Social Innovation
Create positive and lasting change
From climate change, to economic inequity, to the unravelling of democratic institutions, resolving today’s complex and urgent problems requires collaboration, risk-taking, systems thinking and new ways of working together. Our social innovation courses and part-time program provide groundbreaking tools and methods to help you create solutions to our most challenging issues, and unleash your inner change-maker.
- Receive coaching and mentoring from experienced social innovators
- Discover techniques for exploring, developing and applying creative ideas and solutions to complex issues
- Develop solutions to address a real-world problem of your choosing through an applied practicum project
- Participate in an inspiring learning community of colleagues working on diverse challenges
Vancouver
3 days / course
Daytime
$995 / course
Take our short and intensive courses one at a time to suit your schedule.
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September 2019
19 Traversing the Landscape of Social Innovation INNO800 INNO800-VA1197
October 2019
24 The Innovation Process: Ideation, Experiments and Containers for Risk INNO820 INNO820-VA1197
25 Practicum / Coaching / Integration INNO890 INNO890-VA1197
November 2019
28 Self in the System - Deepening Leadership INNO840 INNO840-VA1197
January 2020
23 Collaboration and Innovation Beyond Organizational Boundaries INNO860 INNO860-VA1201
March 2020
5 Becoming a Systems Entrepreneur - Implementation, Scaling and Systems Impact INNO880 INNO880-VA1201
- Traversing the Landscape of Social Innovation INNO800
- The Innovation Process: Ideation, Experiments and Containers for Risk INNO820
- Self in the System - Deepening Leadership INNO840
- Collaboration and Innovation Beyond Organizational Boundaries INNO860
- Becoming a Systems Entrepreneur - Implementation, Scaling and Systems Impact INNO880
Vancouver
5 courses + practicum
Daytime
Finish in as little as 8 months
$6,505
Our Social Innovation Certificate features an applied practicum project that allows you to address a real-world problem of your choosing.
You'll learn to:
- Map the problem you’re working on using systems thinking, and identify practical ways to intervene for greater impact
- Challenge your thinking and build your capacity to foster/create meaningful change
- Practise the leadership and relationship skills necessary for creating transformative impact
- Strengthen your skills and sense of purpose as a change-maker, innovator or entrepreneur
- Create a safe “container” that allows for trust, risk-taking, creativity and collective action, including design labs and change labs
Is this program for you?
We’ve designed our program for professionals in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Our students come from a variety of fields, including:
- Government
- Business
- Social justice
- Public health
- Environmentalism
- Activism
- Entrepreneurship
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Tue, 18 Jun 2019 12:00 PM
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