Innovation Matters
April 17, 2019 8:37 pm Comments Off on Innovation MattersWorld Creativity and Innovation Week (WCIW) is the kind of celebration we embrace at Urban Matters CCC.
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Innovating for Empowerment & Employment
April 18, 2019 6:49 pm Comments Off on Innovating for Empowerment & EmploymentWe are placing people people with lived experience into roles where they can make a difference in the lives of their peers.
Impactful & Inspiring: Indigenous Social Innovation 2019
June 21, 2019 2:23 pm Comments Off on Impactful & Inspiring: Indigenous Social Innovation 2019Indigenous social innovation has been making headlines and we wanted to learn more. Here's the start of a growing list.
Listening, Learning and Unlearning: Our Call to Action
June 21, 2021 3:36 pm Comments Off on Listening, Learning and Unlearning: Our Call to ActionPhoto Credit: Burning Ceremony after Rural and Indigenous Overdose Action Exchange hosted on the traditional lands of the Tk’emlúps te...
Reimagining Post Pandemic Possibilities – An Open Webinar Invite
June 8, 2021 10:42 pm Comments Off on Reimagining Post Pandemic Possibilities – An Open Webinar InviteReimagining Post Pandemic Possibilities: A Collaborative Exploration June 29, 2021 – 11:30am -12:30pm PST The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted deep...
Building Social Innovation Into Housing Challenges
March 5, 2021 11:47 pm Comments Off on Building Social Innovation Into Housing ChallengesYWCA Metro Vancouver Launches a Housing Solutions Lab to Tackle Barriers to Building More Deeply Affordable Housing for Single Parents...
A Pandemic is a Terrible Opportunity to Waste: Local Government and Their Community-serving Sector Partnerships
October 22, 2020 8:15 pm Comments Off on A Pandemic is a Terrible Opportunity to Waste: Local Government and Their Community-serving Sector PartnershipsIn Urban Matters’ second Covid webinar, BC and Alberta leaders in the field share experiences, insights and ways forward in...
Embracing ambiguity: Brent Wellsch joins the Urban Matters team
October 16, 2020 3:27 pm Comments Off on Embracing ambiguity: Brent Wellsch joins the Urban Matters teamUrban Matters recently welcomed Brent Wellsch to our team as our Solutions Lab Lead. A systemic designer and strategist, Brent...
Converging Crises and Silver Linings: The Housing Crisis, COVID-19 and Municipal Housing Responses
September 15, 2020 11:03 pm Comments Off on Converging Crises and Silver Linings: The Housing Crisis, COVID-19 and Municipal Housing ResponsesUrban Matters hosts first in webinar series in response to Covid-19 With the outbreak of the coronavirus, British Columbia’s housing...
Urban Matters Announces 2019 Community Contribution
February 4, 2020 5:18 pm Comments Off on Urban Matters Announces 2019 Community ContributionAs a CCC, Urban Matters is required to re-invest a percentage of our profit back into community innovation ventures. That...
2019 Reframe Housing Competition Winner Announced
December 13, 2019 9:28 pm Comments Off on 2019 Reframe Housing Competition Winner AnnouncedTwo years ago, we launched the Reframe Housing Competition (Reframe). The competition is designed to increase innovative affordable housing options....
International Overdose Awareness Day 2019: a time to remember and a time to act
August 30, 2019 7:58 pm Comments Off on International Overdose Awareness Day 2019: a time to remember and a time to actTomorrow, August 31, is International Overdose Awareness Day. It is a day for remembering everyone we've lost. It’s also a day for action and connection. The opioid overdose crisis is huge, systemic, and overwhelming. Simultaneously, it is deeply personal.