Building Social Innovation Into Housing Challenges
YWCA Metro Vancouver Launches a Housing Solutions Lab to Tackle Barriers to Building More Deeply Affordable Housing for Single Parents In early 2020, YWCA Metro Vancouver reached out to Urban Matters with a persistent and difficult challenge: how to sustainably fund...“Intersectionality is at the core of all Urban Matters’ work:” Talia Ahmad joins the Urban Matters 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...A Pandemic is a Terrible Opportunity to Waste: Local Government and Their Community-serving Sector Partnerships
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...Building Bridges: Delyse Sylvester joins the Urban Matters team
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...International Overdose Awareness Day 2019: a time to remember and a time to act
Tomorrow, 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.
Our End of Summer Reading List
We asked our team members which books they’ve been carrying with them to their favourite summer hangouts and they shared great titles from across almost every genre.
Innovating for Empowerment & Employment
We are placing people people with lived experience into roles where they can make a difference in the lives of their peers.
Innovation Matters
World Creativity and Innovation Week (WCIW) is the kind of celebration we embrace at Urban Matters CCC.
My story, her story: on Canadian identity and immigration
It is important to reflect on the economic and social challenges that disproportionately impact newcomer women and, going forward, imagine the possibilities that emerge when we prioritize initiatives that will enable newcomer women to thrive.
Transforming playgrounds into places of possibility
This article is the first part of a series exploring how creative community design interventions can lead to better child development outcomes.
What’s Inclusion Got to Do With It?
A future of inclusive growth and full participation by everyone in society. This short phrase, or some variation, has been rolling around in my head over the past months.