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Today we are announcing the launch of the Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism. Chaired by Claudette McGowan, the coalition pledges to create pathways for BIPOC within the innovation economy and to help end systemic racism.
#1: InterviewME #2: Get Youth Employed Co-Op Program #3: The NETWORTH! Project In partnership with @NPowerCanada, O4AY hosted a #Design Jam where 10 brilliant #youth designed innovative #solutions to improve the #youthemployment system. bit.ly/2N3DHZn
This week, we lost a mentor, friend and leader in our community. Please take a moment to remember and honour Barry Gekiere through stories of his life, accomplishments and words from his peers on the impact he left on our lives.
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The definition of #EssentialWorkers is changing. We're assisting @LoblawsON, @sobeys, @MapleLeafFoods, and@WalmartCanada to employ #Canadian #youth with their rapid hiring process. What is your message to #EssentialWorkers? #COVID19
UHN OpenLab is organizing a Friendly Neighbour Hotline to help seniors facing challenges with picking up essentials. More information: uhnopenlab.ca/project/hotlin…
Gloria Gaynor washing her hands to I Will Survive is the hand washing video I didn’t know I needed
Join the @cityofguelph tomorrow @12pm as they celebrate the impact of their Civic Accelerator - the open innovation program that shows just how ambitious local innovation can be. 💻Livestream: guelph.ca/news/live/
Are you looking for new ways to approach complex problem-solving? The Living Guide to Social Innovation Labs is a collection of our favourite tools & resources here @solutions_lab @MaRSDD: mars-solutions-lab.gitbook.io/living-guide-t… Huge thanks to @jwmcconnell & @Innoweave #psilabs #socialinnovation
MaRS is seeking early-adopters to use a tool built with support from @Googleorg to map automation-safe career paths. Want to learn more? See how the future of work might impact you and what you can do to prepare with planext.
Google has decided to double the size of its Kitchener-Waterloo office. betakit.com/google-to-doub…
Your chance to 💻 for 🇨🇦 is here! We’re recruiting for the 2020 Code for Canada fellowship, offering tech and design professionals the opportunity to work on things that matter and deliver real impact for residents. Please RT! codefor.ca/apply
Seeing complex societal problems in new ways opens up new pathways to designing responses and initiatives that can help to address these problems. My latest blog post on the expertise required for problem framing in #socialinnovation medium.com/@miekevanderbi…
What was top @globeandmail takeaway from @CollisionHQ? “...startups and industry giants are expected to have a social mission baked into their business plan...” How would you evaluate the current state of Canadian business and its social purpose?
MaRS take on innovation.
“In a world without privacy, what does democracy look like?” #RegX @indy_johar
Great #Regx gathering today on public #governance & regulation experimentation in a world of agentive technologies, #smartcities & immersive data-sphere. Thanks @DarkMatter_Labs @solutions_lab & @jwmcconnell for a bracing day of lightning talks & experiment formulation
Everyone should check out "Rule-setting at the Speed of Life" a timely event to discuss regulatory experimentation! tinyurl.com/y3tdcfnz @solutions_lab @DarkMatter_Labs @eventbrite
Data generated by the public should benefit the public — and setting up a digital trust is the first step. More from MaRS' @DrAlexRyan and @JJGreenwood in this week's @TorontoStar. thestar.com/opinion/contri…
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Rob Butler 🇨🇦 @RobButler
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Feedback Frames (Jaso.. @FeedbackFrames
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101 Followers 295 Following Scientific storyteller. Nutrition nerd. Forever athlete.
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2K Followers 2K Following The Official Twitter of the #TyCobbMuseum | Dedicated to the life, career & legacy of #TyCobb, 1st in the @baseballhall
Jason Rose @rosejason
2K Followers 1K Following I am the Chief Marketing Officer at Pure Storage, when I'm not playing with my 3 boys or Skiing.
Sergio De Lara @SergioDeLaraS
371 Followers 1K Following Design · Strategy · Urbanism · Mobility · Community · Innovation · Culture · Art ·
Opportunity For All Y.. @forallyouth
749 Followers 363 Following We're a Canada-wide coalition of businesses that are making it easier for young people to find and keep meaningful employment. Based @MaRSDD
Municipal Innovation .. @MixOntario
639 Followers 1K Following Emerging centre of excellence for municipal innovation by @CityofGuelph, @CityofBarrie, @CityofLdnOnt & @marsdd that uses #procurement as a lever for innovation
Farzad @getDolFin
150 Followers 299 Following Behavioural Economist & Organizational Development Strategist. I Play to Play // I Play to Innovate (endogenously)
Sylvia (she/her) | Gr.. @sylvianancheng
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jerry koh / nicefutur.. @nicefutures
1K Followers 2K Following mostly harmless and not at all alarming ~ building coalitions for impact in communities and cities ~ social innovation ~ systemic design ~ foresight
mieke van der bijl @MiekevdBijl
786 Followers 242 Following Researcher, Designer, Lecturer in Social Innovation methods and practices - views are my own
Jason Yau @jayhlyau
174 Followers 826 Following @UofT grad. Biochemist/Structural biologist. Dabbles in the art of Judo.
Tom Everrett @CommTechCurator
826 Followers 779 Following Curator of Communication Technologies @IngeniumCa // Adjunct Professor @Carleton_U // Sound, Museums, History // he/il
Claire Buré @ClaireBure
2K Followers 3K Following Connecting science + soul for a better world | Working towards awareness-based systems change #systemicdesign #socinn | Some tweets in Dutch & Spanish.
Shay (Sharon) Kennedy @shay_dreamside
278 Followers 471 Following Software developer and web designer / Founder of @_dreamside_
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The Moment @TheMomentIsHere
2K Followers 3K Following The Moment is a leading #Innovation & #ServiceDesign Studio in #Toronto helping organizations solve complex problems while innovating for the future. #HCD
Karl Schroeder @KarlSchroeder
3K Followers 884 Following Science fiction writer and foresight consultant. Canadian. Author of Stealing Worlds, Lockstep, and the Virga series. @[email protected]
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263 Followers 575 Following Urban Researcher, Loves analytics, cities, cultures and writing
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Sara Diamond @CodeZebra
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Antony Upward @aupward
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Systemic Design Assoc.. @RSDSymposium
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CrowdNet @CrowdTyranny
5 Followers 117 Following Ensuring mandatory life skills are met and peer-to-peer governance reigns.
YunoJuno @YunoJunoHQ
13K Followers 15K Following With YunoJuno, revolutionise how you source, manage and work with your freelance workforce, under the protection and efficiency of the world’s leading FMS.
Ghost River Theatre @GhostRiver
2K Followers 676 Following Daring. Imaginative. Devising. Theatre, performance, and training company. Led by Artistic Director Eric Rose and Executive Director Kate Stadel.
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738 Followers 521 Following Combining boomer's wisdom with Net-Gen knowledge!
Michaela Jeffery @michaelajeffery
2K Followers 2K Following Playwright. Recent graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada. Originally from Alberta - loves little donuts and big skies.
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Alex Ryan 🇺🇦 @DrAlexRyan
2K Followers 2K Following CEO, Synthetikos. Depolarizing place-based transitions
Rob Butler 🇨🇦 @RobButler
9K Followers 5K Following 🇨🇦 Free Agent - Senior Advisor | Gov of Canada @FreeAgentLibre #GCAgents @GAC_Corporate #GCDigital @LeadersGC @DigitalCDN | Views mine.
Ana Bailão @anabailaoTO
16K Followers 2K Following City builder. Housing leader. Former Deputy Mayor and candidate for Mayor of Toronto.
Morrell Andrews (she/.. @MorrellAndrews
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Sergio De Lara @SergioDeLaraS
371 Followers 1K Following Design · Strategy · Urbanism · Mobility · Community · Innovation · Culture · Art ·
Google.org @Googleorg
103K Followers 438 Following We bring the best of Google––funding, innovation, and expertise––to help solve some of humanity’s biggest challenges and provide opportunity for everyone.
Maggie @nutritionmaggie
101 Followers 295 Following Scientific storyteller. Nutrition nerd. Forever athlete.
The GovLab @TheGovLab
25K Followers 1K Following Studying and co-designing data-driven & participatory decisions #data #opendata #innovation #datacollaboratives #crowdlaw
Adam Spence @adamspence
5K Followers 574 Following #impinv + #socinn + social, environmental and economic justice. Working @theSVX for a world where all investments are impact investments.
Opportunity For All Y.. @forallyouth
749 Followers 363 Following We're a Canada-wide coalition of businesses that are making it easier for young people to find and keep meaningful employment. Based @MaRSDD
Municipal Innovation .. @MixOntario
639 Followers 1K Following Emerging centre of excellence for municipal innovation by @CityofGuelph, @CityofBarrie, @CityofLdnOnt & @marsdd that uses #procurement as a lever for innovation
Sidewalk Labs @sidewalklabs
31K Followers 92 Following Sidewalk Labs is an urban innovation unit within Google. We build products to radically improve quality of life in cities for all.
stsay @stsay
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Skye Duncan @skyejduncan
2K Followers 1K Following Executive Director @ Global Designing Cities Initiative @globalstreets. Urban Designer, City Observer, People Watcher and International Explorer.
Tom Everrett @CommTechCurator
826 Followers 779 Following Curator of Communication Technologies @IngeniumCa // Adjunct Professor @Carleton_U // Sound, Museums, History // he/il
MaRS @MaRSDD
90K Followers 3K Following MaRS Discovery District supports Canada’s most promising startups — helping them grow, create jobs and solve society’s greatest challenges.
Innoweave @Innoweave
4K Followers 626 Following Practical tools for social innovation 📧 https://t.co/tc3HuhnDnt Des outils pratiques pour l'innovation sociale 📧 https://t.co/HkSXP7W9hi
inwithforward @inwithforward
2K Followers 813 Following We turn social safety nets into trampolines. How? By providing grounded intelligence, inviting community into R&D, and spreading the conditions for disruption.
SiG @sigeneration
7K Followers 2K Following Social Innovation Generation was a collaborative initiative addressing Canada's social & ecological challenges by creating a culture of continuous #socinn.
Claire Buré @ClaireBure
2K Followers 3K Following Connecting science + soul for a better world | Working towards awareness-based systems change #systemicdesign #socinn | Some tweets in Dutch & Spanish.
jerry koh / nicefutur.. @nicefutures
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REACHedmonton @REACHedmonton
3K Followers 992 Following REACH is Edmonton's Council for Safe Communities with the goal of making our city safer in one generation.
Code for Canada 🇨�.. @code4ca
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Intrapreneurs Canada @SocIntLeague_Ca
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Robert Benzie @robertbenzie
55K Followers 356 Following Queen's Park Bureau Chief for the Toronto Star
The Moment @TheMomentIsHere
2K Followers 3K Following The Moment is a leading #Innovation & #ServiceDesign Studio in #Toronto helping organizations solve complex problems while innovating for the future. #HCD
Elections Ontario @ElectionsON
10K Followers 47 Following Official Twitter account for Elections Ontario. Join us on our mission to make voting easy. Français @ElectionsONfr
Alex Ryan 🇺🇦 @DrAlexRyan
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Edward Snowden @Snowden
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Situation Lab @sitlab
4K Followers 640 Following We design generative situations for public good, for clients & for kicks. Run by Stuart Candy @futuryst at @TecdeMonterrey & Kiki Benzon @the_whomsoever at @USC
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MIT Media Lab @medialab
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Our Street Design Challenge is now live! Design streets for play, movement, health and safety @ maximumcity.ca/streets
The #C4CSummit is officially sold out! 🎉 We're excited to see you all on March 10-11. It'll be a packed house, and we couldn't ask for better company. See you next week! Visit our website to get on the waitlist. codefor.ca/summit-2020/
Thanks to those who joined our webinar we'll be releasing the recording at a later date. You can find the slides here: bit.ly/31LhXYB
🖥️ Join our webinar on Feb 11 @ 12PM, hosted by @solutions_lab! Learn about MIX and the exciting work in the @cityofbarrie, @cityofguelph, & @CityofLdnOnt around #innovation Register: bit.ly/311Qt0m
Thank you @yestoronto for an amazing event!
Yesterday's Hiring in the 6ix event was a major success! Thank you @forallyouth for partnering with us! To all the youth, employers, community partners, staff & @DanielsSpectrum we say thanks for your support yesterday in connecting hundreds of youth to employment opportunities.
Newly announced: @VectorInst and @UofT plan to hire three new tenure-stream faculty to be focused on deep learning. betakit.com/vector-institu…
Visit MaRS this Saturday to see how innovation is being used to combat today’s mounting threats to our environment. dailyhive.com/toronto/free-t…
An incredible turnout at Queen's Park this morning for #climatestrikecanada where many MaRS team members showed their support.
Hey, look at me, a local bestseller!
Hardcover bestsellers 6) STEALING WORLDS, @KarlSchroeder 7) EXHALATION, @Tedchiang 8) WAR, @msagara 9) THE GRAND DARK, @Richard_Kadrey 10) ARTIFICIAL CONDITION, @marthawells1
Remember: follow your dreams. And when you finally catch up to them, club the bastards until they stop moving.
Excellent new video! Why + how to create participatory cities everywhere—thanks @TessyBritton @ParticipatoryC! Thrilled for week ahead w/ you + teams from #Halifax #Montreal @solutions_lab @jwmcconnell @DarkMatter_Labs @Tamarack_Inst @SICanadaTeam @misquebec @Percolab_ @developns
We’ve put a new talk online > Participatory Cities - What they are and why they are so important vimeo.com/347711266
Talking#QuantumComputing and Hacking. Not your everyday conversation #FortuneTech
Today marks exactly one year since 5.8 million Ontarians took to the polls in the 2018 general election. You can read our report on the election, along with our recommendations for continued improvement and innovation, on our website: ecs.page.link/v24cA #ONpoli #ONelxn #OTD
Want to see some more awesome photos from our Spring 2019 hiring events? They're here! facebook.com/pg/forallyouth… #youthjobs #O4AY
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN: @an_tonD OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN: Robert Leveroos OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN: Patrick Du Wors OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY: Eric Rose and @dvbeee OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY OR FIGHT DIRECTION: Brianna Johnston
BROTHER! @BettyMitchells nominations have been announced, and GIANT could be taking home the belt! Congratulations to our knock-out cast and crew! OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE: @JamieKonchak, Geneviève Paré, @artingwmakambe, Jamie Tognazzini, @C_Morgan_Y
My best friend & I used to pull this 1981 book out every few years and critique the predictions. Short answer: almost all were wildly wrong. This is why pro Futurists don't do predictions.
We’ve updated our Voting in Ontario educational resources. Our new PowerPoint presentation and brochure provide a simple explanation of the electoral process and the different voting options available. You can find them on our website: ecs.page.link/j61iX #ONTed
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Are you working on an ecosystem building initiative in a neighbourhood — and want to build knowledge with other projects? Find out how you can participate in the Transdisciplinary Research Project participatorycity.org/transdisciplin…
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