December 2019

Find the full newsletter here: Updates from Albertan Changemakers (December 2019)

Resources

  1. How to Tease Out the Complex Dynamics of Systems Change (article)
    This article by Christian Seelos in the Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) explores some of the perspectives and tensions we face when pursuing systems change.

  2. Social R&D Practices and Patterns Report
    An exploration into what strong research and development (R&D) practices look like in social purpose organizations, this report features patterns and case studies from Canadian organizations.

  3. Webinar Recording: Design Thinking for Changemakers
    Here's a recording of our recent webinar, in which Dr. AnneMarie Dorland shared how tools created in design studios around the world can help us “design our thinking” and rewire our approach to creating collaborative and participatory social innovation work.

  4. Webinar Recording: Authentic Engagement with People of Lived / Living Experience
    In this Tamarack Institute webinar, Cheryl Whiskeyjack, from the Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society in Edmonton, shared some of the key strategies they use for engagement with Indigenous community members with lived and living experience of poverty.

Opportunities

  1. Social Research & Development Funding (apply by Jan 5)
    Submit an expression of interest to Innoweave by January 5, 2020 for grants to support research & development (R&D) activities in your organization.
    Are you a consultant, leader, or coach working in the field of social innovation? Consider putting your name forward as a potential coach for organizations that receive Social R&D grants. Details here. 

  2. Alberta Forward Forum: Boosting the Rural Advantage (Feb 24-25 in Olds)
    EQUS presents the Alberta Forward Forum, which will bring together over 200 attendees to discuss and debate key issues affecting economic development in rural Alberta, all with the same objective in mind – to boost our rural economy and move rural Alberta forward.

  3. Stanford Social Innovation Review: Frontiers of Social Innovation Conference (May 12 - 14)
    You can register to attend this conference in person at Stanford or remotely via live-stream.

We acknowledge that in Alberta we are on traditional territories of the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit whose footsteps have marked these lands for centuries.