Community intelligence for collective well-being

Building community intelligence for collective well-being.

TrueNetwork Community Solutions Society is a nonprofit organization advancing community-driven research, digital infrastructure, and collaborative innovation to strengthen resilience, equity, and sustainable development across British Columbia.

Working with
Nonprofit Organizations Community Partners Municipalities Governments Researchers Policymakers
Operating on a nonprofit basis for public benefit, community resilience, and evidence-informed action.
TrueNetwork Community Solutions Society Research + data + action for communities in British Columbia
Public-benefit focused
Knowledge Participatory, practice-based research
Infrastructure Digital tools, data systems, and platforms
Action Programs that strengthen resilience and innovation
How we work

Participatory, interdisciplinary, and evidence-informed by design.

Our approach combines community leadership, research, digital methods, and collaborative implementation. We aim to make local practice more visible, strengthen evidence literacy, and support intersectoral collaboration that leads to better outcomes and more effective systems.

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Listen & engage

Start from local context, lived experience, community priorities, and partner knowledge.

2

Map assets & evidence

Connect community knowledge, data, and existing practice to understand conditions and opportunities.

3

Co-create solutions

Design programs, tools, public spaces, and initiatives through collaborative and inclusive processes.

4

Evaluate & learn

Use participatory evaluation and evidence literacy to strengthen practice and shared accountability.

5

Translate to systems change

Support training, policy research, and intersectoral learning that connects local practice to broader change.

Who we support

Built to serve collaborative community ecosystems.

The Society’s purposes explicitly support nonprofit organizations, governments, municipalities, and community partners while also creating value for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers engaged in collective well-being, health equity, and sustainable development.

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Nonprofits & community organizations

Applied research, co-creation, evaluation, and shared tools that strengthen program design and impact.

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Municipalities & governments

Evidence-informed planning, policy research, community insight, and collaboration infrastructure.

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Community partners & grassroots leaders

Asset-based place-making, activation, regeneration, and community-based learning opportunities.

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Researchers & policymakers

Practice-based evidence, policy translation, and stronger connections between community practice and systems change.

Constitutional purposes

The Society’s formal purpose statements.

1 Applied research and participatory knowledge Supporting evidence-informed planning, co-creation, evaluation, and community development. +
To conduct applied research and develop participatory, practice-based knowledge to support nonprofit organizations, governments, municipalities, and community partners in evidence-informed planning, program and service co-creation, participatory evaluation, asset-based community development and regeneration, sustainable development, and the advancement of collective wellness, health equity, and community well-being in British Columbia.
2 Digital tools, data systems, and collaborative platforms Enabling communities and organizations to access, share, and use social-impact information. +
To develop, maintain and operate digital tools, data systems, and collaborative platforms that enable organizations, policymakers, and communities to access, share, and use information related to community development and social impact.
3 Programs, services, and resilience initiatives Strengthening innovation and resilience across social, health, environmental, and place-based domains. +
To develop and implement programs, services, and initiatives that strengthen community resilience and innovation, including initiatives related to social services and infrastructure, mental and physical health, climate resilience and environmental sustainability, community recreation, social prescribing, experiential therapies and learning, mobility and active transportation, housing and homelessness, and place-making.
4 Grassroots place-making and community activation Supporting community-led design of public space, events, micro-infrastructure, and belonging. +
To support grassroots and community-led place-making and community activation through co-creative, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral processes that build on local assets, cultural strengths, and lived experience, including facilitating the community-led design of public spaces, events, and micro-infrastructure that promote belonging, collective wellness, and place-based sustainable regeneration, and that may integrate social prescribing and community-based learning opportunities.
5 Public education, capacity building, and policy research Advancing equity, evidence literacy, collaboration, and systems change. +
To promote public education, capacity building, and policy research to improve social, health, environmental, and community outcomes, including providing training, resources, and community-based learning opportunities that advance equity, diversity, and inclusion, strengthen evidence literacy related to practice-based evidence, and support intersectoral collaboration to translate community practice into policy and systems change.
6 Nonprofit basis and use of resources Ensuring all profits and accretions are used solely to advance the Society’s purposes. +
To operate on a nonprofit basis and to ensure that any profits or other accretions to the Society are used solely for promoting the purposes of the Society.
Public benefit commitment

All resources are directed toward mission and community impact.

TrueNetwork Community Solutions Society operates on a nonprofit basis. Revenues, surpluses, and other accretions are used solely to advance the Society’s purposes through research, digital infrastructure, programs, education, and community-led initiatives.

Mission-aligned use of resources
  • Advance collective wellness, health equity, and community well-being
  • Strengthen community resilience, innovation, and regeneration
  • Support education, collaboration, and policy-relevant practice
Connect with the Society

Let’s build stronger community systems together.

Whether you are a nonprofit, municipality, community partner, policymaker, or researcher, the Society is designed to support collaborative, evidence-informed action.