Community Action Networks
Community Action Networks (CANs) bring people together to build a Healthy Community. Healthy Communities are strong and vibrant. They emerge from the collaborative efforts of citizens who care about where they live and want to make their neighbourhoods the best they can possibly be. Community Action Networks provide resources to make this happen.
The City of Greater Sudbury recognizes the following benefits in establishing and supporting Community Action Networks:
- CANs enhance the overall quality of life in Greater Sudbury’s social, environmental and economic sectors.
- CANs enable citizens to participate, appreciate, and fully understand the services offered by community organizations and groups.
- CANs help to identify community needs and establish co-operative working relationships.
- CANs promote democracy and inclusiveness by giving participants (community members, City Council, and City staff), a unique vehicle to work in harmony toward common goals.
- CANs provide a mechanism for planning at the community level by identifying the different projects with which individual Community Action Networks will be involved.
- CANS take action and implement projects and initiatives which have a positive impact on the quality of life in Greater Sudbury.
For general information about Community Action Networks, please call the City of Greater Sudbury at 311.
- Community Action Network Terms of Engagement,
- Community Action Network Standard Operating Procedures
Community Action Networks have been formed in the following areas:
Azilda CAN
Lindsay Laur
Phone: 519-573-1629
Email: azildacan4@gmail.com
Facebook: Azilda Community Action Network
Capreol CAN
Barbara Boucher
Phone: 705-988-5252
Email: capreolcommunityaction@gmail.com
Facebook: Capreol Can
Chelmsford CAN
Aaron Lacasse
Phone: 705-855-2219
Email: alacasse@cptm.ca
Coniston CAN
Sara Kitlar-Pothier
Email: coniston.can.chair@gmail.com
Facebook: MyConiston.ca
Copper Cliff CAN
Sean Hattie
Email: sean.hattie@gmail.com
Facebook: Copper Cliff CAN
Donovan/Elm West CAN
Zachary St. Jean
Email: dewcansudbury@gmail.com
Dowling CAN
Carmen Portelance
Facebook: Dowling CAN Community Action Network
Flour Mill CAN
Claude Charbonneau
Phone: 705-674-0242
Email: 401charbonneau@gmail.com
Garson-Falconbridge CAN
Eddie Astgen
Phone: 705-918-1040
Email: eddieastgen@gmail.com
Facebook: Garson Falconbridge Community Action Network
Kingsmount-Bell Park CAN
Michael Penwarden
Email: info@ward10can.com
Website: www.ward10can.com
Levack CAN
Chantelle Gorham
Ph: 705-966-9666
Email: northwestfudgefactory@hotmail.com
Facebook: Levack Community Action Network (Levack CAN)
Minnow Lake- Ward 11 CAN
Richard Charette
Ph: 705-822-7214
Email: richar8@gmail.com
Onaping Falls CAN
Amanda Linton
Email: onapingfallscan@gmail.com
Facebook: Onaping Falls CAN
South End CAN
Email: southendcan@gmail.com
Facebook: SE CAN - South End Community Action Network
Uptown CAN
Cortney St. Jean
Email: info@uptownsudbury.ca
Website: www.uptownsudbury.ca
Valley East CAN
Suzanne Leblanc
Ph: 705-507-0381
Email: srleblanc@hotmail.com
Facebook: (VECAN) Valley East Community Action Network
Walden CAN
Kendra MacIsaac
Katie Ambeau-Parent
Email: Waldencan2@gmail.com
Facebook: Walden Community Action Network
Ward 1 CAN
Colleen Zilio
Andree-Michelle D'Aoust Messier
Email: infoWARD1CAN@gmail.com
Facebook: Ward 1 CAN - Sudbury
Ward 8 CAN (New Sudbury East of Barry Downe)
Rachelle Niemela
Phone: 705-822-1276
Email: info@ward8sudbury.ca
Website: https://ward8sudbury.ca
Facebook: Ward 8 CAN
Ward 12 -New Sudbury CAN
Julie Labre and Spenser McCall (Co-Chairs)
Email: ward12newsudbury@gmail.com
Website: www.ward12newsudburycan.com