{"id":12473,"date":"2010-10-07T15:24:08","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T19:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/researchimpact.ydsinc.ca\/united-way-and-york-university-launch-change-inc-to-address-complex-social-issues-in-york-region\/"},"modified":"2021-11-23T15:04:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T20:04:19","slug":"united-way-and-york-university-launch-change-inc-to-address-complex-social-issues-in-york-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/researchimpact.ca\/fr\/archive\/united-way-and-york-university-launch-change-inc-to-address-complex-social-issues-in-york-region\/","title":{"rendered":"United Way and York University launch Change Inc. to address complex social issues in York Region"},"content":{"rendered":"

ResearchImpact-York is pleased to be part of Change Inc., a social innovation incubator. Change Inc. is a partnership between the United Way of York Region and York University that will build capacity for social innovators, remove policy barriers, incubate new ideas and mentor new social entrepreneurs so that the best and new ideas in York Region are supported to a point where investments can be bought to bear to support scale up of the innovations. York’s knowledge mobilization unit will connect these new ideas to research, expertise and graduate students to support and sustain these new approaches to complex social issues.<\/em>
\nThanks to YorkU Research for posting this release.<\/em>
\nCollaboration to incubate new ideas and support social entrepreneurs<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>United Way of York Region and York University have launched Change Inc., a collaboration that will incubate and invest in promising innovations to tackle complex social issues and build capacity in York Region.
\n<\/strong>Daniele Zanotti, CEO of United Way, and Stan Shapson, vice-president research & innovation at York University, made the announcement at Deloitte\u2019s head offices in Vaughan as part of United Way Week (Oct. 4 to 8).
\n\"\"<\/a>\u201cWe are proud to announce Change Inc. \u2212 a critical strategy in United Way\u2019s impact agenda \u2212 in collaboration with York University and our advisory group of business leaders,\u201d said Zanotti. \u201cFor our region to be great for all residents, we need a new infrastructure to incubate ideas and shift the way we solve social problems.\u201d
\n\u201cChange Inc. is transformative for York University, for United Way and for capacity building in our community,\u201d said Shapson. \u201cChange Inc. will provide seed funding, space and support services to social innovators and entrepreneurs. It will provide better access to York University\u2019s research, graduate students and the programs \u2212 such as knowledge mobilization \u2212 that support their work with the region. It will match social innovators with business-leader mentors. This approach advances and broadens York University\u2019s innovation agenda, builds on our strong partnership with United Way, and engages York Region\u2019s corporate leaders in social innovation, which is a persistent gap in Canada\u2019s innovation agenda.\u201d\"\"<\/a><\/strong><\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Change Inc. will work with its Innovation Advisory Board, established in June, to actively develop a sustainable strategy. Co-chaired by Zanotti and Shapson, its current members include:<\/p>\n