We need your help to make our online Annual General Meeting extra special this year We are looking for the people we support, family members, and staff to send in pictures around the theme of gratitude. All the pictures we get will be put together to make a slideshow…

Memo to: People we Support, Families, Guardians and Skills Society Employees Re: Prevention and Preparedness Regarding the Novel-CoronaVirus (COVID-19) From: Executive Director and Senior Leadership of Skills Society May 1st, 2020 Update We continue to follow…

Helping People Feel Connected COVID-19 and all the changes associated with it have made it challenging for people to remain feeling connected to others in their community. With people not able to go out as often or see friends and family in person regularly, feelings…

MyCompass Planning Labs For many years Skills Society has worked hard to be a fertile ground for fresh ideas, and radical innovations to emerge because of our strong values, focus on continuous learning, and the culture of creativity we have built together. A decade…

Onward: Getting the Right Mix of The Old, The New, and a Dash of Surprise! We had a full house at our 2019 Annual General Meeting that took place on June 25th at the Chateau Louise Hotel and Conference Centre. Vice Chair of the Board, Amy Abbott led the business…

Click here to check out this thirty minute podcast featuring Skills Society Executive Director, Ben Weinlick, and key Shift Lab stewards, Ashley Dryburgh and Jodi Stonehouse, chatting about what social innovation is, design, systems, and incorporating indigenous…

12 lessons learned on social innovation featuring Skills senior leader Ben Weinlick

Co-authored by the Skills Society senior leadership team – Bev Hills, Shawn Depner, Linda Marchand, Sandi Pesklevis, Karen Huta, Pat Conrad, Ben Weinlick for the 2018 AGM report. This year the senior leadership team decided to put a couple of our core values…

Brandon shared his story of how our social innovation MyCompass Planning has helped

On October 24th, 2017 Co-coordinators of the CommuniTEA Infusion Project, Larry James and Paige Reeves presented at Edmonton Next Gen’s Pecha Kucha 29 Event. In this dynamic and engaging speaking format, Paige and Larry creatively crafted their words to a series of…

We’re happy to share a recently published academic paper by our research partners from the University of Alberta on Project Citizenship. Many thanks to our collaborators and University researchers – Nancy Spencer-Cavaliere, PhD. , Bethan Kingsley, and…

The CommuniTEA Infusion project is an innovative social change initiative that’s been running for over ten years. A rebuilt and beautified Volkswagen van creates a ‘pop up’ town square atmosphere where people gather, chat, and share in community over a cup of tea

Welcome to the Skills Society newsletter The newsletter aims to summarize the highlights from a few of our key projects and collaborations! In each newsletter we interview someone connected with Skills about what one of our core values means in action.

We were very lucky to have summer intern Rhea Kachroo researching patterns of Social Innovation and ways to help grow understanding of it within Skills Society and outside through initiatives like the Edmonton Shift Lab. Rhea pulled together this infographic from…

We are happy to share with you the video of the launch of Action Lab. Keynotes on Social Innovation and Change Labs by Mark Cabaj & Tim Draimin.

“Skills Society has embarked on many activities that represent this year’s theme ‘Making It Happen’ ” —Pat Conrad, Executive Director of Skills Society The Skills Society 2015 Annual General Meeting (AGM) marked the completion of a highly innovative and successful…