MaRS travels to Hamilton for social innovation cafe
Social Innovation in Hamilton
MaRS CEO, Ilse Treurnicht, and our director of social entrepreneurship, Allyson Hewitt, are headed to McMaster University today to speak at their Innovation Cafe in partnership with the Golden Horseshoe Biosciences Network. It’s a conversational-style forum exploring how social innovation — often in combination with technological innovation — is working in their community and beyond.
The Hamilton groups are among a growing number of organizations worldwide working to increase public awareness of social innovation at the grassroots level — and putting into action the unique strengths of post-secondary institutions to help their host communities think, plan and act differently in the face of significant social change.
Check out this informative feature story in yesterday’s Hamilton Spectator:
“Innovation also helps meet social needs”
Linda Quattrin worked as a long-time newspaper reporter and editor before applying her interest in science as a medical research communicator. A member of the Canadian Science Writers Association, she is responsible for media relations and corporate communications at MaRS.