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Become part of a network of leaders building a better future for Simcoe County.

Collaborative networking

Expand your reach; grow your impact.

CLASS connects and grows capacities of like-minded community leaders so they can achieve positive change for their neighbours and constituents.

(Think of it as an incubator, except it’s for community leadership rather than a business start-up.)

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Community Leaders for a Sustainable Simcoe members affirm their commitment to values outlined in the following pledge:

I pledge to be a community leader who acts in the best interests of my community. I will actively listen and seek to understand the needs and wants of my community, and collaborate in good faith with others in attaining them.

I recognise that community means, at its core, a respect and responsibility for the common good. This means that the integrity of our environment – the core common good we rely on for food, air, water, and the foundations of our economy – is central to my commitment as a community leader.

Consequently, I will endeavour to:

  • Support a rapid and robust transition away from carbon intensive energy toward renewables;
  • Prioritise improving the social determinants of health for all residents when making municipal decisions and advocate for policies at higher levels of government that improve the social determinants of health;
  • Support and promote a built form, such as 15 minute, complete communities as a way to take climate action and make our communities more affordable, equitable and healthy;
  • Prioritise building homes of all types within existing built boundaries to reduce sprawl, decrease residents’ costs and protect our natural heritage and farmland;
  • Invest in creating public spaces that are vibrant and welcoming to foster connected communities;
  • Prioritise and promote the use of green, natural infrastructure to increase community resilience;
  • Support the local agricultural economy and reduce barriers to food security at the community and household level
  • Recognise and strengthen the role of clean air and water in supporting the health and sustainability of our communities, and work to protect these valuable resources in both rural and urban areas;
  • Increase public engagement in local governance by promoting inclusiveness, transparency, and accountability.

Personal information.

Your first and last name.
Please provide an email address you would like associated with your public leadership role.
Is it alright to share the email address provided above with members of the public?
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An image of yourself that can be included on future profiles.
Please provide a short biography or description of your history in you community. (This is more focused on your past. The future and what you hope to accomplish with your leadership is covered below.)

Information about the role you play in the community.

Which municipality are you engaged in?
Which of the above selections best describes your role in the community?
Describe what you hope to accomplish with your public engagement and leadership. What is your vision of the future?
Community Leaders for a Sustainable Simcoe (CLASS) is under no obligation to add any entity, whether an individual or otherwise, to its body, including through featuring on its website or other publications, promoting in its activities, allowing participation in events, programs or otherwise it might organize or otherwise be a part of.

CLASS reserves the right to preclude and bar the joining of those, whether individuals or otherwise, that evidently do not agree, as shown by their actions or values, publicly expressed or otherwise, with the principles outlined and affirmed in the CLASS pledge.

In addition, CLASS may remove members at any time if it determines they are no longer in good standing, defined in accordance with the statement above. This may be determined by assessment of information, whether publicly or privately available, whether sought by or provided to CLASS in the conduct of its duties to maintain the integrity of its body and its commitment to the pledge that serves as its formational document.

Maintaining the integrity of CLASS is our commitment to our members and to the public.

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