Affordable Housing: Creating Projects and Gaining Community Acceptance
- A Gathering to Celebrate Metis History and Culture: Sharing Values for Success
- A Guide for Training Public Dialogue Facilitators
- An Evaluation of Learning Initiatives for Rural and Northern BC
- Ann Elmore’s Legacy: Preparing for Social Change
- A Typology of Public Engagement Mechanisms
- Board Governance as Leadership Summary
- Building Bridges Together 1: Workbook
- Building Bridges Together 2: Resource Guide
- Building Community Wealth
- Building Smart Communities Through Network Weaving
- Café to Go: A Quick Reference Guide for Putting Conversations to Work
- Charrettes 101: Dynamic Planning for Community Change
- Community Action Resources for Inuit, Metis and First Nations
- Community Capacity Building Tool
- Community Development and You!: Linking Economic, Environmental, Cultural and Social Planning, Networking and Action
- Community Development Skills Guide – Book 1: Discovering Why We are Here
- Community Development Skills Guides – Book 2: Living Our Values
- Community Development Skills Guides – Book 3: Thinking Creatively
- Community Development Skills Guides – Book 4: Making Choices
- Community Development Skills Guides – Book 5: Building Community Alliances
- Community Development Skills Guides – Book 6: Planning and Facilitating
- Community Engagement Toolkit
- Competency Matrix
- Continuum of Collaboration
- Digital Storytelling Inventory
- Do Networks Really Work Article
- EvaluLEAD: A Guide for Shaping and Evaluating Leadership Development Programs
- Following Dialogue: An Exercise in Connecting Community Development and Organizational Development
- Governance as Leadership Model
- Governance as Leadership: Bringing New Governing Mindsets to Old Challenges
- Guidebook: A Citizen’s Guide to Community Social Planning
- How Change Happens: Interdisciplinary Perspectives for Human Development
- How to Understand the Cost of Living in Your Community
- How Our Programs Affect Population Health Determinants
- IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation
- Managing Knowledge Networks for Sustainable Development
- Measuring While you Manage
- National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation’s Engagement Streams Framework
- Network Health Scorecard
- Network Weaver Checklist
- Open Space Technology: An Inviting Guide
- Practical Evaluations for Networks
- Project Diversity Facilitators Handbook
- Public Participation: Principles and Best Practices
- Quality of Life Indicators and Community Mobilization for Improved Well Being in the Bulkley Valley
- Speaking Out in Community Engagement: A Review of Fifteen Years of Refinement of the SpeakOut Model
- Splash and Ripple – Using Outcomes to Design & Manage Community Activities
- The Art of Powerful Questions
- The Clayoquot Biosphere and Sustainability: A Workshop to Explore Measurements of Community Health
- The Collective Leadership Framework: A Workbook for Cultivating and Sustaining Community Change
- The Partnership Toolkit: Tools for Building and Sustaining Partnerships
- Thinking Like a Network Resources List
- Tools for Action: A Resource Guide for Designing a Community Indicator Project
- Traction for Social Action: Towards a vision, mission and guiding principles for CSPS
Capacity Building Resources
- New Directions Project -Community Conversations Report
- New Directions Project – Collectively Speaking
- New Directions Project – Final Report
- Participatory Budgeting Toolkit for British Columbia’s Local Governments: A Resource for Financial Officers
SPROUT Resources for Change
- Participatory Budgeting Toolkit for British Columbia’s Local Government–A Resource for Financial Officers – June 2016
- Community Engagement Toolkit – July 2013
- Project Diversity Facilitators Handbook – July 2010
- Digital Storytelling Inventory – June 2010
- How to Understand the Cost of Living in Your Community – January 2010
- Building Bridges Together 1: Workbook – May 2008
- Building Bridges Together 2: Resource Guide – May 2008
- Tools for Action: A Resource Guide for Designing a Community Indicator Project – April 2008
Content coming soon.
- Burnaby 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- Langley 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- New Westminster 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- North Shore 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- Richmond 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- Ridge Meadows 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- Surrey 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- Tri Cities 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- Vancouver 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- References – Seniors Infographics
- Burnaby Seniors Infographics
- Coquitlam Seniors Infographics
- Delta Seniors Infographics
- Langley Seniors Infographics
- Maple Ridge Seniors Infographics
- New Westminster Seniors Infographics
- North Vancouver Seniors Infographics
- Pitt Meadows Seniors Infographics
- Port Coquitlam Seniors Infographics
- Port Moody Seniors Infographics
- Richmond Seniors Infographics
- Surrey Seniors Infographics
- Vancouver Seniors Infographics
- West Vancouver Seniors Infographics
- White Rock Seniors Infographics
Social Policy
- Ideas in Action
- Diversity is Working – BC Hydro
- Diversity is Working – Canada Safeway
- Diversity is Working – Canadian Mental Health Association
- Diversity is Working – City of Abbotsford
- Diversity is Working – City of Vancouver
- Diversity is Working – Corrections Canada
- Diversity is Working – Family Services of Greater Vancouver
- Diversity is Working – ICBC
- Diversity is Working – Investors Group
- Diversity is Working – Mission Community Services Society
- Diversity is Working – MOSAIC
- Diversity is Working – SAP Canada
- Diversity is Working – South Vancouver Neighbourhood House
- Diversity is Working – S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
- Diversity is Working – VanCity
- Diversity is Working – Vancouver Coastal Health
- Diversity is Working – WorkSafe BC
- DiverseCity Counts Research Report
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Arabic)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Chinese Simplified)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Chinese Traditional)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Filipino)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (French)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (German)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Hindi)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Italian)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Japanese)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Korean)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Persian)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Polish)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Punjabi)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Russian)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Spanish)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Vietnamese)
- Booklet – Everybody’s Welcome
Indigenous Homelessness
- Feeling Home Executive Summary
- Feeling Home Final Report
- Feeling Home Resource Guide
- Forum Report – Questioning Research 1
- Guide for Communities – Questioning Research 2
- Guide for Researchers – Questioning Research 3
- The Second BC/Yukon Aboriginal Forum on Homelessness Research
Other Housing and Homelessness
- Family Homelessness Research Report
- Family Homelessness Technical Appendices
- Knowledge for Action Research Report
- Knowledge for Action Resource Guide
- Knowledge for Action Executive Summary
- Knowledge for Action Executive Summary (French)
- Unpacking the Housing Numbers
- The Second BC/Yukon Aboriginal Forum on Homelessness Research
- Participatory Budgeting Toolkit for British Columbia’s Local Government–A Resource for Financial Officers – June 2016
- Community Engagement Toolkit – July 2013
- Project Diversity Facilitators Handbook – July 2010
- Digital Storytelling Inventory – June 2010
- How to Understand the Cost of Living in Your Community – January 2010
- Building Bridges Together 1: Workbook – May 2008
- Building Bridges Together 2: Resource Guide – May 2008
- Tools for Action: A Resource Guide for Designing a Community Indicator Project – April 2008
All Resources
Accessible communities are inclusive communities. To advance accessibility and inclusion, SPARC BC conducts important research, leads public education campaigns, partners with community groups and municipalities, and creates publications to further this work in BC communities.
Accessibility Research
One of our core areas of focus is to help large and small communities throughout BC to build their local capacity. To support this community development work, SPARC BC publishes a range of resources, including our in-demand SPROUT Resource Guides.
- Affinity Diagram: Handbook for Basic Process Improvement
- Affordable Housing: Creating Projects and Gaining Community Acceptance
- A Gathering to Celebrate Metis History and Culture: Sharing Values for Success
- A Guide for Training Public Dialogue Facilitators
- An Evaluation of Learning Initiatives for Rural and Northern BC
- Ann Elmore’s Legacy: Preparing for Social Change
- A Typology of Public Engagement Mechanisms
- Board Governance as Leadership Summary
- Building Bridges Together 1: Workbook
- Building Bridges Together 2: Resource Guide
- Building Community Wealth
- Building Smart Communities Through Network Weaving
- Café to Go: A Quick Reference Guide for Putting Conversations to Work
- Charrettes 101: Dynamic Planning for Community Change
- Community Action Resources for Inuit, Metis and First Nations
- Community Capacity Building Tool
- Community Development and You!: Linking Economic, Environmental, Cultural and Social Planning, Networking and Action
- Community Development Skills Guide – Book 1: Discovering Why We are Here
- Community Development Skills Guides – Book 2: Living Our Values
- Community Development Skills Guides – Book 3: Thinking Creatively
- Community Development Skills Guides – Book 4: Making Choices
- Community Development Skills Guides – Book 5: Building Community Alliances
- Community Development Skills Guides – Book 6: Planning and Facilitating
- Community Engagement Toolkit
- Competency Matrix
- Continuum of Collaboration
- Digital Storytelling Inventory
- Do Networks Really Work Article
- EvaluLEAD: A Guide for Shaping and Evaluating Leadership Development Programs
- Following Dialogue: An Exercise in Connecting Community Development and Organizational Development
- Governance as Leadership Model
- Governance as Leadership: Bringing New Governing Mindsets to Old Challenges
- Guidebook: A Citizen’s Guide to Community Social Planning
- How Change Happens: Interdisciplinary Perspectives for Human Development
- How to Understand the Cost of Living in Your Community
- How Our Programs Affect Population Health Determinants
- IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation
- Managing Knowledge Networks for Sustainable Development
- Measuring While you Manage
- National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation’s Engagement Streams Framework
- Network Health Scorecard
- Network Weaver Checklist
- Open Space Technology: An Inviting Guide
- Practical Evaluations for Networks
- Project Diversity Facilitators Handbook
- Public Participation: Principles and Best Practices
- Quality of Life Indicators and Community Mobilization for Improved Well Being in the Bulkley Valley
- Speaking Out in Community Engagement: A Review of Fifteen Years of Refinement of the SpeakOut Model
- Splash and Ripple – Using Outcomes to Design & Manage Community Activities
- The Art of Powerful Questions
- The Clayoquot Biosphere and Sustainability: A Workshop to Explore Measurements of Community Health
- The Collective Leadership Framework: A Workbook for Cultivating and Sustaining Community Change
- The Partnership Toolkit: Tools for Building and Sustaining Partnerships
- Thinking Like a Network Resources List
- Tools for Action: A Resource Guide for Designing a Community Indicator Project
- Traction for Social Action: Towards a vision, mission and guiding principles for CSPS
- New Directions Project -Community Conversations Report
- New Directions Project – Collectively Speaking
- New Directions Project – Final Report
- Participatory Budgeting Toolkit for British Columbia’s Local Governments: A Resource for Financial Officers
- Dimensions of Community Social Service in BC: A Survey of Social Need, Volunteering, and Service Utilization
- Participatory Budgeting Toolkit for British Columbia’s Local Government–A Resource for Financial Officers – June 2016
- Community Engagement Toolkit – July 2013
- Project Diversity Facilitators Handbook – July 2010
- Digital Storytelling Inventory – June 2010
- How to Understand the Cost of Living in Your Community – January 2010
- Building Bridges Together 1: Workbook – May 2008
- Building Bridges Together 2: Resource Guide – May 2008
- Tools for Action: A Resource Guide for Designing a Community Indicator Project – April 2008
Community Development
Data that provide a snapshot of a community’s past and present help planners shape policies and programs to create a better future. SPARC BC gathers demographic information on a range of population groups in communities around BC.
- Burnaby 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- Langley 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- New Westminster 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- North Shore 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- Richmond 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- Ridge Meadows 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- Surrey 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- Tri Cities 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- Vancouver 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- British Columbia 2015 Family Demographics
- Alberni Clayoquot 2015 Family Demographics
- Bulkley Nechako 2015 Family Demographics
- Capital 2015 Family Demographics
- Cariboo 2015 Family Demographics
- Central Coast 2015 Family Demographics
- Central Kootenay 2015 Family Demographics
- Central Okanagan 2015 Family Demographics
- Columbia-Shuswap 2015 Family Demographics
- Comox Valley 2015 Family Demographics
- Cowichan Valley 2015 Family Demographics
- East Kootenay 2015 Family Demographics
- Fraser-Fort George 2015 Family Demographics
- Fraser Valley 2015 Family Demographics
- Greater Vancouver 2015 Family Demographics
- Kitimat-Stikine 2015 Family Demographics
- Kootenay Boundary 2015 Family Demographics
- Mount Waddington 2015 Family Demographics
- Nanaimo 2015 Family Demographics
- North Okanagan 2015 Family Demographics
- Northern Rockies 2015 Family Demographics
- Okanagan-Similkameen 2015 Family Demographics
- Peace River 2015 Family Demographics
- Powell River 2015 Family Demographics
- Skeena-Queen Charlotte 2015 Family Demographics
- Squamish-Lillooet 2015 Family Demographics
- Stikine 2015 Family Demographics
- Strathcona 2015 Family Demographics
- Sunshine Coast 2015 Family Demographics
- Thompson-Nicola 2015 Family Demographics
- References – Seniors Infographics
- Burnaby Seniors Infographics
- Coquitlam Seniors Infographics
- Delta Seniors Infographics
- Langley Seniors Infographics
- Maple Ridge Seniors Infographics
- New Westminster Seniors Infographics
- North Vancouver Seniors Infographics
- Pitt Meadows Seniors Infographics
- Port Coquitlam Seniors Infographics
- Port Moody Seniors Infographics
- Richmond Seniors Infographics
- Surrey Seniors Infographics
- Vancouver Seniors Infographics
- West Vancouver Seniors Infographics
- White Rock Seniors Infographics
Community Indicators
Community Engagement
Measuring Up
Social Policy
- Ideas in Action
- Diversity is Working – BC Hydro
- Diversity is Working – Canada Safeway
- Diversity is Working – Canadian Mental Health Association
- Diversity is Working – City of Abbotsford
- Diversity is Working – City of Vancouver
- Diversity is Working – Corrections Canada
- Diversity is Working – Family Services of Greater Vancouver
- Diversity is Working – ICBC
- Diversity is Working – Investors Group
- Diversity is Working – Mission Community Services Society
- Diversity is Working – MOSAIC
- Diversity is Working – SAP Canada
- Diversity is Working – South Vancouver Neighbourhood House
- Diversity is Working – S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
- Diversity is Working – VanCity
- Diversity is Working – Vancouver Coastal Health
- Diversity is Working – WorkSafe BC
- DiverseCity Counts Research Report
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Arabic)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Chinese Simplified)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Chinese Traditional)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Filipino)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (French)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (German)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Hindi)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Italian)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Japanese)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Korean)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Persian)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Polish)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Punjabi)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Russian)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Spanish)
- DiverseCity Counts Executive Summary (Vietnamese)
- Booklet – Everybody’s Welcome
Indigenous Homelessness
- Feeling Home Executive Summary
- Feeling Home Final Report
- Feeling Home Resource Guide
- Forum Report – Questioning Research 1
- Guide for Communities – Questioning Research 2
- Guide for Researchers – Questioning Research 3
- The Second BC/Yukon Aboriginal Forum on Homelessness Research
Other Housing and Homelessness
- Family Homelessness Research Report
- Family Homelessness Technical Appendices
- Knowledge for Action Research Report
- Knowledge for Action Resource Guide
- Knowledge for Action Executive Summary
- Knowledge for Action Executive Summary (French)
- Unpacking the Housing Numbers
- The Second BC/Yukon Aboriginal Forum on Homelessness Research
Community Development
- Affinity Diagram: Handbook for Basic Process Improvement
- Affordable Housing: Creating Projects and Gaining Community Acceptance
- A Gathering to Celebrate Metis History and Culture: Sharing Values for Success
- A Guide for Training Public Dialogue Facilitators
- An Evaluation of Learning Initiatives for Rural and Northern BC
- Ann Elmore’s Legacy: Preparing for Social Change
- A Typology of Public Engagement Mechanisms
- Board Governance as Leadership Summary
- Building Bridges Together 1: Workbook
- Building Bridges Together 2: Resource Guide
- Building Community Wealth
- Building Smart Communities Through Network Weaving
- Café to Go: A Quick Reference Guide for Putting Conversations to Work
- Charrettes 101: Dynamic Planning for Community Change
- Community Action Resources for Inuit, Metis and First Nations
- Community Capacity Building Tool
- Community Development and You!: Linking Economic, Environmental, Cultural and Social Planning, Networking and Action
- Community Development Skills Guide – Book 1: Discovering Why We are Here
- Community Development Skills Guides – Book 2: Living Our Values
- Community Development Skills Guides – Book 3: Thinking Creatively
- Community Development Skills Guides – Book 4: Making Choices
- Community Development Skills Guides – Book 5: Building Community Alliances
- Community Development Skills Guides – Book 6: Planning and Facilitating
- Community Engagement Toolkit
- Competency Matrix
- Continuum of Collaboration
- Digital Storytelling Inventory
- Do Networks Really Work Article
- EvaluLEAD: A Guide for Shaping and Evaluating Leadership Development Programs
- Following Dialogue: An Exercise in Connecting Community Development and Organizational Development
- Governance as Leadership Model
- Governance as Leadership: Bringing New Governing Mindsets to Old Challenges
- Guidebook: A Citizen’s Guide to Community Social Planning
- How Change Happens: Interdisciplinary Perspectives for Human Development
- How to Understand the Cost of Living in Your Community
- How Our Programs Affect Population Health Determinants
- IAP2 Spectrum of Public Participation
- Managing Knowledge Networks for Sustainable Development
- Measuring While you Manage
- National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation’s Engagement Streams Framework
- Network Health Scorecard
- Network Weaver Checklist
- Open Space Technology: An Inviting Guide
- Practical Evaluations for Networks
- Project Diversity Facilitators Handbook
- Public Participation: Principles and Best Practices
- Quality of Life Indicators and Community Mobilization for Improved Well Being in the Bulkley Valley
- Speaking Out in Community Engagement: A Review of Fifteen Years of Refinement of the SpeakOut Model
- Splash and Ripple – Using Outcomes to Design & Manage Community Activities
- The Art of Powerful Questions
- The Clayoquot Biosphere and Sustainability: A Workshop to Explore Measurements of Community Health
- The Collective Leadership Framework: A Workbook for Cultivating and Sustaining Community Change
- The Partnership Toolkit: Tools for Building and Sustaining Partnerships
- Thinking Like a Network Resources List
- Tools for Action: A Resource Guide for Designing a Community Indicator Project
- Traction for Social Action: Towards a vision, mission and guiding principles for CSPS
Capacity Building Resources
- New Directions Project -Community Conversations Report
- New Directions Project – Collectively Speaking
- New Directions Project – Final Report
- Participatory Budgeting Toolkit for British Columbia’s Local Governments: A Resource for Financial Officers
SPROUT Resources for Change
- Participatory Budgeting Toolkit for British Columbia’s Local Government–A Resource for Financial Officers – June 2016
- Community Engagement Toolkit – July 2013
- Project Diversity Facilitators Handbook – July 2010
- Digital Storytelling Inventory – June 2010
- How to Understand the Cost of Living in Your Community – January 2010
- Building Bridges Together 1: Workbook – May 2008
- Building Bridges Together 2: Resource Guide – May 2008
- Tools for Action: A Resource Guide for Designing a Community Indicator Project – April 2008
Content coming soon.
SPARC BC is respected for our excellence in evidence-based research that supports positive policy change. This work aims to identify gaps in the social safety net for a range of populations and promote ways to meet these needs within our communities.
- Homelessness Policy Brief
Homeless Count FVRD- Abbotsford 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- Agassiz-Harrison 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- Chilliwack 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- Hope 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
- Mission 2017 Homeless Count Infographic
Homeless Count MVRDContent coming soon.
Social Policy Research