Social Innovation
DEFINition
Any initiative or process that changes, or has the potential to change, the system dynamics that created a problem in the first place.
Resources
Social Innovations Journal
Turn to this journal for countless articles about social innovation categorized by sectors or social issues.
Social Innovation Generation: Fostering a Canadian Ecosystem for Systems Change
Book by Geraldine Cahill and Kelsey Spitz
The Evolution of Social Innovation: Building resilience through transitions
by Frances Westley, Katharine McGowan, and Ola Tjörno
Advanced Introduction to Social Innovation
by Frank Moulaert and Diana MacCallum
Social Innovation: Shaping Canada’s Future
Featuring Canada’s social innovation history and its shifts over the years. Leaving off with where we are now and what they future may hold.
Getting to Maybe: How the World is Changed
Book by Brenda Zimmerman, Frances Westley, and Michael Quinn Patton
Social Innovation: Blurring Boundaries to Reconfigure Markets
by Alex Nichols and Alex Murdock
The International Handbook on Social Innovation
by Frank Moulaert, Diana MacCallum, Abid Mehmood, and Abdelillah Hamdouch
Social Innovation: How Societies Find the Power to Change
by Geoff Mulgan
Rise of the (Good) Machines: A Blueprint for Action
In this webinar, James Stauch and Alina Turner drew from their recent publication In Search of the Althruithm: AI and the Future of Social Good to:
- Give a brief introduction to artificial intelligence
- Describe why we--the “social good sector”--should care about and help shape the role AI plays in our society
- Give examples of applications of AI for social good that are already in development or in use around the world
- Propose some steps we can take in Canada to help shape how AI is developed and used