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.
UAD Brings Wheelchairs into the Wilderness
May 30, 2019 5:10 pm Comments Off on UAD Brings Wheelchairs into the WildernessAs the team at Universal Access Design Inc. (UAD) has expanded, so has their breadth of work. UAD has been bringing wheelchairs into the wilderness! We're featuring UAD's important work for National AccessAbility Week 2019.
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.
Case Study: City of Calgary – Housing Renewal Planning
May 6, 2018 5:50 pm Comments Off on Case Study: City of Calgary – Housing Renewal PlanningFrom the Federal government’s recently released National Housing Strategy to Alberta’s Provincial Affordable Strategy there’s reason to be hopeful about...
A Reflection on Reconciliation and Healing
May 4, 2018 10:36 pm Comments Off on A Reflection on Reconciliation and HealingI recently had the great honour of taking part in the fifth Walk in Balance Reconciliation and Healing conference in...
Physical Gets Social with Infrastructure
May 4, 2018 10:35 pm Comments Off on Physical Gets Social with InfrastructureDeveloping Physical Infrastructure With Social Outcomes In Mind Physical infrastructure has always been created to achieve a social outcome, a...
Case Study: Okanagan Transportation Partnering
May 4, 2018 9:00 pm Comments Off on Case Study: Okanagan Transportation PartneringLocal governments are exploring innovative ways to both directly and indirectly deliver services to citizens that result in better outcomes...
Case Study: Universal Access Design Inc.
May 2, 2018 9:05 pm Comments Off on Case Study: Universal Access Design Inc.Most people would likely guess that universal accessibility is not today’s reality – but most people wouldn’t have a grasp...
Case Study: Richmond Homelessness Strategy
May 2, 2018 9:03 pm Comments Off on Case Study: Richmond Homelessness StrategyHomelessness in Richmond is often not a topic that catches much public attention, especially with the far more visible homelessness...
Case Study: Purppl
May 2, 2018 9:02 pm Comments Off on Case Study: PurpplWhen we launched Urban Matters CCC in 2014 we knew we were going to be active in something we often...
Case Study: Indigenous Social Enterprise Workshops
May 2, 2018 9:01 pm Comments Off on Case Study: Indigenous Social Enterprise WorkshopsIn 2014, our President Ken Gauthier was invited on a traditional moose hunt near Fraser Lake, BC, with Paul Lacerte...