With the decline in oil prices over the last few months, many people, communities and industries have been impacted across Canada. And right in the thick of it is Fort McMurray. But it is not all doom and gloom. In a recent Globe and Mail article, Katharine McGowan, post-doctoral fellow at the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience, University of Waterloo, describes how Fort McMurray’s non-profit sector is coming together during these trying times, and how organizations like Social Prosperity Wood Buffalo are playing a leading role in creating a resilient community.