{"id":12199,"date":"2014-04-02T13:53:33","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T17:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/researchimpact.ydsinc.ca\/communitybuild-batir-ensemble\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T16:45:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T21:45:39","slug":"communitybuild-batir-ensemble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/researchimpact.ca\/fr\/archive\/communitybuild-batir-ensemble\/","title":{"rendered":"communityBUILD \/ B\u00c2TIR ensemble"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Phipps, RIR-York
\nCommunityBUILD is a unique partnership between community, business and the university that is creating a system of supports for social enterprise in York Region. Combining the assets of different sectors creates opportunities that none could support working alone.<\/em>
\nB\u00c2TIR ensemble est un partenariat unique entre la communaut\u00e9, le monde des affaires et l\u2019Universit\u00e9. Son objectif est de cr\u00e9er un r\u00e9seau de soutien et d\u2019appui aux entreprises d\u2019\u00e9conomie sociale de la r\u00e9gion d\u2019York. En alliant leurs atouts, les trois secteurs ouvrent des possibilit\u00e9s qui ne s\u2019offrent pas \u00e0 chacun d\u2019eux pris isol\u00e9ment.<\/em>
\nbuild:<\/strong> construct (something) by putting parts or material together (Oxford English Dictionary)
\nBUILD:<\/strong> a program of ventureLAB \u00ab\u00a0designed to support entrepreneurs of technology ventures \u2013 especially first time entrepreneurs.\u00a0\u00bb (http:\/\/bit.ly\/1pKUsW6<\/a>)
\ncommunityBUILD:<\/strong> a program of ventureLAB (VL), United Way York Region (UWYR) and York University designed to create a system of supports for social enterprise in York Region.
\nThis past week communityBUILD ran the first Mash Up. Mash Up sought to identify new ideas to address to grand challenges in York Region: youth employment and food security.
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Jeremy O’Krafka, Mentor Network<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nAn open call <\/a>was made for innovators and their supporters to submit ideas that addressed one or both of these grand challenges. Twenty nine ideas were submitted. Nine were selected to come to the Mash Up. Within 45 minutes of the first day these were down to four: one addressing food security, one addressing youth employment and two of them addressing both.
\nOver two days of Mash Up and one day of work the four teams of between three to six team members worked with mentors from VL, UWYR and York to develop their ideas. These four ideas were then pitched to a panel of social entrepreneurs and community builders. Each had the chance to secure $5,000 of consulting services, become a VL client and receive VL mentoring.<\/p>\n