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Best Practices in Helping Newcomers Adapt to Winter
These best practices include case studies of programs that help newcomers adapt to living in a winter city. Newcomers can experience a lot of challenges adjusting to life in a winter city. There is a need to build a stronger sense of community in winter and ensure that existing resources and amenities are accessible to…
Open ToolList of Winter City Strategies & Online Resources
Wintermission follows in the footsteps of many other cities and industry leaders who have applied a winter lens to creating more vibrant winter communities. Included below are a selection of winter city strategies and winter planning resources from across North America that can help you in your journey of creating a more winter-friendly community. …
Open ToolWinter Life Survey
A Winter Life Survey is a critical tool for gathering feedback from the people who live in winter cities, and how they spend their time outdoors. Surveys help to understand the mind and the mood of the participants as well as their opinions about different topic related to winter When designing your survey, make sure…
Open ToolAction Planning Worksheet
Creating a doable plan is the key to turning an idea into reality. A simple community action planning worksheet helps decision-makers and community members alike focus on one idea and brainstorm a plan for implementation. This action plan can be conducted during a formal workshop with city staff or with a bunch of neighbours sitting…
Open ToolPop-up engagement
Pop-up engagements are quick and casual ways of hearing from members of the community, especially those who typically would not attend a traditional community consultation. Winter can be a great time to do fun pop up engagements in public spaces because it’s often less expected, builds curiosity, and winter is a topic already on people’s…
Open ToolWintermission Flashcards
The Wintermission Flashcards are winter-themed flashcards to spark thinking about how to improve public spaces during the coldest, darkest months of the year. Each card contains an image on one side and description of the image/idea on the other side. The downloadable PDF file is designed to be printed double sided. Type Ideating Time…
Open ToolBest Practices in Snow Management Policies
Case studies in the U.S. and Canada about snow management.
Open ToolBest Practices in Public Fire Pit Policies
Case studies in the U.S. and Canada about the policies and regulations around the use of fire pits in parks and open spaces.
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