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As a funder, capacity-builder and convenor, Re-Code supports Canadian universities and colleges to build a more just and sustainable world.

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New Resource: A Social Infrastructure Milestone Report & Three Year Retrospective Review

May 25, 2020

Presidents’ Virtual Roundtable on the Value of Community Engagement

Dec 21, 2020

Map the System 2020’s transition to virtual

May 26, 2020

On Storms, Blueprints and Collaboration: Re-Code, Post-secondary and the Pandemic

Apr 13, 2020

COVID-19 Social Impact Decision Making Tool

Report: Perspectives on Reconciliation: A Summer Institute
Yukon Territory

Jan 9, 2020

Webinar: The Problem Solver’s Companion – 10 Steps to Starting a Social Enterprise

Oct 24, 2019

Meet Re-Code’s New Social Innovation Fellow, Paula Sahyoun

Sep 11, 2019

Webinar: Systems Change Education in an Innovation Context

Sep 9, 2019

What is Social Infrastructure and what does it mean to me?

Jun 27, 2019
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Building Social Infrastructure Report

This paper explores how post-secondary institutions are in an ideal position to improve social wellbeing using their financial, physical, relational, research, and education resources. Learn how schools are using this rich array of resources to build “social infrastructure” and to contribute positively to communities and society.

read our discussion paper

A milestone report

The Milestone Report and Three Year Retrospective Review reflects on the developments made to accelerate and scale the social impact of higher education since the launch of the 2017 discussion paper (see above) through the lens of seven social impact initiatives. The report is poised to help higher education institutions play an even stronger role in achieving a thriving future.

Read our Milestone Report

Project Showcase

Explore the projects that Re-Code is assisting through its partnerships.

Guidelines for Integrating Social Purpose into Institutional Strategic Plans

Re-Code has developed practical and comprehensive guidelines for integrating social infrastructure into university and college strategic plans. 

Charting a Path for Social Purpose Finance and Administration

How can higher education finance and administration leaders contribute to their institution’s social ambitions?

Presidents’ Narrative on the Role of Universities in Society

Presidents’ Dialogue on the Value of Community Engagement In May 2020, to commemorate three years since the Roundtable on Social Infrastructure that set these conversations in motion, Simon Fraser University, the University of St. Michael’s College and the McConnell Foundation hosted a Presidents’ Roundtable on the Value of Community Engagement This discussion was designed as […]

BC Collaborative on Social Infrastructure

Together, University of Northern British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, BC Institute of Technology, and Vancouver Island University have established the first-ever “BC Collaborative for Social Infrastructure.”

HackEd

The hackEd project (2015-2017)  was motivated by the question: how might we, as a Foundation initiative, best support students nationwide in being changemakers on their respective campuses?

Universities Canada Social Impact Advisory Group

Universities Canada has launched a new project to frame, curate and promote the promising best practices of Canadian universities’ social impact initiatives. The Advisory Group is co-chaired by Re-Code’s Chad Lubelsky.

UpSocial Innovations

An opportunity exists for universities and colleges to complement their core teaching and research functions by using the many resources at their disposal to better address community needs and increase wellbeing.

Reconciliation in the Post Secondary Sector

Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission underscored the central responsibility of the education sector to enable the realization of reconciliation with Indigenous communities across the country.

Reconciliation by Regional Universities

With a shared goal of creating a good future for the next generation, many Indigenous communities and Regional Universities have partnered together.

Colleges and Institutes Canada

Increasingly, there is an imperative for schools to engage not individually, but collectively on projects, around shared values for the sector as a whole.
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The national community of practice that we were introduced to, the support and advocacy from the Re-Code team over the years, and the friendships developed are priceless contributions to our New Brunswick ecosystem. We will be profoundly grateful for these as we continue on this journey together.

Karina LeBlanc
University of New Brunswick

We are officially the first Canadian Community College to become a changemaker campus! This COULD NOT have been achieved without the drive, innovative visioning, and funding provided to us from Re-Code.

Suzie Addison-Toor
Georgian College

It was an invitation to a conversation, and to an uncertain but potential-filled national project... Re-Code has fomented a community of practice that simply did not exist before.

James Stauch
Mount Royal University

Re-Code Network

Explore the schools that have worked with Re-Code.

Vancouver Island University

VIU worked with Re-Code to host a pre-day to the 2018 Building Reconciliation Forum that focused on education pathways for Indigenous learners.
Since 2015, VIU has also been involved in a very successful project with McConnell that aims to encourage participation in the Canada Learning Bond among Aboriginal people in Canada.

Pond-Deshpande Centre, University of New Brunswick

The University of New Brunswick’s Pond-Deshpande Centre (PDC) acts as a catalyst to advance innovation and entrepreneurship in New Brunswick and the region by facilitating collaboration among entrepreneurs, emerging and aspiring companies, students, faculty and alumni.

Niagara College Canada

Empowering students to create systemic change in the Niagara Region. Providing experiential learning opportunities for student-led social innovation.

Ryerson University

Round 1 Recipient

Increase engagement in social innovation across faculties, support applied research and experiential learning, and strengthen knowledge mobilization.

University of Guelph

Round 1 Recipient

Re-Code Round 1 Funding helped catalyze the “Ideas Congress” course: a unique for-credit courses where students of all disciplines work on real-life projects with community partners to improve sustainability and food security.

Wilfrid Laurier University

Three years of Re-Code funding helped WLU to develop SIVC (Social Innovation Venture Creation): a multi-faceted program that aims to provide students co-curricular opportunities in social innovation.

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Round 1 Recipient

Integrate a centre for social innovation and entrepreneurship, a graduate degree program and incubator, and the expansion of community service learning and partnerships.

University of Victoria, Camosun College, and Royal Roads University

Round 1 Recipient

Strengthen collaborative relationships and initiatives of post-secondary institutions, community, industry, and government that reinforce an enterprise approach to social innovation on Vancouver Island.

Cégep de Sherbrooke

Round 1 Recipient

Set up a non-profit organisation that offers various services to the community and enables Cégep students to develop entrepreneurial and managerial skills.

Trent University

With the help of Re-Code funding, developed a a unique entrepreneurship centre/ innovation zone at the Peterborough & Durham Region campuses. The concept is student centred, interdisciplinary and socially innovative, to address the pressing socio-economic needs of these regions

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