Partnerships
At Skills Society, we recognize we are stronger when we partner with forward-thinking people, organizations, and communities. One of our core values that guides our partnerships, is that we actively seek out creative collaborations because we understand that social change comes from the strength of groups recognizing their commonalities, sharing resources, and working together.
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As we continuously learn, grow and build social innovations that help the people we serve and the human services sector as a whole, we build partnerships with other innovators doing work in the social space.
Our Action Lab is the convening space and key actor in our social innovation stewardship work
SDX - Systemic Design Exchange Community of Practice we co-Steward
Yale University faculty Michael Rowe (Project Citizenship)
EndPovertyEdmonton
City of Edmonton
Multi Cultural Health Brokers
J5 Design
Lift Interactive
CMHC
Homeward Trust
CIVIDA
Inclusion Alberta
CMHA- Canadian Mental Health Association Edmonton Region
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Alberta Disability Workers Association
Edmonton Council of Service Providers
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Skills Society employees contribute to the community by volunteering with local and provincial organizations and committees, including:
The Little Italy Community Garden
University of Alberta Community Service-Learning
GMCC Human Workforce Council
EFAN (Edmonton Fetal Alcohol Network)
Alberta Safety Council Large Employer Internal Auditor
Alberta Council of Disability Services
Quality Assurance Learning and Advisory Council (Edmonton Region Council)
REACH Edmonton
Selections
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We have been fortunate to collaborate with SNAP on Project Citizenship and the Making our Mark: Art and Citizenship project.
Society of Northern Alberta Print Artists
University of Alberta Design faculty Bonnie Sadler-Takash and her students have worked with us on designing community engagement tools for the CommuniTEA Infusion Project and for Project Citizenship.
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Skills Society believes that education and continuous learning are essential to a meaningful life. We continue to build partnerships with groups and institutions who share this belief.
“Skills Society invested in talented people to make project citizenship work. They demonstrated a remarkable commitment to the success of the project and continuing with the model after the grant was completed. They assigned project coordinators with creative skills and gave them the freedom to take risks in order to find solutions. There was buy-in from staff, clients, families and the organization as a whole. They integrated citizenship into every aspect of the organization and it wasn’t long before staff realized the value of the project as they saw positive changes.”
— Lynn Sutankayo, University of Alberta Community Service Learning