Nov 6, 2020 | Accessibility, Community, Immigration, Our Team
Urban Matters is delighted to welcome Talia Ahmad to our team as our Social Health and Well-Being Analyst. Talia is a dedicated community organizer who brings a social justice lens to policy analysis. She’s also a skilled community researcher, adept at navigating...
Oct 22, 2020 | Community, Community-Building, Social Innovation
In Urban Matters’ second Covid webinar, BC and Alberta leaders in the field share experiences, insights and ways forward in the wake of the pandemic. When the Covid-19 pandemic hit, local governments and their partners in the community-serving sector were faced with...
Oct 16, 2020 | Our Team, Social Innovation, Solutions Labs
Urban Matters recently welcomed Brent Wellsch to our team as our Solutions Lab Lead. A systemic designer and strategist, Brent comes to UM from the Government of Alberta, where he helped to establish the Alberta CoLab, one of Canada’s first public-sector innovation...
Sep 15, 2020 | Affordable Housing, Homelessness, Housing
Urban Matters hosts first in webinar series in response to Covid-19 With the outbreak of the coronavirus, British Columbia’s housing crisis was thrust into the spotlight: communities scrambled to find safe ways to shelter the homeless. Tenants — many of whom already...
Apr 2, 2020 | Community, Our Team, Social Innovation
Urban Matters recently welcomed Delyse Sylvester to its team as a leader in Strategy and Culture. Delyse has three decades of social-innovation expertise, and has connected thousands of social entrepreneurs with corporate leaders, thought leaders and new-media...
