Success Stories

Winter 2023

Durham Region has initiated a Workplace Modernization project. The initial intent of the project was to update the physical workspace to optimize the existing building and defer expansion requirements for several years. A hybrid work model was always proposed as part of this strategy, and the quick pivot to remote working during the pandemic solidified the potential for this model.

However, there is a need to find a balance between remote work and office presence. Redefining the...

Winter 2023/2024

Through CityStudio Durham and the Regional Municipality of Durham’s Children’s Services Division, students from Ontario Tech University have wrapped up another successful partnership to help improve the developmental outcomes of children in Durham Region. Dr. Brenda Jacobs’ “Holistic Learning in Early Childhood Education” class used the Durham Region Early Development Instrument (EDI) dashboard to learn about areas of vulnerability and created digital products and tools that can...

Winter 2022

­Durham College students help parents and educators across the Region

Durham College’s Early Childhood Education (ECE) students have wrapped up their final year placement project with CityStudio Durham. The project not only helped educators and parents across the Region, it helped college students with their future careers as well.

“The (ECE) program helped us learn the fundamentals of becoming amazing registered early childhood educators. But this project made us think, learn, and dig...

Fall 2021

The Innovation and Research Team in the Strategic Initiatives Division in the Chief Administrative Officer’s (CAO) office has undergone a revise and refresh of our approach to supporting innovation and research at the Regional Municipality of Durham. We identified some strategic areas for maturing our innovation capabilities. Through this project we performed jurisdictional scans and literature research to map emerging trends and established practices and help support an...

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?