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The Lab Pulse | June 2019
June 12, 2019
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin CHILDREN & YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH How might we create new and reimagined positive well-being solutions that meet citizen need? The Lab team has been hard at work prototyping and testing solutions. Elements of our ongoing work can be
Read MoreThe Crisis of Youth Mental Health and the Lab
March 25, 2019
In reading Stanford Social Innovation Review’s recent article by Eliot Brenner ‘The Crisis of Youth Mental Health’ I was struck by the many parallels between the state of funding and new delivery models, and the work at The Social Impact Lab. Brenner suggests “Philanthropy is often seen as society’s risk capital. That means the onus
Read MoreThe Lab Pulse | March 2019
March 19, 2019
KEY SOCIAL ISSUE WORK Children and Youth Mental Health We are deep into the experimentation phase of our children and youth mental health work. Throughout this quarter, the team has been testing risky assumptions across a range of ideas geared to solve two major opportunities: Improving access to mental health services and support Addressing underserved
Read MoreThere are complex issues that no one solution can solve
March 19, 2019
Co-founder of The Social Impact Lab, Kevin Drinkwater recently joined host Andrew Moss of Founders on Purpose for Episode 2 of his podcast series to tell his story about how the Lab came to be. Listen to the episode “Kevin Drinkwater of The Social Impact Lab“
Read MoreOpen House | March 12
February 12, 2019
To celebrate the opening of our new space on Stephen Avenue, we are hosting an open house drop in between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Pop in for a tour of our new space and see what the Lab and J5 are working on.
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