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?
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...
