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Who We Are

Skills Society Skills Society in a non-profit charitable organization that supports people with disabilities, their families, and communities. Through projects and collaborations with community partners, Skills Society aims to test new ideas and challenge old assumptions — pioneering better ways to value and include people with disabilities in our communities.

Lift Interactive Lift Interactive is an Edmonton-based full-service design agency focused on user-experience design, digital strategy, and technology development. Lift is a talented, tightly knit group of strategists, designers, and technologists who provide the best creative solutions possible. Over the years, and through work with a broad assortment of clients and partners, Lift has developed strong knowledge and skills in the areas of user-centered design and inclusive service design.

Social Innovation Lab Stewardship Experience and Expertise Skills Society and Lift Interactive are part of a social innovation ecosystem in Canada that is engaging in collective impact, change labs, and service design processes intended to tackle complex challenges. Over the last 12 years, Skills Society has invested in learning about and stewarding social innovation and service design labs (see www.edmontonshiftlab.ca for an example of this work). A subset of our change projects focus specifically on increasing the inclusion and citizenship experience of people with disabilities. Some of these projects have been recognized nationally and featured in the Stanford Social Innovation Review magazine (see www.projectcitizenship.com for an example of this work). Skills Society, along with partners Lift Interactive, have also been instrumental in the creation of MyCompass Planning. MyCompass is a digital case management platform for social services that is more humanized and ensures the client’s voice is front and center in social service design and delivery (for more info visit www.mycompassplanning.com).