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SCORE! Project Updates

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SCORE!’s End-of-Phase 1 Meeting Read End-of-Phase 1 Meeting Summary

On March 4th, 2024, SCORE! held its End-of-Phase 1 meeting at Mohawk College’s Stoney Creek Campus. At this event, the SCORE! team shared the SCORE! Intervention to gather feedback from experts, community members, and partners. 

SCORE!’s December 12th Community Advisory-Action Board Meeting Read December 12th Meeting Summary

On December 12th, 2023, SCORE! held its latest Community Advisory-Action Board (CAB) meeting at the Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre. This meeting fostered open discussion on encouraging children and parents to attend SCORE! programming, assessed members’ food literacy levels, and celebrated the CAB’s dedication to a healthier Riverdale community. 

SCORE!’s September 18th Community Advisory-Action Board Meeting Read September 18th Meeting Summary

On September 18th, 2023, SCORE! held its latest Community Advisory-Action Board (CAB) meeting at the Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre. The focus of this meeting was to connect with community voices and partners to hear their input on our progress-to-date, introduce Momina Raza as the CAB Co-chair, and discuss barriers in accessing outdoor spaces in Riverdale.

SCORE!’s May 29th, 2023 Community Advisory-Action Board Meeting Read May 29th Meeting Summary

On Monday May 29th, 2023, SCORE! held its latest Community Advisory-Action Board (CAB) meeting at the Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre.

This meeting brought together community members, partners, and SCORE! team members to foster dialogue and gather community perspectives. Conducted in a ‘gallery walk’ style, CAB members visited different stations to discuss and provide their input on curriculum development, the SCORE! Systems Map, and Healthy Active Living policy. In addition, members provided feedback on the SCORE! project’s progress to date, which includes the household survey, photovoice study, and intervention piloting. The CAB members also participated in an interactive gardening activity designed by Green Venture, in which they planted seedlings in pots to take home.

SCORE! Photovoice Exhibition Learn About the Photovoice Exhibition

On Saturday March 4, 2023, we held a Photovoice exhibition, “A Landscape of Colours, a Lifetime of Memories,” in the atrium of the Mohawk Stoney Creek Campus. The purpose of this activity was to engage with community members and multi-sectoral leaders on the findings and to strengthen the conversation on action-oriented steps that we can take to address barriers and uplift facilitators. 26 participants across different local sectors (school board, city, local organizational leaders, etc.) engaged in the guided tour of the exhibit, contributing to rich dialogue on how we can work together on these issues. 

SCORE! Co-Design Workshop

In our first co-design workshop on Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at the Dominic Agostino Riverdale Community Centre, the people who live in the community, work in the community, and lead organizations that provide programs and services in the community came together to discuss their perspectives on healthy active living in Riverdale. 8 community partners, 4 community members and 1 organization collaborated to share their ideas on healthy active living for children. Through their discussions, we identified problems and assets and had participants design activities that could avoid these issues and improve participation in healthy active living. These ideas will be further discussed, refined, and pilot tested with the community.

SCORE! Logo Contest Learn About the Contest

On May 7th and 8th 2022, the SCORE! team held a Gallery Walk at Lake Avenue Elementary school. During the Gallery Walk, we ran a Logo Contest where we invited all students at the school in grades K-8 to submit logo designs based on the principles of SCORE!. Students were asked to design a logo that captured healthy active living and nature-based activities within the Riverdale community, and we received over 60 submissions! Of these submissions, the SCORE! team picked a winner based on artistic merit, alignment with SCORE! objectives, and overall impression. Though it was a tough decision, we picked Samiha (Grade 4) as our winner! Congratulations Samiha and all contest participants!

Introducing SCORE!’s Community Advisory-Action Boards (CAB) Learn About CAB

To date, SCORE! has hosted two Community Advisory-Action Board meetings (September 6, 2022 & November 24, 2022).

The purpose of these Community Advisory-Action Boards (CAB) is to learn from and integrate expertise and experiences from members to guide research activities within the SCORE! program. The main tasks will include supporting the operationalization of the research protocol and providing feedback on intervention design and pilot-testing. The CAB convenes once every 3-4 months to collaborate on research guidance activities.

Click here to view SCORE!’s November CAB Report.