Given the projected pace of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, it now seems almost certain that university programs in Canada will be offered almost entirely by remote means of instruction during the fall semester of the coming academic year, at minimum. With start-up financial support from the McConnell Foundation, several leading Canadian universities have formed […]
Learn moreAs the key driver of economic and social mobility in Canada, universities and colleges have a unique role to play in supporting reconciliation. It’s why last month together with Yukon College our Re-Code program hosted a first-of-its-kind gathering entitled “Perspectives on Reconciliation.” Over 7 days, 31 Canadian post-secondary institutions gathered to discuss the roles they […]
Learn moreThree finalist teams moving forward to finals at Oxford University in June. How does social change happen? It’s a question many of us are trying to figure out, and if we’re honest, we don’t quite know, but we can be reasonably confident about a few key ingredients: 1) as Margaret Mead teaches us, a small […]
Learn moreIf you’ve been following the work of Re-Code over the last few years, you’ll likely know that ‘Building Social Infrastructure’ has been the organizing framework for much of our work. Broadly speaking, social infrastructure is the set of organizational arrangements and investments in society’s systems, relationships, and structures that enable us to create a more […]
Learn moreImproving Access to Post-Secondary Education for Low-Income Families Research shows that education savings plans help children as young as four years old develop a postsecondary-bound identity. Students with education savings plans perform better at school, and are more likely to enroll in and complete postsecondary education. Over the course of a generation, this is an […]
Learn moreLast weekend, three teams represented Canada on the global stage at the Map the System final in Oxford, UK. Map the System is a competition run by the University of Oxford that encourages a systems-change approach by asking participants to gain an understanding of a social or environmental issue and its connecting factors. The teams from Simon Fraser University (SFU), Royal Roads […]
Learn moreLast weekend, Re-Code and the Trico Charitable Foundation co-hosted the second Canadian edition of Map the System in partnership with the Skoll Centre from the University of Oxford. Map the System is an ‘alternative’ challenge where post-secondary students are tasked with taking a systems approach to social change by demonstrating their understanding of a social or environmental issue. For the 2018 Canadian […]
Learn moreBy Danica Straith, Ashoka U, Chad Lubelsky, Re-Code and Jen Lockerby Earlier this month, some 800 social impact educators, students and administrators gathered in Boston for the Annual Ashoka U Exchange. United in the belief that post-secondary has been and continues to be a force for positive change in the world, this event showed us how we can […]
Learn moreThis article was originally posted on the Academica Group website and has been cross-posted here with permission. By: Dr. Philip Glennie, Academica Group Challenges to social cohesion and community wellbeing are on the rise across the world, and governments at every level no longer have the resources they once did to address these challenges. As the forces […]
Learn moreBy Jennifer Lockerby, McConnell Re-Code Fellow At the third annual Building Reconciliation Forum, hosted by the University of Manitoba, Indigenous people and settlers discussed progress, possibilities and challenges for reconciliation in post-secondary education. First, I would like to thank the people who welcomed me, a settler, as a visitor to Treaty One territory. By extension, my […]
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