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Collaborate with us!
Posted on Monday, September 14, 2020 08:28 PM
Please view the projects open for collaboration below. Interested postsecondary staff and faculty can click on a project title to learn more about it, and indicate your interest in collaborating by completing our collaborate with us form. Stay up to date with new projects by subscribing to new project updates.
Whether you're faculty, a member of another partner organization or the public, if you have a project idea that you would like the CityStudio Durham partners to consider, email...

Building Better Outcomes: Creating a Quality Assurance Framework for Durham’s Homelessness System
Posted on Wednesday, July 02, 2025 10:13 AM
The Region of Durham funds multiple community agencies to deliver housing stability and homelessness prevention programs. To ensure these programs are delivering high-quality, equitable, and effective services, the Region is looking to develop a standardized Quality Assurance (QA) tool and supporting success measurement tools. This project builds on work already undertaken through a recent system co-design workshop, which involved broad stakeholder engagement with service providers, lived...

Mobilizing Insights from Durham Region’s 2025 Point-in-Time Count
Posted on Wednesday, July 02, 2025 10:12 AM
In 2024, Durham Region conducted a Point-in-Time (PiT) Count to enumerate and survey individuals experiencing homelessness to better understand and support those experiencing it. The PiT Count data provides a snapshot of the reported homeless population across Durham Region. Insights include mental health, racial identity, housing history, and service needs. The goal of this project is to develop and implement a knowledge mobilization plan that ensures the findings from the PiT Count are...

Integrating Community Workshops: A Scan and Partnership Model for Inclusive Pre-Employment Supports
Posted on Wednesday, July 02, 2025 10:11 AM
The Region of Durham’s Income, Employment and Homelessness Supports Division offers a robust series of workshops aimed at equipping low-income and vulnerable populations with pre-employment and life skills supports. These offerings provide valuable support and complement similar programs delivered by community organizations and institutions. The Region would like to explore what workshops are currently being offered in Durham that align with the themes of employment readiness, financial...

Marketing Campaign for Accessible Employment Conference
Posted on Monday, June 02, 2025 04:06 PM
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The Region’s Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC) is hosting a Disability Employment Awareness conference in collaboration with the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) division. The full-day event will include speakers, panel discussions, a resource trade show and a hiring blitz. We are seeking a student or group of students who can develop and execute a marketing campaign that will reach audiences in Durham Region and the Greater...