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Social Innovation Lab

dsing design thinking to consider one real-world problem at a time

Social Innovation Lab

SYLLABUS
dISCORD

​In this hands-on course, hosted by the CMU Centre for Resilience, a transdisciplinary cohort of students will co-design and implement ideas proposed by community organizations and businesses. Students will work with mentors and faculty members in small teams. They will select a topic, draft a course of action, and produce a final product. The course is applied and competency-based, embracing a “problem-based learning” approach where students will share knowledge, peer support, and feedback on an ongoing basis.
Assignments

Project selection
Weekly reflection
Milestones and methods TBD

Texts

THEORY​
Design Thinking For Social Innovation, ​Brown & Wyatt
Social Innovation Lab Guide, Wesley et al
Impact: Six Patterns to Spread Your Social Innovation,
by Al Etmanski
Maximizing the Capacities of Advanced Education, Coro Strandberg


METHODS​
Service Design Method Library (website)
Human Centred Design Method Library (website)
The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design, IDEO

2023 Organizational partners

Burrowing Owl Recovery: Marketing  
Manitoba Selects Media Project
MB Assn of Rights & Liberties HR Planning
MB Org of Faculty Associations Campaign 
CMU Press Book Promotion and Marketing
CMU Press Music Marketing
CMU Press Amazon/Indigo integration
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Mentors (2023)
​TBD
This site is not formally associated with any organization and it has no political affiliation. 

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