INSPIRING AUTHENTIC STRATEGIES FOR EVOLVING COMMUNITIES

" As Chair of the Board at Mental Health Without Borders, I have valued Elle Community Strategies as a trusted advisor during periods of complexity. Erica is highly disciplined in her approaches, is an exceptional facilitator, and brings a real sense of partnership to our team. Her support has strengthened our ability to conduct community-facing work with confidence. "

—MENTAL HEALTH WITHOUT BORDERS
"The whole process in developing our governance structure was excellent, but I would say the finish deliverable at the end was the real star! We look forward to working with Ellecs in future ."

— ARTS JUNKTION
“Our students specifically mentioned how much they came to appreciate and value trainings from Elle Community Strategies. Many of them mentioned how they were able to use what they learned in their work placements. One student made a point of mentioning how the trainings helped them in their personal relationships. Another student mentioned that the de-escalation training in conjunction with harm reduction training, helped they save their friend’s life..”

— FACULTY OF INNER-CITY URBAN STUDIES, THE UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG
“Elle Community Strategies was great to work with. They provided us with invaluable leadership throughout our revisioning process. Their knowledge and experience of community helped us to better understand the issues and provide realistic solutions. We were very appreciative of their professionalism, thoroughness, and commitment to the project.”

— BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, WINNIPEG
“Elle Community Strategies listens to everyone in the room. They were attentive, reflective, and captured discussions accurately while being responsive to our teams requests through the process. We are very satisfied with the outcome that was done for our organization.”

—THE FAMILY VIOLENCE CONSORTIUM OF MANITOBA (FVCM)

ABOUT

Our work is grounded in a simple belief: community-facing initiatives are only as effective as the structures that support them.

Elle Community Strategies is a community systems and strategy firm supporting organizations and institutions across Canada. We work with public sectors, nonprofits, and businesses whose work depends on meaningful engagement and authentic collaboration across internal teams and external stakeholders.

OUR MISSION

We partner with organizations and institutions to design, govern, and sustain community-facing work that is operationally sound and resilient over time. Through tailored consultation, facilitation, and participatory research, we support teams to align strategy, decision-making, and implementation across people, systems, and mandates.

SERVICES

Leading groups through interactive and engaging learning is where we thrive.
We design:

-Tailored workshops
-Community engagement events
-Corporate retreats & team building days
-Leadership & management training
Whether your organization is struggling with challenging group dynamics, needs support in shifting company culture to achieve greater impact, or wanting to build internal capacity, we excel in areas of internal and external engagement and policy development tailored to achieve your company's needs.
Areas of work:
-Project management
-Internal change management
-Policy and governance development
-Strategic planning
-Equity and inclusion
-Educational content and course development
In collaboration with renowned scholars, we have project managed studies at local and international levels that look to explore complex social problems across various domains of life. We lead critical inquiry and community-based research designs that look to involve voices that are most often omitted.
See our publications and affiliated projects here.