SocialCommons.ca seeks to build engaging conversations and support transformative change. All stories are rooted in our five core pillars. This section describes who we are, our origins as the Marvyn Novick Legacy Group, outlines our purpose and commitments in starting this website, presents calls to action on issues of concern, as well as outlining our plans to develop partnerships and reach out to engage with others over the next six months.

We believe that the survival of the planet depends on the creation of a future society based on stronger human rights and social protections, revitalized communities, and a deeper democracy led by an engaged civil society. We believe that this will also necessitate the shift to a more community focused democratic economy designed around meeting human needs, with more shared community assets, and where market systems of production and distribution are embedded within communities in ways that ensure both human health and a sustainable eco-system on which all life depends.