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Winter 2022

The goal of this project was to understand how we might integrate accessibility and inclusive design considerations into Durham Region’s innovation process. This included answering questions such as:

• What are the principles of accessible and inclusive design?

• What are the practical implications of these principles to the municipal innovation process?

• How might innovation tools be made inclusive?

• How might diverse perspectives be captured throughout the innovation process?

Fall 2021

Sport Durham helps grow sporting events and sport culture in Durham Region. To support this initiative we investigated questions like:

*What value do community sport councils deliver?
*What are some examples of effective community sport councils and what are the measures by which they are recognized as effective?
*Who typically leads community sport councils?
*What are the resources required for community sport councils to be effective (people and time)?
*Are there regions (consisting of...

Fall 2021

In Canada we have a small association of nuclear host communities, based mainly in Ontario. The purpose of this project was to gain a better understanding of whether similar host community organizations exist in other jurisdictions, how they operate (e.g., who’s involved, how it’s funded and staffed), what role do they play in the nuclear sector, how they support the host communities, how effective they are at meeting goals, and what the critical success factors are. 

Winter 2021 

This project sought to see wow could we redesign urban cores in Durham Region to entice people to rediscover their downtowns, and how this takes into account social distancing requirements in a COVID-19 world.

Winter 2021

Many newcomers to Canada consider opening their own businesses. The purpose of this project was to explore this at a local level in Durham Region and be able to create an ecosystem of support for newcomer entrepreneurs. This included researching:

• What motivates newcomers in Durham Region towards entrepreneurship?
• What resources do newcomers currently use to aid their plans for entrepreneurship?
• What challenges and strengths do newcomer entrepreneurs encounter?
• What pushes newcomers...