In June 2022, the Ottawa Community Foundation and senior representatives from over twenty local social service organizations initiated the New Leaf Community Challenge on Human Resources (NLCC-HR) via a preliminary discussion about HR challenges and possibilities for local collaboration to address them. On August 25, over 50 participants engaged in an open-invitation Solutions Lab for EDs and heads of HR, to further develop the thinking on local solutions.

Next steps towards the New Leaf Community Challenge event in the Spring of 2023 are summarized in this report. Involvement in next steps is open to any organization in Ottawa’s social services sector – not contingent on having participated in the August Solutions Lab. If you are not already on the email list and would like to be kept informed, please email us.