Urban Matters Announces 2019 Community Contribution
As a CCC, Urban Matters is required to re-invest a percentage of our profit back into community innovation ventures. That means we don’t only work on solutions, we live and reinvest in the communities where we work. In 2019, we had $40,000 available for a community...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.
P.E.O.P.L.E. celebrates its first graduating class
The inaugural P.E.O.P.L.E. graduation ceremony will celebrate the first cohort of graduates from its program this evening.
Impactful & Inspiring: Indigenous Social Innovation 2019
Indigenous social innovation has been making headlines and we wanted to learn more. Here’s the start of a growing list.
Jill Andres – change maker, social innovator, entrepreneur – joins the Urban Matters team
As the newest member of our team, Jill brings a wealth of experience, including experience in social innovation and systems change and deep connections to the social impact and social enterprise ecosystems
UAD Brings Wheelchairs into the Wilderness
As 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.
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.
REFRAME SPOTLIGHT PART I: NEXBUILD CONSTRUCTION
Recently, Urban Matters’ Social Venture Developer Jerome Lengkeek visited the Reframe winners in person. His first stop was Kamloops, BC.
Urban Matters CCC President joins the Central Okanagan Journey Home Society’s inaugural board of directors
“As part of a company that is deeply invested in the wellbeing of communities across the country, I see this role as an opportunity to share my learnings as I continue to learn.”
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.