KALEIDOSCOPE


WATERLOO
WELLINGTON
SCENARIOS


Kaleidoscope

By
2020
the
region
has
evolved
into
a
network
of
well‐connected
“hubs.”
Cities
have
a
central
core
but
are

made
up
a
series
of
these
well‐served
centres,
which
are
in
turn
linked
to
rural
townships.
Public
space

features
in
these
core
areas,
and
serve
the
wider
regional
community,
which
is
itself
made
up
of
numerous

smaller
 yet
 integrated
 groups
 (e.g.
 neighbourhoods,
 cultural/religious
 groups,
 diaspora
 groups).
 Each
 of

these
individual
communities
is
able
to
access,
direct
and
provide
services
and
resources
to
its
members

as
 well
 the
 wider
 community.
 People
 feel
 a
 strong
 sense
 of
 belonging
 and
 there
 are
 high‐levels
 of

participation
in
public
life.
Strong
cross‐sectoral
collaborations,
particularly
between
the
arts
and
business,

have
 fostered
 creativity
 in
 all
 three
 sectors.
 This
 has
 helped
 the
 region’s
 economy
 to
 diversify
 and

innovate,
 allowed
 the
 arts
 to
 become
 more
 relevant
 and
 sustainable,
 and
 helped
 local
 government

improve
 the
 provision
 of
 social
 services.
 The
 focus
 on
 cultural
 changes
 and
 the
 pressures
 of
 urban

development
 mean
 that
 environmental
 considerations
 do
 not
 feature
 prominently.
 Overall,
 though
 the

region
 has
 been
 able
 to
 adapt
 to
 external
 changes,
 particularly
 in
 the
 economy,
 and
 is
 culturally
 very

vibrant.



 Kaleidoscope
Characteristics


 Characterised
by
high
population
growth
and
diversity
combined


 with
a
vibrant
and
diverse
economy.



 The
community’s
identity
reflects
the
“diversity
of
diversities”

that
lives
here.
Minorities
(of
any
description
e.g.
ethnic,

sexual,
ideological,
health)
are
neither
excluded
nor

vulnerable
and
they
are
instead
“on
the
edge
by
choice.”


 Many
more
diverse
individuals
and
groups
feel
a
real
sense
of

“This
is
a
community
steeped
in
 belonging
–
represented
in
work,
education,
media,

history
with
a
strong
influence,
like
 leadership
and
the
arts.


the
German
work
ethic,
but
that’s
all
  Diversity
as
a
way
of
being
=
tolerance.

shifting
now.
We
need
a
community

 The
disaggregation
of
community
tastes
and
interests
is

that’s
true
to
its
past
but
certainly

willing
to
look
at
its
future.
The
 reflected
in
niche
cultural
businesses
(specialty
grocers,
halal

mirror’s
looking
quite
different
now,
 meats,
ethnic
restaurants),
niche
marketing
experts,

even
in
the
20
years
that
I’ve
been
 consulting
businesses
to
navigate
and
interpret
cultural

here.”

 differences
and
small
scale
arts
groups
/
organisations.




Scenario
Participant

 Local
employers
are
more
likely
to
recognize
international



qualifications,
and
there
are
more
services
to
help
new

Canadians
get
accreditation.


 There
is
a
strong
knowledge‐based
economy.

 Collaborations
have
been
forged
between
business
and
the

arts
–
supporting
creativity,
diversity
and
innovation
in
both

sectors.

 In
city
planning,
new
development
creates
multiple
hubs

(services,
businesses,
transit,
public
spaces
etc)
and
doesn’t

abandon
the
periphery
(avoiding
the
“reverse
donut”
‐

whereby
resources
are
concentrated
entirely
on
the
city
core

leading
to
a
decline
in
areas
on
the
periphery).

 There
is
an
increased
number
of
common
built
and
natural

spaces,
which
support
people
spending
time
together

exploring
arts
and
culture.


 Artistic
practise
and
creativity
are
more
diffuse.
Artists
are

less
siloed
as
“artists”
and
the
community
recognises
a

broader
definition
of
what
constitutes
art.


2
WATERLOO REGION
GUELPH
RECORD MERCURY
HEADLINES FROM 2009 - 2020

New study: Prosperity in Waterloo Arts coalition urges business

Wellington creates demand for more
cultural products, but squeezes social
services - FEBRUARY 2010
40 Journalists out of work
as Waterloo Region
Record moves to weekly
publication - MAY 2012
Artist-in-residence program instrumental
in Christie Digital breakthrough in
healthcare
- JULY2015
UN recognizes Waterloo-
Wellington leadership in use
of social enterprise to
improve lives of immigrants
and first-nations in Canada
and world - SEPTEMBER
to capture benefits of current
prosperity by investing in the
creative economy
- MAY 2011
Social enterprise model credited
with improving delivery of social
service, healthcare in
increasingly diverse community
- JANUARY 2013
Blogger receives death threats goes
into hiding after revealing political
scandal
- SEPTEMBER 2016
Analysts say Nokia/RIM
merger will be competitive in
Google-dominated mobile
market, job losses expected
- AUGUST 2019

3

 2009
–
2012
 2013
–
2016
 2017
–
2020

Social
 Education/awareness
 Reciprocity
of
citizen
 Policies
shift
–

building
about
cultural
 experience/participation
— recognition
of

inclusion
and
critical
 local
and
global
 international
education,

engagement
 immigration,

employment
–
inclusive

and
relevant



 Increase
in
number,
 Increased
opportunity
for
 Permeable
Identity


dependability,
level
of
 youth
leadership,
expanded
 Appreciation
and

communication
and
 skill
development,
cultural
 recognition
of
necessity

adaptability
of
social
 understanding
and
shared
 of
CD
to
to
build
vibrant

services
 spaces
 and
resilient
community


Different
and
equal



Economic
 Significant
disruption
in
the
 Major
arts
related
events
 High
adoption
rates
for

economy,
particularly
for
 attracted
to
the
region
by
 technology
(social

the
large
businesses
located
 creative
potential

 networking,
mass
transit

locally,
frees
a
large
number
 etc)

of
creative
employees



 Emergence
of
community‐ Increase
in
the
number
 Collaborations
drive


based
and
spin‐off
 cross‐sector
collaborative
 innovation
and
creativity

industries,
re‐channeling
of
 groups
and
organisations
 and
help
the
economy
to

entrepreneurial
activity
 diversify

 A

Environmental
 Sewage
processing
problem
 Drastic
water
rationing
for
 Health
problems
related


‐
water
crisis
 home
and
industry.
 to
worsening
air/water

Agriculture
affected
by
 resources

drought:
lower
meat

production
and
crop
yields



 Increased
pressure
for
new
 Reduction
in
green
space
in
 Lack
of
access
to
green


housing
developments
 the
cities
(parks,
 space
impacting
quality

recreational
fields)
and
 of
life

outside
them
(agricultural

land,
protected
areas).



` B

C
4
Healing




Kitchener,
July
2020


 

A
few
minutes
before
six,
Anita
shuts
down
her

computer
and
leans
back
at
her
desk.
It's
been
a
good
day,

chock‐full,
but
no
one
has
died.
In
fact,
she
hasn't
even
seen
a

patient
with
an
illness
she
couldn't
treat,
at
least
temporarily.

It
worries
her
that,
even
here
in
this
bubbling
metropolis,
she

is
seeing
a
rise
in
illnesses
related
to
basic
hygiene
and
medical

treatment.
Even
the
numerous
medical
breakthroughs
in
the

last
decade
cannot
compensate
for
the
scarcity
of
resources

like
water.
The
growing
shortage
of
healthcare
professionals

doesn't
help
either.




She
stares
through
her
office
window
out
over
the
city,

admiring
the
green
spaces,
the
colourful
buildings
and
wide

streets.
She
can
see
the
newly
titled
Artists'
Alley
down
Cedar

Street.
It's
more
an
avenue
than
an
alley,
a
pedestrian
street
 “Artists,
and
some
cultural

lined
by
trees
full
of
decorations,
hanging
sculptures
and
 mediators,
have
many
ideas

mobiles.
Even
the
pavement
is
painted,
with
brilliant
mosaics,
 about
how
to
engage
citizens
in

and
people
are
already
jamming
the
walkway.
It
reminds
her
of
 a
vibrant
community
that
is

Las
Ramblas,
in
Barcelona
where
she
attended
medical
school,
 environmentally
more
sensitive,

only
it
is
fresher,
more
creative.
Tonight
the
Heritage
Festival
 socially
more
just
and

begins,
with
performances,
arts
displays
and
demonstrations
 architecturally
more
beautiful.

of
artist‐driven
innovations
in
Guelph,
KW
and
Cambridge.
 Holding
them
back
as
key

She's
heading
over
to
Cambridge
for
their
official
opening.
As
 contributors
to
this
kind
of

chair
of
the
planning
committee,
she's
giving
a
speech
on
arts
 community
is
not
a
lack
of
ideas

and
progress
there.
Tomorrow
her
paintings
will
feature
in
one
 but
a
lack
of
resources
and

of
the
many
digital
media
shows
here
in
town.
It's
an
exciting
 ability
to
garner
these

time
in
the
multi‐city.
 resources.”


 
 ‐
Scenario
Participant

Her
intercom
hums.
She
sighs.
Marta
should
have
left
 

half
an
hour
ago.
She
presses
the
button.
"Yes?"


 

"I
..I
sorry,
Dr.
Ferez,
There…"
Marta
sounds
flustered.

“Cultural
groups
are
stuck
in
the

It
makes
her
speech
impediment
worse.

mind‐set
of
a
not‐for‐profit
and



end
up
in
an
SOS
situation
every

"Take
your
time,
Marta."
The
woman
is
bright
and

3yrs;
but
I
think
we
should
run

extremely
capable,
and
Anita's
patients
have
grown

as
businesses
and
earn
our

accustomed
to
her
speech,
as
she
knew
they
would.

revenue.”



Scenario
Participant

"There's
a
girl
…I
know
you
're…leaving.
She's
hurt."


5
 
 The
muscles
in
James's
jaw
tighten.

Anita
rises.
"Send
her
right
in,
 "She
was
careless,
with
a
carving
tool."

Marta."
She
crosses
the
office
and
opens
 

the
door.
 The
cut
is
deep
and
dirty.
A
second


 after
the
toweling
is
removed,
blood
starts

A
tall
slender
man
in
his
early
forties
 to
pour
forth.
Marta,
who
has
slipped
in,

shepherds
in
a
girl
in
her
early
teens
 hands
Anita
a
thick
absorbent
bandage.

towards
Anita.
Marta
hovers
in
the
 She
applies
it
to
the
wound.
"Can
you
press

doorway.
The
two
strangers
are
swarthy
 down
on
this
while
I
assemble
the

and
wear
their
black
hair
long.
The
girl's
is
 necessary
implements?"
she
asks
James.

loose
and
falls
over
her
face.
The
man's
is
 

pulled
back
in
a
braid.
First
Nations?
Anita
 He
nods
and
crouches
beside

suspects
so.
 Kendra,
pressing
the
wad
of
bandage
to


 the
wound.
The
girl
glares
at
him.


She
extends
her
hand.
"Hello,
I'm
 

Dr.
Ferez.
Come
in."
 Marta
moves
deftly
to
the


 cupboards.

He
hesitates,
then
takes
her
hand.
 

His
grip
is
firm,
but
brief.
"James
 Anita
asks,
"What
kind
of
carving

Clearwater.
I'm
sorry
to
bother
you
so
late.
 tool?"

My
daughter
Kendra
has
cut
herself."
 


 "A
sculpting
knife,"
James
answers.

Anita's
attention
turns
to
the
girl.
 "I'm
a
sculptor."

Her
arm
is
wrapped
in
toweling
that
 

doesn't
look
too
clean.
Blood
seeps
 Marta
assembles
a
tray
of

through.
"Please,
sit
down
here,
Kendra,
 implements
and
swabs.
Anita
goes
to
the

and
let
me
take
a
look."

 sink
and
turns
the
tap
to
wash
her
hands.


 Nothing
comes
out.
She
curses
silently.
It's

Kendra
slumps
into
the
chair.
She's
 after
six
o'clock.
The
water
has
been

startlingly
thin,
almost
emaciated,
but
 turned
off,
under
the
new
conservation

neither
the
girl
nor
her
father
look
poverty‐ regime.

stricken.
He
wears
a
blue
button‐down
 

shirt
and
Dockers.
She
sports
tight
jeans,
 "You
should
have
gone
to
the

sandals
and
a
T‐shirt
that
shows
her
 hospital,"
she
murmurs.

miniscule
mid‐drift.
She
says
nothing.
 


 "No,"
says
James.

"What
happened?"
Anita
asks,
 

unwrapping
the
towel
gently.
 "No?"
She
glances
at
him.
"Marta,


 can
you
please
bring
the
water
canister?"

When
neither
answers,
Anita
 They
keep
water
for
emergencies,
like
this.

glances
up.
Kendra
stares
sullenly
at
the
 Marta
bobs
her
head
and
disappears
out

floor.

 the
door.


 


6
 "You
didn't
want
to
go
to
the
hospital?"

“The
10%
at
the
top
are
people



who
are
caught
and
interested
in

James
frowns.
"We
…
don't
like
modern
medicine.
No

something
and
have
people

offense."

listen
to
them.
The
10%
at
the



bottom
are
caught
and

"None
taken.
But
I'm
surprised
you
came
here.
I
do

interested
but
almost
nobody

practice
modern
medicine."
She
tries
a
smile.

talks
to
or
listens
to
them.”



Scenario
Participant

The
girl
looks
very
pale.





"I
heard
that
you
also
respect
…
the
traditions
of
other

cultures,
including
native
ones."
James
watches
her,
his
face

impassive.



Marta
arrives
with
the
canister
and
pours
a
little
water

into
a
bowl.
Anita
applies
a
little
soap
to
her
hands,
and
pours

a
trickle
of
water
over
them
to
rinse
the
suds
away.
Then
she

returns
to
Kendra.
With
Marta's
assistance,
she
cleans
the

wound,
superficially
at
least,
and
applies
a
more
liberal
than

usual
dose
of
antiseptic.
Marta
hands
her
a
threaded
needle.




"I'm
going
to
stitch
this
up,"
Anita
says
to
Kendra.
"It

will
hurt
a
little,
but
it's
necessary.
All
right?"



For
the
first
time,
Kendra
seems
anxious.
She
looks
up

at
James.
He
nods
and
holds
her
gaze.



Anita
works
quickly,
entirely
focused
on
her
task.
There

is
a
lot
of
blood,
but
Marta
wipes
it
away,
and
soon
Anita
has

finished
stitching.
She
applies
a
bandage
and
stands
up.
"Don't

get
it
wet
and
keep
the
bandage
on
for
a
week.
Then
you
can

come
back
and
I'll
remove
the
stitches.
Marta
can
make
an

appointment."
Marta
nods
and,
at
a
look
from
Anita,
slips
out

of
the
office.



A
glance
at
the
clock
shows
Anita
she
needs
to
hurry,

get
home
to
her
apartment,
change
and
catch
the
high‐speed
 “I’m
interested
in
finding

transit
to
Cambridge.
She
may
have
to
take
a
cab
home,
 creative
and
artistic
tools
to
help

although
it
could
take
more
time
to
find
one
than
to
walk.
 people
think
differently
about

Despite
the
growth
in
the
city,
or
maybe
because
of
it,
there
 how
we
define
each
other.”

are
fewer
and
fewer
motorized
vehicles
out
there.
Usually
 Scenario
Participant

Anita
applauds
this
fact.
With
so
many
people,
it's
critical
to

keep
the
air
as
clean
as
possible,
but
today
she
is
eager
to
get


7
to
the
Festival.
It's
the
tenth
anniversary
 on
the
other.

and
the
cultural
collage
will
be
breath‐ 

taking.
She
knows,
because
she
booked
the
 He
complies.

artists.
A
true
celebration
of
 

multiculturalism,
on
a
scale
that
not
even
 "Mr.
Clearwater,
you
daughter
is

Toronto
could
rival.
 very,
very
thin.
Is
she
ill?"


 

"Thank
you,"
says
James.

 He
frowns,
shakes
his
head.


 

Kendra
rises
at
his
nod.
Her
face
 "Has
she
seen
a
doctor?
Had
tests

turns
a
sickly
shade
of
green
and
her
knees
 performed?"

buckle.
James
catches
her
before
she
hits
 

the
floor.
 He
shakes
his
head
again,
more


 vigorously.

The
Festival
forgotten,
Anita
says,
 

"Here,
lay
her
on
the
examining
table."

 "Are
you
not
worried?"


 

James
scoops
the
girl
up
in
his
arms
 He
looks
down.
"Yes."
He
speaks
in
a

and
does
as
Anita
requests.
Lying
on
the
 whisper,
then
takes
a
deep
breath.
"She

white
sheet,
Kendra
looks
like
an
8‐year‐ doesn't
eat."

old
child,
tiny,
bones
jutting
out.
Her
eyes
 

flutter
open.
Anita
examines
her
quickly,
 "No
appetite?
Does
she
get

then
calls
for
Marta,
who
nips
in.
 headaches?"


 

"Marta,
can
you
stay
here
with
 He
shrugs.
"I
don't
know.
She

Kendra
for
a
moment?
James,
I'd
like
to
 doesn't
talk
about
it.
But
I
think
she
does

talk
to
you."
 not
want
to
eat.
She
likes
to
be
thin."


 

For
a
moment,
she
thinks
James
will
 "Have
you
asked
her?"

refuse,
seize
his
daughter
and
hustle
out,
 

away
from
her
and
her
modern
medicine.
 "No.
If
she
wants
to
speak
to
me,

Then
he
nods
and
she
ushers
him
through
 she
will.
She
does
not."
He
sounds
sad,

the
door
into
the
outer
office.
Outside,
the
 resigned.

setting
sun
splashes
the
sky
with
gold
and
 

orange
rays.
Through
the
open
window
she
 Anita
mulls
on
this,
recalling
a

can
hear
the
sound
of
a
band
playing
and
 seminar
she
attended
about
native
beliefs,

voices,
laughter.
People
are
flocking
into
 how
they
respect
each
other.
It
impressed

the
city
for
the
Festival.
They've
arranged
 her
at
the
time
and
she
admired
the
native

for
twice
as
many
buses
and
trains
as
usual
 healers
who
spoke.
Now
she
sees
a
girl
in

from
Toronto
today.

 desperate
need
of
help
and
a
father
unable


 to
give
it
to
her.
"Her
mother?"
she
asks

"Sit,
please."
She
gestures
toward
 gently.

one
of
the
waiting
room
chairs
and
perches
 


8
 "She
is
…
gone.
Some
years
ago."



"James,
I
cannot
say
without
fully
examining
Kendra,

but
it's
possible
she
has
an
eating
disorder
like
anorexia.
This

can
be
very
serious,
very
dangerous."



He
nods;
he
knows
this
already.


 “In
Toronto,
in
Europe,
you
start

"There
are
clinics
‐‐"
 to
see
that
there’s
actually


 communities
here
(in
cities).

"No.
She
must
stay
with
me.
I
will
…
try
…
to
make
her
 We’re
a
bit
dysfunctional
here,

understand."
 suburbia
is
something
we’re


 used
to
but
these
are
not

"You
live
here,
in
the
multi‐city?"
 functioning
communities.
In


 Toronto,
people
live
in
and

He
nods.
"Down
in
the
Alachi."
 around
where
they
eat,
shop


 and
work,
and
if
they’re
not
they

The
Alachi!
She's
surprised.
It's
the
new
name
for
the
 take
public
transport
to
get

thriving
area
near
Fairview
Mall,
one
of
the
most
culturally
 there.”

diverse
parts
of
the
multi‐city
and
a
hotbed
of
creativity.
Just
 Scenario
Participant

recently
she
read
about
a
group
of
Alachi
artists
who'd
been

working
as
advisors
to
a
high‐tech
firm,
helping
them
innovate

in
creative
new
ways.
She
kicks
herself
mentally.
And
why

shouldn't
they
live
there?
They
are
obviously
well
enough
off

and
what
did
he
say?
He's
a
sculptor,
possibly
even
a
member

of
that
group.



"Mr.
Clearwater.
I
can
see
you
care
about
your

daughter,
and
I
respect
the
fact
that
you
do
not
want
her

treated
using
modern
methods.
Have
you
ever
been
to
the

Healing
Centre?"



He
shakes
his
head.



"It
is
an
unusual
treatment
facility
adjacent
to
Homer

Watson
Park,
not
far
from
the
Fairview‐Alachi
area.
They

practice
a
variety
of
medicines
there,
Western,
Eastern,

African,
acupuncture,
even
animal
therapy.
They
are
affiliated

with
several
churches
and
have
at
least
one
native
doctor.
I

believe
they
even
have
a
sweat
lodge.
I
understand
you
may

feel
suspicious
or
apprehensive,
but
their
creed
is
that
no

patient
is
ever
forced
to
accept
treatment
that
goes
against

their
fundamental
beliefs.
There
are
some
very
wise
people


9
 working
there.
Would
you,
at
least,
consider,
taking
Kendra

“How
do
these
innovative

there?"

models
of
creative
development



that
are
being
practised
in
music

He
gazes
at
her
for
several
moments.
At
last,
he
nods.

encourage
new
socially

She
has,
in
her
career,
seen
hope
dawn
in
many
eyes
and
she

responsive
forms
of
community

thinks
she
sees
it
now.

building
across
boundaries,
and



what
role
do
they
play
in
helping

"Good.
I'm
glad.
Why
don't
I
contact
the
facility
and

us
negotiate
differences
and

when
you
bring
Kendra
back
to
have
the
stitches
removed,
I

accept
the
challenges
of
risk
and

can
help
set
up
an
appointment."
She
smiles.

contingency?”



Scenario
Participant

He
rises.
"Thank
you.
I
would
appreciate
that."



As
they
leave,
he
places
a
hand
on
Kendra's
shoulder.

The
girl
does
not
shrug
it
off.






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