@RobButler Oh my goodness Rob! Take care and get well soon. We missed you at the virtual holiday party. Hope you have a restful/peaceful and healthy vacation as you recover.
Today we are announcing the launch of the Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism. Chaired by Claudette McGowan, the coalition pledges to create pathways for BIPOC within the innovation economy and to help end systemic racism.
#1: InterviewME
#2: Get Youth Employed Co-Op Program
#3: The NETWORTH! Project
In partnership with @NPowerCanada, O4AY hosted a #Design Jam where 10 brilliant #youth designed innovative #solutions to improve the #youthemployment system.
https://t.co/CALUYVTRRC
This week, we lost a mentor, friend and leader in our community. Please take a moment to remember and honour Barry Gekiere through stories of his life, accomplishments and words from his peers on the impact he left on our lives.
UHN OpenLab is organizing a Friendly Neighbour Hotline to help seniors facing challenges with picking up essentials.
More information:
https://t.co/JCV13q028S
Join the @cityofguelph tomorrow @12PM as they celebrate the impact of their Civic Accelerator - the open innovation program that shows just how ambitious local innovation can be.
💻Livestream: https://t.co/0cL3ZUxRbF
Are you looking for new ways to approach complex problem-solving? The Living Guide to Social Innovation Labs is a collection of our favourite tools & resources here @solutions_lab@marsdd: https://t.co/41aJBHbeDC Huge thanks to @jwmcconnell & @Innoweave#psilabs#socialinnovation
MaRS is seeking early-adopters to use a tool built with support from @Googleorg to map automation-safe career paths. Want to learn more? See how the future of work might impact you and what you can do to prepare with planext.
Your chance to 💻 for 🇨🇦 is here!
We’re recruiting for the 2020 Code for Canada fellowship, offering tech and design professionals the opportunity to work on things that matter and deliver real impact for residents.
Please RT!
https://t.co/4MiekN8sRt
Seeing complex societal problems in new ways opens up new pathways to designing responses and initiatives that can help to address these problems. My latest blog post on the expertise required for problem framing in #socialinnovation https://t.co/STd5EEZ54O
What was top @globeandmail takeaway from @CollisionHQ? “...startups and industry giants are expected to have a social mission baked into their business plan...” How would you evaluate the current state of Canadian business and its social purpose?
Great #Regx gathering today on public #governance & regulation experimentation in a world of agentive technologies, #smartcities & immersive data-sphere. Thanks @DarkMatter_Labs@solutions_lab & @jwmcconnell for a bracing day of lightning talks & experiment formulation
Everyone should check out "Rule-setting at the Speed of Life" a timely event to discuss regulatory experimentation! https://t.co/HJCPPqbvOb @solutions_lab@DarkMatter_Labs@Eventbrite