Events

  Feeling overworked, exhausted, stressed out? The Time Research Institute and the Mauril Bélanger Social Innovation Workshop, two non-profits, are collaborating to offer this affordable time management workshop series focusing on wellbeing, mental health, and meaningful living rather than narrowly focusing on productivity. 4 x 60 minute sessions, Fridays from 11:00am-12:00 (noon) Eastern Time (ET)…

Do you have ideas for how Old Ottawa East could be healthier, more just or more sustainable? Have you ever wanted to connect with others in the neighbourhood and build a deeper sense of community? Participate in the “Building Bridges” project! “Building Bridges” consists in a series of three brainstorming sessions focusing on themes of…

On November 12, 13 and 14, the Center for Research on Innovations and Social Transformations (CRITS) will hold its second annual symposium entirely online, entitled “Building A New World in the Shell of the Old to Face Climate Crisis : Between Transition, Resilience and Resilience”.  The issue of climate justice is a crucial theme. The…

Welcome to the School of Social Innovation!   This year’s orientation day is taking a slightly different format. In addition to sessions on-line and in-person, we have prepared a series of videos to highlight important information about the School, our social innovation ecosystem and the services offered at Saint Paul.    Check-out the videos and…

The members of CRITS and CRISES want to launch a discussion within our academic institutions on the possibilities for collective action aimed at creating suitable space for emancipatory social innovations within the areas of community service, research and pedagogy.             This seminar is open and does not necessarily require you to present research findings. It…

  Please note this event has been postponed. It’s no longer possible to ignore the deep and far-reaching impacts climate change is having. The question is, what are we going to do about it? Around the world, and from coast to coast to coast, youth have been leading the charge to fight for a better…

May 29-30, 2019 Social Innovation Workshop Mauril-Bélanger (The Atelier), Saint Paul University. 95 Clegg St., Ottawa Join activists, academics and practitioners for two days of bilingual conversation and discussion on a set of questions we believe are crucial to ensuring that social innovation is not, or ceases to be, the exclusive domain of neoliberal trajectories: Is…

Join the School of Social Innovation for its Fall Open House and Networking Event Cultivating Connections and Community!   You are warmly invited to participate in the School of Social Innovation’s Fall Open House and Networking event on Oct 24th. This event will be an opportunity for community groups and organizations to connect with students…