Opened in April 2018, The Atelier is a not-for-profit, member-based organization. We are an inclusive bilingual space (physical and virtual) for collaboration, training, knowledge-sharing, and support for social innovations. Our non-profit organization is the practical branch of an ecosystem located at Saint Paul University in Ottawa alongside the Élisabeth Bruyère School of Social Innovation and the Centre for Research on Inequalities and Social Transformations (CRITS). Our members are stakeholders in the field of social innovation: students, researchers, practitioners, entrepreneurs and local communities.
In collaboration with our partners, we offer training; professional support; opportunities for visibility and; funding to individuals and initiatives pioneering new organizational models, social practices and tools for civic engagement to be used in the fight against social inequalities and various forms of oppression.
What is social innovation?
It’s not necessarily new: social innovation has a rich history in social practices of self-organization, mutual aid and collective creativity. We define it as models of organization, social practices and civic engagement used to fight social inequalities and various forms of oppression. Oftentimes, this means focusing on reducing poverty. The social innovation sector includes not only social and collective enterprises, but also collective initiatives and experiments. It represents thousands of individuals and organizations.
Vision
To become a catalyst for social innovation and social transformation.
Mission
The Atelier is an inclusive bilingual space for collaboration, training, knowledge-sharing, and support for social innovations particularly within the greater Ottawa-Gatineau region.
Objectives
- Welcome and support social innovation projects that meet the needs of their communities.
- Promote initiatives that address inequalities and poverty efficiently and sustainably.
- Connect social innovation initiatives with ongoing research, while facilitating the exchange and dissemination of practices and knowledge.
Values
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Engagement
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Collaboration
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Social Justice
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Membership and Room Rental
Rent a room
Solidarity Individual Membership
Support social innovation
PRICE
$50 per year
INCLUDES
- Access to the 40-hour individual work bank
- Access to member rates (20% discount)
- Subscription to the newsletter for members
- Members benefits
Write at atelier@innovationsocialeusp.ca to become a member!
Bank of 40-hour individual work
- 40 hours of individual work
- Members benefits
PRICE
$110 per month
NOT INCLUDED
- Room rental for meetings, activities and events (member rate applies when a reservation is made)
Write at atelier@innovationsocialeusp.ca to become a member and benefit from our bank of individual working hours
Organizations and Collectives
- 6 hours per month of individual work and/or room reservations for small-scale events for 6 hours
- Access to member rates (20% discount) for excess usage time
- Subscription to the newsletter for members
PRICE
Small organization or collective (groups with annual revenues of $250,000 or less): $550 per year
Big organization or collective (groups with annual revenues of $250,001 or more): $850 per year
Write at atelier@innovationsocialeusp.ca to become a member!
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