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ACTION LAB

Skills Society is one ofthe largest disability service organizations in Edmonton. A not-for-profit organization, ourvision is of a community where all individuals are valued citizens deserving respect, dignity, and rights. A social enterprise of Skills Society, the Action Lab is designed for hosting group collaboration, strategy sessions, and social innovation explorations. The Action Lab experience promotes creative problem solving, offers tools to help tap into collective wisdom, and helps people prototype solutions to challenges they are working on. Revenue from the Action Lab supports the employment of people with disabilities, innovative social change initiatives of Skills Society, and subsidizes community groups’ use ofthe Action Lab. www.skillssociety.ca @skillssociety #ActionLabYeg

MULTICULTURAL HEALTH BROKERS COOPERATIVE

MCHB is a group of Multicultural Health Brokers. Many of us started as volunteers in our communities, were identified as natural leaders, and were brought in as a paid capacity as Brokers with the Co-operative. We serve over 2,000 families a year in the Edmonton area, and this number is growing everyyear. As Brokers, our own cultures reflect the 25 communities we work with. Many ofthe families are new to Canada, and need support to bridge between their own knowledge from their home country and Canada’s health, social services, education, justice, immigration and employment support systems. We have a holistic approach towards health, and we honour the families and work with them as long as they need us. We believe in the strength and aspirations offamilies and communities, and as Brokers we build bridges between people and systems. We are a worker co-operative. This means MCHB is owned and controlled by all our Brokers. We believe in the values of mutual care, self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity.

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