Our Futures Depend on Thriving First Nations How might Canadians help create durable social change for first nations in the coming decade for education, employment, housing, justice and health equity, and spiritual connections to land? The August 2013 DwD session was held by the “social start-up” Generation Connection to collect ideas toward an educational initiative […]
Tag: Social Innovation
What is Co-production?
What is Co-production? How do we make it happen in our communities? The May 2013 DwD was presented by Satsuko vanAntwerp and Lucie Stephens at the new location of The Moment. The workshop presented the context of citizen co-creation of services at the community level. We are the public and therefore all public services are […]
What is the True Nature of Partnership?
March’s DwD session was hosted by Mary Pickering of the Toronto Atmospheric Fund. What is the true nature of “partnership”? Funders want it, social innovation demands it and professionals now “broker” it. With the rising clamor to establish partnerships within and across organizations to get people working together more effectively, the time has come to […]
Business Model Innovation for Social Entrepreneurship
How can social organizations thrive in a post-funding society? A special innovation circle session was held with Maya Roy and the Newcomer Women’s Services Toronto. Through turbulent economic times, Maya and staff leadership grew a team of committed members and made the organization a successful NGO for helping new families settle into Toronto. With impending […]
Transilience: Adapting urban living for a changing future
A special Design with Dialogue event was held in conjunction with the 2011 McLuhan Centenary and U of Toronto’s KMDI, as a panel and participatory workshop in which the public is invited to engage the questions: How are ecological changes moving us toward planning for urban resilience? How might we make the transition to resilience […]