NEWS RELEASE
YMCA OF SIMCOE/MUSKOKA
GEORGIAN COLLEGE
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Together, Georgian College and the YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka are committed to co-creating a new standard for collaboration, inclusivity and community innovation within our communities.
As part of this initiative, Georgian College and the YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka will be hosting two informational sessions and invite community organizations to learn more about how to participate.
“Through working together across social and cultural communities, we have an incredible opportunity to explore what a future-ready, inclusive landscape might look like,” said Nicole Norris, director, social innovation, Georgian College. “At these sessions, we’ll focus on how to make the landscape strongly sustainable through an innovation ecosystem that applies the social factors of health as its measures of flourishing.”
The two upcoming sessions — May 22 and May 28 — aim to engage and involve community organizations in the Future of Belonging initiative.
The sessions follow a recent announcement by the YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka and Georgian at the college’s Research, Innovation, Scholarship and Entrepreneurship (RISE) Symposium. The YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka and Georgian’s social innovation unit are taking steps forward with the launch of a Community Innovation Network, a first-of-its-kind initiative in the region that will explore how various community services can maintain relevancy into the future, as well as how they can collaborate to cause change and bring agency to underrepresented groups.
“Our collaboration with Georgian College is about harnessing the strength of our community to co-create innovative solutions that truly meet the needs of our diverse population. We invite community organizations to join us in shaping the future of community-driven innovation together,” said Pamela Marck, vice-president of the YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka.
Next steps: informational sessions
- Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2024.
- Time: 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- Location: Sandbox Centre, 24 Maple Ave., second floor, Barrie.
- Register online to attend in person or virtually.
- Date: Tuesday, May 28, 2024.
- Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m.
- Location: Sandbox Centre, 24 Maple Ave., second floor, Barrie.
- Register online to attend in person only.
These sessions will serve as platforms for a project overview, dialogue, and the presentation of opportunities for how to get involved in this project and redefine community-driven innovation in the region.
For more information about the Future of Belonging project, visit futureofbelonging.ca.
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