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Final Note from the Lab Team

Final Note from the Lab Team

June 25, 2018 /

LEDlab’s 3 Year Impact Report

LEDlab’s 3 Year Impact Report

June 19, 2018 /

LEDlab Sunsets and Celebrates with Our Community Partners

LEDlab Sunsets and Celebrates with Our Community Partners

June 15, 2018 /

LEDlab Impact on Students

LEDlab Impact on Students

May 25, 2018 /

LEDlab Sunset Celebration

LEDlab Sunset Celebration

May 21, 2018 /

Eastside Works Is Open!

Eastside Works Is Open!

April 17, 2018 /

What does it mean to close LEDlab?

What does it mean to close LEDlab?

April 12, 2018 /

A Journey Through the SFU Social Innovation Certificate Program

A Journey Through the SFU Social Innovation Certificate Program

April 2, 2018 /

Knack: Reflections and Report on Program Findings

Knack: Reflections and Report on Program Findings

March 12, 2018 /

LEDlab Submission for BC Poverty Reduction Strategy

LEDlab Submission for BC Poverty Reduction Strategy

March 12, 2018 /

LEDlab wins 2018 City of Vancouver Healthy City for All Leadership Award!

LEDlab wins 2018 City of Vancouver Healthy City for All Leadership Award!

February 21, 2018 /

Urban Core Poverty Reduction Strategy Submission

Urban Core Poverty Reduction Strategy Submission

February 19, 2018 /

Eastside Works Design Jam – Lessons Learned

Eastside Works Design Jam – Lessons Learned

February 14, 2018 /

EMBERS Eastside Works (Formerly “The Lux”) – Resource Facilitator: Apply by Feb 2

EMBERS Eastside Works (Formerly “The Lux”) – Resource Facilitator: Apply by Feb 2

January 24, 2018 /

Retrain Your Chain: The Social Procurement Movement

Retrain Your Chain: The Social Procurement Movement

January 16, 2018 /

Experience Hastings Crossing Feb 23 – March 4!

Experience Hastings Crossing Feb 23 – March 4!

January 15, 2018 /

The Growth of the Binners’ Project

The Growth of the Binners’ Project

January 11, 2018 /

Policy Engagement for Systemic Change

Policy Engagement for Systemic Change

December 18, 2017 /

Exchange Inner City: New Name, Big Vision, Next Steps

Exchange Inner City: New Name, Big Vision, Next Steps

December 14, 2017 /

Working Inside and Outside: Integrating on the Ground Projects within Networks

Working Inside and Outside: Integrating on the Ground Projects within Networks

November 14, 2017 /

Developing Progress: Making Change in the DTES

Developing Progress: Making Change in the DTES

November 8, 2017 /

Lead with Curiosity

Lead with Curiosity

October 4, 2017 /

North Coast Innovation Lab Project Manager: Apply by Oct 18

North Coast Innovation Lab Project Manager: Apply by Oct 18

September 25, 2017 /

Announcing our New Cohort!

Announcing our New Cohort!

September 14, 2017 /

LEDlab’s 2016/17 Annual Report

LEDlab’s 2016/17 Annual Report

September 5, 2017 /

The Role of Micro-Enterprise in the DTES: Needs Assessment Report

The Role of Micro-Enterprise in the DTES: Needs Assessment Report

July 20, 2017 /

LEDlab Field Book

LEDlab Field Book

July 11, 2017 /

Measuring our Impact: How Developmental Evaluation Informs our Practice Part 2

Measuring our Impact: How Developmental Evaluation Informs our Practice Part 2

July 9, 2017 /

Labs in Place: Weaving Networks to Achieve Systemic Change

Labs in Place: Weaving Networks to Achieve Systemic Change

June 8, 2017 /

LEDlab Webinar on Leveraging Mitacs Partnerships for Social Change

LEDlab Webinar on Leveraging Mitacs Partnerships for Social Change

May 19, 2017 /

LEDlab Is Hiring! Four Paid Internship Opportunities for Grad Students

LEDlab Is Hiring! Four Paid Internship Opportunities for Grad Students

May 12, 2017 /

Measuring our Impact: How Developmental Evaluation informs our practice

Measuring our Impact: How Developmental Evaluation informs our practice

May 6, 2017 /

Learnings from Bee Space & Beyond

Learnings from Bee Space & Beyond

May 2, 2017 /

Welcome, Steven!

Welcome, Steven!

April 17, 2017 /

LEDlab’s Replicable Funding & Program Model for Social Labs in Higher Education

LEDlab’s Replicable Funding & Program Model for Social Labs in Higher Education

April 14, 2017 /

LEDlab Final Presentation at Hopeful Economics Conference

LEDlab Final Presentation at Hopeful Economics Conference

April 13, 2017 /

The Knack of Hosting

The Knack of Hosting

April 4, 2017 /

Oxford Global Challenge

Oxford Global Challenge

March 28, 2017 /

Lease Signed on New Income Generation Hub in DTES!

Lease Signed on New Income Generation Hub in DTES!

March 15, 2017 /

Welcome, Ara!

March 10, 2017 /

Design Thinking: How to create a better hiring experience?

Design Thinking: How to create a better hiring experience?

February 26, 2017 /

Even The Wrong Question is Worth Asking

Even The Wrong Question is Worth Asking

February 12, 2017 /

Interim Director: CEDSAC is Hiring!

Interim Director: CEDSAC is Hiring!

February 6, 2017 /

The Evolution of LEDlab

The Evolution of LEDlab

January 18, 2017 /

The Value of Empathy

The Value of Empathy

January 4, 2017 /

LEDlab is Hiring!

LEDlab is Hiring!

December 13, 2016 /

Managing the P’s in People

Managing the P’s in People

December 9, 2016 /

New DTES CED Strategy Approved!

New DTES CED Strategy Approved!

December 2, 2016 /

Guideposts of LEDlab Practice

Guideposts of LEDlab Practice

November 27, 2016 /

LEDlab is Hiring!

LEDlab is Hiring!

November 16, 2016 /

Bee-ing There: Amelia Huang Enters the Hive

Bee-ing There: Amelia Huang Enters the Hive

November 11, 2016 /

Supporting Heath, Safety and Dignity – A Future Tent City Model for Vancouver

Supporting Heath, Safety and Dignity – A Future Tent City Model for Vancouver

November 9, 2016 /

DTES resident Davin Boutang talks CEDSAC with Kiri Bird

DTES resident Davin Boutang talks CEDSAC with Kiri Bird

November 4, 2016 /

The DTES Market Case for an Overdose Prevention Site

The DTES Market Case for an Overdose Prevention Site

October 26, 2016 /

The Binners’ Project and Inclusive City Planning in the DTES

The Binners’ Project and Inclusive City Planning in the DTES

October 5, 2016 /

Binners’ Project rocks the PNE

Binners’ Project rocks the PNE

September 24, 2016 /

LEDlab’s 2015/16 Annual Report

LEDlab’s 2015/16 Annual Report

September 22, 2016 /

An Emerging Community of Practice for Canadian Social Innovation Labs

An Emerging Community of Practice for Canadian Social Innovation Labs

September 7, 2016 /

Accessible Knowledge on Income Assistance

Accessible Knowledge on Income Assistance

August 12, 2016 /

Announcing our New Cohort!

Announcing our New Cohort!

July 27, 2016 /

LEDlab Supports Co-Creation of CED Strategy

LEDlab Supports Co-Creation of CED Strategy

July 13, 2016 /

On Income Assistance, Can Work: A Policy Event

On Income Assistance, Can Work: A Policy Event

June 19, 2016 /

DTES Street Market Release New Video

DTES Street Market Release New Video

June 12, 2016 /

FCM Discussion Paper

FCM Discussion Paper

June 6, 2016 /

Al Jazeera News Highlights The Binners’ Project

Al Jazeera News Highlights The Binners’ Project

June 2, 2016 /

Selecting our 2016/17 Partners

Selecting our 2016/17 Partners

May 24, 2016 /

LEDlab Is Hiring! Five Paid Internship Opportunities for Grad Students

LEDlab Is Hiring! Five Paid Internship Opportunities for Grad Students

May 24, 2016 /

LEDlab wins Civic Innovation Award!

LEDlab wins Civic Innovation Award!

May 16, 2016 /

New Beginnings for the DTES Street Market

New Beginnings for the DTES Street Market

April 27, 2016 /

Binners’ Project Launches Pilot: Binners’ Hook

Binners’ Project Launches Pilot: Binners’ Hook

April 25, 2016 /

Traditions, Connections, and a Reality Check

Traditions, Connections, and a Reality Check

April 23, 2016 /

Self Employment in the DTES

Self Employment in the DTES

April 22, 2016 /

Vancouver Needs Street Markets: the Goods and the Spirits

Vancouver Needs Street Markets: the Goods and the Spirits

March 30, 2016 /

Enacting our values

Enacting our values

March 29, 2016 /

Highlights from Knack

Highlights from Knack

March 28, 2016 /

I Belong Here

I Belong Here

March 25, 2016 /

We’re letting go of our Connected Kitchens collaboration: here’s why

We’re letting go of our Connected Kitchens collaboration: here’s why

February 24, 2016 /

Knack Launches!

Knack Launches!

February 18, 2016 /

Rethinking the Informal Economy in the DTES

Rethinking the Informal Economy in the DTES

February 15, 2016 /

The importance of community kitchens in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

The importance of community kitchens in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

February 1, 2016 /

Investigating the Missing Link: Access to Employment

Investigating the Missing Link: Access to Employment

January 15, 2016 /

Hiring: Communications & Research Coordinator

Hiring: Communications & Research Coordinator

January 7, 2016 /

LEDlab Mid-term Reflections

LEDlab Mid-term Reflections

January 4, 2016 /

Mythbusting Vancouver’s DTES Street Market

Mythbusting Vancouver’s DTES Street Market

December 1, 2015 /

Embracing our Context

Embracing our Context

November 17, 2015 /