Congratulations to Boyd Dymchuk and Margaret B. who both received awards at this year’s Here’s Nina annual awards gala! Every year the Nina celebrates five artists from their collective for their artistic achievement and growth. Please join us in…

We are so proud of the CommuniTEA Infusion team! They were recently recognized as recipients of the Premier’s Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities, Award of Excellence in Public Awareness! The annual Premier’s Council Awards publicly…

Design by Doing 2.0 is a social innovation lab we are proud to have been a part of over the last eighteen months. Together, with the City of Edmonton, EndPoverty Edmonton and Multicultural Health Brokers Cooperative, we worked alongside the Bhutanese community in…

For our 2019 AGM to learn from and remember our history, we created a timeline of key learning milestones from Skills Society and the Disability community in Alberta over the last 50 years.

Onward: Getting the Right Mix of The Old, The New, and a Dash of Surprise! We had a full house at our 2019 Annual General Meeting that took place on June 25th at the Chateau Louise Hotel and Conference Centre. Vice Chair of the Board, Amy Abbott led the business…

Adrian Bruff, a leader and mover and shaker at Skills Society is spearheading the annual School Supplies Drive again! The goal of the Back to School Drive is to provide families and children in our community the resources that they need to be successful in school and…

Click here to check out this thirty minute podcast featuring Skills Society Executive Director, Ben Weinlick, and key Shift Lab stewards, Ashley Dryburgh and Jodi Stonehouse, chatting about what social innovation is, design, systems, and incorporating indigenous…

We are excited to introduce Ben Weinlick as our incoming Executive Director! I (Paige Reeves) had the chance to sit down with Ben and ask him a few quick questions about himself, what brings him to this work, and what we can expect from him in the coming months.

Curious about what we have been up to for the past three months? You have come to the right place! Our quarterly newsblasts are designed to be a ‘one stop shop’ enabling you to quickly get the scoop on goings on, new projects, and exciting opportunities…

12 lessons learned on social innovation featuring Skills senior leader Ben Weinlick

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities was first proclaimed on December 3, 1992 by the United Nations. Each year celebrations and conversations occur on that day surrounding the rights and well being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society…

On October 24th, 2017 Co-coordinators of the CommuniTEA Infusion Project, Larry James and Paige Reeves presented at Edmonton Next Gen’s Pecha Kucha 29 Event. In this dynamic and engaging speaking format, Paige and Larry creatively crafted their words to a series of…

We’re happy to share a recently published academic paper by our research partners from the University of Alberta on Project Citizenship. Many thanks to our collaborators and University researchers – Nancy Spencer-Cavaliere, PhD. , Bethan Kingsley, and…

Check out the video about a creative housing collaboration we have been part of stewarding…

Big thank you to Alberta Council of Disability Services for the 2017 Innovation Award for MyCompass Planning www.mycompassplanning.com . We and our stellar partners Southern Alberta Community Living Association & Lift Interactive are on a mission to transform…

Welcome to the Skills Society newsletter The newsletter aims to summarize the highlights from a few of our key projects and collaborations! In each newsletter we interview someone connected with Skills about what one of our core values means in action.

Taking Steps… Pace, stride, move, movement, action, measure, tread, rung, march, stair, footstep, stage, phase, walk… By Skills Society Executive Director, Pat Conrad for the 2016 Skills Society Annual Report The life experience of Skills Society to…