Projects 2020/21
This year, the PhD-Community Initiative will be working with the City of Kingston on a series of projects related to the priorities of the recently created Mayor’s Economic Recovery Team (KERT).
The City asks: How do we increase the community resilience that is required to support economic and social recovery post-COVID-19? The four key challenges within the community have been identified as:
- Many in the community lack the confidence, trust and accurate perceptions of risk necessary to support a vibrant economic recovery.
- Community organizations lack the tools to support rapid re-deployment & re-skilling of the workforce displaced as a result of COVID-19.
- Those who are vulnerable and marginalized have increased challenges accessing economic opportunity due to the pandemic.
- The economic and social recovery from the pandemic will require financial resources beyond the community’s current capacity.
To address these key challenges, the KERT has devised the following four priorities, which will form the basis of the PhD-Community Initiative projects this year.
Priority | Key Initiatives |
Community confidence & involvement |
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Support the rapid re-deployment & re-skilling of the workforce |
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Ensure those most vulnerable have access to economic opportunity |
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Increase advocacy and sourcing of the necessary financial resources |
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You may wish to explore examples of past projects on our 2020 PHD-CI reports page."
Learn more about how the PhD-Community Initiative will work - The Game Plan & Workshops & Meeting Times