In this episode, ABSI Connect and AB Seed staff/members discuss what is the social economy and social innovation and how they go together like peanut butter and jelly.

In this episode, Matthew Taylor shares two stories from Communities United. It’s inception story and how running a small pop-up market in the dead of winter with a sky dancer bloomed into their program Market Ready.

In this episode, Miki Stricker-Talbot shares two warm-up techniques she uses in facilitation settings to help gather and ground people together before diving into the work.

In this episode, Brandy Old talks about the fizzles she encountered while working on Indigenizing the campus grounds at U of L and what she learned along the way. Michelle Hogue then adds into the conversation as an education expert responding to Brandy’s story.

In this episode, James Stauch takes us back 12 years to share the story of researching, system mapping, and communicating with community members about building a post-secondary education system in Northern Canada.

For this episode, Elise had the pleasure of chatting with Diane Roussin, the project director of the Winnipeg Boldness Project. The Winnipeg Boldness Project, in the words of Diane, is all about making things better for babies. That is, looking into the health and wellness outcomes of children and families in the North Point Douglas neighbourhood and, with a strong community driven model, prototyping solutions to improve the health and wellness initiatives within the community.

It was incredible to connect with Anita Kemp and Dr. Amanda Williams to chat about the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH). In this episode they chat about the research they’ve conducted on women’s entrepreneurship in Alberta along with the intricate stories that were woven within the data about women entrepreneurs.

What a hoot it was to have MelVee X and Tito Gomez on the show. They are both a part of the Artist as Changemaker (AAC) project that was created in partnership with the Trico Changemakers Studio and Calgary Arts Development. MelVee X is a multidisciplinary artist and creative professional. Tito Gomez is a filmmaker, storyteller, and stand up comedian.

We’re shaking things up once again for this season of Pause. This time we’re chatting about social innovation techniques and the stories of how they sizzled or fizzled!