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The SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation

The SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation

Building community and knowledge exchange

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Objectives:

  • Build a diverse community of people around the SHIFT Centre who are passionate about social transformation, and who represent different backgrounds, disciplines and perspectives;
  • Create opportunities for connection, collaboration, skill-building and mutual learning among members of the SHIFT community.

Pilot Year Outcomes:

  • Met with 50+ community members through office hours, both in-person pre-pandemic and then virtually
  • Hosted 4 public and community events and hosted 140+ participants as part of SHIFT’s inaugural Innovator-in-Residence series
  • Leveraged events to enhance SHIFT’s visibility and positioning as an actor within the social innovation/social economy sphere that centers justice and equity

Year 2 Plans:

  • Design and facilitate 4 events to bring together SHIFT funded project teams as a learning community through the end of Year 2
  • Co-design and host a one-day SHIFT community gathering in spring 2021
  • Reflect on and disseminate the outputs/takeaways from the learning community events and gathering
  • Convene multi-stakeholder conversations at the intersection of community and academic expertise around topics of interest / value to funded project teams

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