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1. Core Shift Lab 2.0 Activities, Outputs, Outcomes
Post-Shift Lab 1.0 (discovery and design phase for Shift Lab 2.0)
Research activities:
Hired three consultants to do literature reviews: • Gladys Rowe, Behaviour Change • Naheyawin, Indigenous Research Methods and Praxis • Centre for Race and Culture, Anti-Racism Initiatives: A
Rapid Review
In-person research and testing activities: • March 12, 2018: Live option testing sessions with community (30 people) • Live option testing with individuals in community and organizations
Interviews with social innovation practitioners: • Angela Pugh (Roller Strategies) • Frances Westley (Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resiliency) • Gina Rembe (inSpiral) • Joshua Cubista (author) • Lauren Morgan (recent Business and Design grad) • Nathan Heintz (Grove 3457) • David Prodan (e4c)
Shift Lab Speaker’s Series: How To Have Difficult Conversations About Race
September 27: Shelly Tochluk “Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk about Race and How to Do it”
• Tickets sold: 67 • Media coverage: • CBC Edmonton AM: (https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1330740291755) • Well-Endowed Podcast: (https://www.thewellendowedpodcast.com/ episodes/episode-27-lets-talk-about-racism/)
October 17: Daryl Davis “Klan We Talk”
• Tickets sold: 105 • Media coverage: • CBC News: (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/daryldavis-klan-race-relations-edmonton-1.4866741) • Well-Endowed Podcast: https://www. thewellendowedpodcast.com/episodes/episode-30daryl-davis/
November 29: Trevor Phillips “Equality and Integration: Why We Can’t Afford to Fail”
• Tickets sold: 95 • Media coverage: • CBC Radio-Active • Well-Endowed Podcast: (https://www.thewellendowedpodcast.com/ episodes/episode-34-trevor-phillips/)
October 7: Antionette D. Carroll “The Future of Leadership: The Roles of Identity, Power & Equity”
• Tickets sold: 40 • Media coverage: • CBC Radio-Active
October 8: Antionette D. Carroll & Hilary Sedovic/Creative Reaction Lab workshop: “Leaders for Community Action & Equity,”
• Tickets sold: 20, Norquest College
Core Shift Lab 2.0 Activities
Sprint 1: March 1-3
• Research activities between Sprints
Sprint 2: April 5-7
• Research activities between Sprints
Sprint 3: May 31-June 2
• Prototype refinement between Sprints
Sprint 4: July 12-14
• Testing Prototypes with community
Prototype Showcase: October 25, Norquest College
Shift Lab Presentations:
November 25-29, 2019
“Innovator-in-Residence: Jodi Calahoo-Stonehouse” Concordia Shift Centre for Social Transformation (Montreal)
October 18-19, 2018
“Baking Failure into a Process Doesn’t Mean You Have a Good Cake: Lessons From a Social Innovation Lab” FailSafe Conference (Edmonton)
September 13, 2018
“Playing Both Sides: Lessons From an Embedded Funder” Social R&D Practice Gathering (Ottawa)
June 27-28, 2018
“Reconciliation and Lab Practise: Centring Indigenous Wisdom and Weaving Multiple Worldviews” Converge Canadian Lab Practitioners Exchange (Vancouver, B.C.)
February 28, 2018
“Collective Impact and the Edmonton Shift Lab” Collective Impact 3.0 Summit (Edmonton) (All Stewards)
November 27-28, 2017
“5 Things We Need to Get Better At Around Social Innovation in Canada” Spark! Canadian Social Innovation Exchange (Toronto) (All Stewards)
November 3, 2017
“Promising Practices for Systems Change” SDX 10 (Systemic Design Exchange) (Edmonton)
November 1, 2017
“Introduction to Edmonton Shift Lab” City of Edmonton Youth Council (Ashley, Aleeya, Sam)
May 1-2, 2017
“Design/systems-thinking approach to research and prototyping potential solutions to address issues of racism and low-income marginalized tenants” C2U Expo 2017 Community Jam (Surrey, BC)
April 27, 2017
“Edmonton Shift Lab, Social Innovation, and Sustainability” International Society for Sustainability Professionals, Edmonton Chapter (Edmonton)
February 16, 2017
“Challenges and Opportunities for Funding Social Innovation” Funders Liaison Network (Edmonton)
Shift Lab Stewards on a planning retreat
Post Lab:
• Prototype Managers hired and prototypes continued developed with support from stewardship team • Developmental evaluation with core team and stewardship team • Report written • Two short mini documentaries created • Website updated with tools and reports on prototypes from Shift Lab
Social Innovation Institutes and collectives the Shift Lab is part of:
Social Labs Community
Core Teams working in the lab
