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19 GEORGIANVIEW SPRING 2022 CENTRE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION Affordable Housing Lab Play2Plan Lab Orillia Campus & Org Development County of Simcoe Internal initiative to develop a culture of planning using creative problem solving and design thinking Social and Community Services Division Lab Design and Scoping Winter 2022 First Gen Lab Launches Summer 2022 Lab Launches Summer 2022 11 16 Collaborative Partner Sponsoring Member Elderly and Social Isolated Lab Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care Extend Virtual Care to Central Ontario Health Team for Specialized Populations Frail & Isolated Seniors First Gen Lab Launches Winter 2022 3 Sponsoring Member INNOVATE TOGETHER AGENDA | The new Community Impact Lab Network is designed after the "living labs" model where Georgian students and highly skilled social innovation experts work collaboratively with community stakeholders on innovation projects. powerful digital platform, and as a bonus, have been able to invite students from many more academic programs to join," Suzie says. "They use their co-op terms to tackle social problems in an online format and get the experience of co-op and the learning needed for graduation, despite the barriers of the pandemic." Through #ChangeTheNow, a community of students, educators, faculty and community champions are building innovation capital as they participate together in unlocking the future they want to see. Global education partners are also participating, allowing Georgian students to collaborate with students from institutions around the world. All CCSI work, and in fact all work across Georgian, is now informed by the the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Georgian officially joined this global movement by signing the SDG Accord for educational institutions. The 17 goals are an urgent call for action to end poverty, improve health and education, tackle climate change and much more. At CCSI it all means continuing efforts that benefit local and global communities, Georgian students, as well as staff and faculty. "Changemaking is very engaging," says Suzie. "Research shows those involved experience an increase in employee engagement. That's huge, and it's not a surprise. Changemaking is a strength-based, positive, passionate approach and it's contagious. It's joyful knowing you can support students contributing to change and be involved in something bigger than yourself."