Across the globe, community land access models for food production and housing have been described as a "proven innovations" to overcome challenges to individual and market-led access to these essential resources.

 

This session will describe how the community land trust (CLT) model can be used as an example of "scaling up innovation" where lessons learned from distinct farmland and housing access models can be shared across sectors and contexts.

Hannah Wittman is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems and the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia.  She conducts research on land trusts and farmland access with the Community Farms Program in British Columbia and the Landless Rural Workers Movement in Brazil.

 

Michelle Colussi - for over 20 years Michelle's work with the Canadian Centre for Community Renewal (CCCR) has included community development, research, strategic planning, facilitation and training related to community based development and resilience.  She was a member of the team that created the Community Resilience Manual and led CCCRs comittment to the delivery of Transition Town Training in Canada.  She is a co-founder of Transition Victoria and the Resilient Neighbourhoods pilot there. She is learning about Community Land Trusts as she accompanies Mike Lewis in the  community animation and engagement process.