The societal, economic, environmental and geopolitical challenges Canada faces in the 21st Century call for a whole-of-science approach to conceiving, creating and maintaining the conditions for prosperity
OUR MISSION
ADVANCING RESEARCH ON SOCIAL AND PUBLIC INNOVATION
Positive societal change and prosperity require widespread capacity for innovation in all sectors of human activity. To succeed in the wicked environments in which social, economic and public institutions evolve, innovation requires apt governance, high levels of capacity for interdisciplinary and intersectoral collaboration, as well as conceptual tools to deal with complexity, emergence and uncertainty.
CCSIP leverages national and international networks to support policy and decision-makers in the municipal, provincial, and federal governments, social sector with current evidence to help build social and public innovation ecosystems.
OUR FOCUS
ADVANCING THE PARTICIPATION OF POST-SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS IN SOCIAL AND PUBLIC INNOVATION.
Colleges and Universities have a crucial role to play in fostering the innovation that drives prosperity. By design, they generate a considerable part of the knowledge needed to turn a vision of the future that is dominated by societal well-being into reality.
Turning research into action, CCSIP aims to support higher education’s participation in public and social innovation. It seeks to accelerate institutional transitions toward cultures and infrastructures designed to encourage, recognize and reward activities that showcase the value of research across sectors, including and especially in the social sciences, humanities and arts.
We look for ways to increase the relevance and impact of research and training and work with our partners and network to fully enable higher education’s potential to contribute to social and public innovation.
With the launch of the Observatory for Social and Public Innovation, CCSIP sets up the foundation of a longitudinal study of the Canadian research funding ecosystem, providing evidence to enhance the mobilization of university- and college-grown research knowledge, talent and methods to drive innovation and change.
BEYOND RESEARCH
BUILDING SKILLS FOR INNOVATION ACROSS SECTORS
In collaboration with its sister-initiative, The/La Collaborative, CCSIP leads research, design, development and implementation of programming for experiential learning and inclusive skills-building to power innovation.
The/La Collaborative leads and stewards the development and scaling of skills-building and experiential training programs for highly qualified personnel that stress the fundamental role of skills articulation and literacy for adaptability, innovation and overall social and emotional intelligence.
REDEFINING THE BOUNDARIES OF INNOVATION STRATEGY AND POLICY
Social and public innovation processes designed to tackle complex societal and economic issues, including those revolving around major infrastructure or technology, need concerted, horizontal action. Through the Canadian Forum for Social Innovation, CCSIP acts as an interagency policy hub for innovation stakeholders, to foster alignment, mutulizing needs and co-ordinating policy innovation to optimize overall impact. Through equity-based interest holder engagement, CCSIP seeks to retrofit Canada’s innovation ecosystems with the strategies and policies that lead to community well-being and prosperity.
THE COMMON ROOM
CCSIP’S COLLOQUIUM SERIES
All research benefits from meaningful input. The concept of The Common Room is simple: a virtual seminar-style round table where thought leaders, experts, decision makers and innovation stakeholders present, debate and collaborate around a policy-relevant proposal.
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