Nov 30, 2018 | BC’s Affordable Housing Conference, Housing, Housing Central, Social Enterprise, Social Venture Development
What does it take to bring innovative housing ideas together to imagine the future of community housing in Canada? A competition, of course. Starting in June 2018, a brand new community housing competition called the Reframe Housing Competition (Reframe) invited...
Nov 14, 2018 | Accessibility, Community, Social Innovation, Social Venture Development, Universal Access Design
City of Lethbridge Creating New Masterplan for Inclusive Design It was an unusual sight: Lethbridge city officials and consultants wandering around outside city hall, some blindfolded and holding canes, some in wheelchairs, all struggling. A local reporter who just...
May 2, 2018 | case study, case study: social enterprise development, Social Innovation, Social Venture Development
Most people would likely guess that universal accessibility is not today’s reality – but most people wouldn’t have a grasp on the magnitude of the issue. Things are set up for the able-bodied majority (or TABs in Stan’s parlance, the Temporarily Able Bodied), its...
May 2, 2018 | case study, case study: social enterprise development, Social Venture Development
When we launched Urban Matters CCC in 2014 we knew we were going to be active in something we often described as an incubation/acceleration function. Why? In conceiving of our business model we recognized one of the greatest values that we can bring to the ecosystem...
