Campus IdeasJam 2012                                                                          

A packed room of 'next gen changemakers' at Co-ilab's Campus Ideas Jam on Nov 6, 2012.

Get Involved

 Are you an aspiring writer, photo journalist, videographer or blogger? 

If you have or would like to share a story, photo or video on a Changemaker or innovative organization in the Durham Region, please drop us a line. 
An exciting way to begin building your social capital !.

Email your ideas to: ideas@communityilab.ca

Seeking Imprint Leaders to build a future talent legacy 

Are you a digital media expert or a business or community leader with 3 hours to share? 

If you are a senior leader with 3 hours of investment time to share in creating a future talent legacy - we want to hear from you. We are building our  'Designers of Society' program to nurture university and college students for the jobs of tomorrow and would like to hear from you. Contact Pramilla at ideas@communityilab.ca . 

Durham Ideas Den 2013

Are you  or do you know a promising student with a bold idea for change  attending a College/University in  Durham Region?

Click here to enter the  

         "Durham Ideas Den   www.durhamideasden.com

At  the Community Innovation Lab, (Co-ilab), our focus is on mitigating 'the underemployment crisis' facing post secondary youth, by crafting innovative experiential opportunities to engage youth in cross sectoral initiatives that addresses system failures associated with complex social and environmental challenges within cities, organizations and neighbourhoods.  Co-ilab curates a series of community, campus and corporate ideas jams with the citizen sector, students, city and business leaders, to identify and define the big sticky challenges facing communities and to further engage youth in generating creative solutions to transform these 'traditional liabilities into future assets'.  

Proud Community Partner of                      Hot Roots Soups Festival 2013

 Ongoing thanks to our             Community Partners

-Durham College

-Durham College Global Classroom

-SA, DC/UOIT

-Whitby Chamber of Commerce

-ICA Associates Inc. 

-Helen Break, Director of Special Projects at the  City of Oshawa.

CAMPUS IDEAS JAM - Nov 6 2012

What jamming with top Durham's innovators produced in the Summer of 2012
Fresh ideas + souped up energy + renewed  consensus to tackle the region's old and stubborn challenges with new rigor!  Challenges identified at the Community Ideas Jam were shared with students at the Campus Ideas Jam and will be explored in depth via the Durham Ideas Den 2013!

 Social Innovation 'Salon Series           The Community Innovation Lab  in partnership with the Whitby Chamber of Commerce, hosted the first of an 'inspired learning' social innovation series with thought and change leaders in Durham in 2012.  The first of the five part series was held on Oct 29th 2012, with guest speaker Adam Spence, founder of the Social Venture Exchange.