COLLECTIVE IMPACT: SHARED VISION FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION

Date: Thursday, May 12
Time: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Virtual

This collaborative event aims to share social innovation research and partnerships at Durham College and identify challenges and opportunities for further collaboration. Attendees will learn about social innovation activities at the college and how they can become involved. The event will provide space for the creation of new partnerships and synergistic ways to engage with a variety of participants, including service providers, researchers, community agencies and students and how applied research can be used to identify ways to address societal issues of concern.

Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and carried out in partnership with the Regional Municipality of Durham and the City of Oshawa, this event will include an overview of current Social Impact Hub applied research projects followed by a panel discussion, delving into a variety of social challenges and potential areas where applied research and social innovation can intersect to define a path forward. Participants will have an opportunity to collaborate in breakout groups to further discuss challenges they see and potential solutions that leverage socially innovative ideas.

Support provided by:

Social Innovation video

Carrson Hennessy, Video Production program

Carrson contributed videography expertise and cinematography skills as the team’s Videography Lead to create multimedia assets that showcase the applied research activities lead by DC faculty members working with the Social Impact Hub. His work has been shown on the Social Impact Hub’s social media accounts and at the Social Impact Hub’s Collective Impact event.

Researcher headshots

Nia Thompson, Video Production program

Nia’s passion for photography and visual storytelling enabled her to create stunning compositions that capture the multifaceted personalities of the research project leads working under the Social Impact Hub. Nia’s portrait photography has been featured on the Social Impact Hub’s social media accounts and on other projects under the Office of Research Services, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship.

Social media branding and campaign highlights (selected examples)

Sydney Yang, Advertising and Marketing Communications program

As the project team’s Marketing Lead, Sydney applied her advertising and marketing knowledge and previous design experience to develop a cohesive brand for the Hub as well as plan and execute social media marketing campaigns to highlight the collaborative event, applied research projects and community partnerships under the Social Impact Hub.

Research Assistant

Erin Williamson, Honours Bachelor of Behavioural Sciences

Erin contributed her research and writing skills to support the project team working with supervisor Nicole Doyle to develop a repository of literature, agencies, funding programs and current activities related to social innovation in Durham Region and beyond.  She also drafted a final report to summarize the project, event and potential next steps.