LEARNING
We're committed to sharing what we learn through our projects. Explore some of the questions we've grappled with, and what we've learned along the way.
COVID-19 and Student Food Insecurity
Read our Op-Ed "Student food insecurity: a problem before, during and after COVID-19."
Embracing Agile Procurement
A workshop at the CodeForCanada National Summit, co-facilitated by Sam Laban
Do Municipalities Trust Their Residents?
Good things happen when governments trust citizens
to take on community projects.
Trade offs in Procurement
Why don't you see eye to eye with your purchasing department? Competing values and the search for solutions.
The Procurement Puzzle
Is procurement like
baking a cake, sending
a rocket to the moon or
raising a child?
The "Right" Problem
Why spend time scoping your procurement challenge?
Confirmation bias and other traps to avoid.
Student Social Entrepreneurship
What does research say about combining community engagement and social entrepreneurship?
Tips on Starting an Innovation Lab
Reflections on starting a social innovation lab on campus.
Public
Innovation
Part of our speaker series: How do participatory approaches improve the way public policy is developed?
Big Data and
Smart Cities
Part of our speaker series: Mostly, it's about preparing and cleaning data for decision-making.