Strong families are essential to education, neighbourliness and civic participation.

Civic participation, such as contacting an elected representative or attending a public demonstration, was down from 41 per cent in 2013 to 30 per cent last year.

Through community activism and civic participation, the neighborhood has experienced a strong resurgence.

Librarians provide resources and programs to advance childhood and adult literacy skills, which support civic participation and the ability to access and use information.

For the university, the endeavor wa a research project investigating online civic participation.