Overview
The Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation (WISIR) worked with the Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society to design and deliver an Innovation leadership program: new change strategies for a complex world.
Purpose
This six day executive education program equipped professionals with strategic approaches to address complex problems. Drawing on local case studies on Haida Gwaii, in combination with the support and perspective of the teams at Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society (HGHES) and WISIR, this inspiring program gave attendees contemporary perspectives on social innovation, equipping them to lead high impact projects and programs.
The program took place in 2015 at Haida House at Tllaal and was 5 full days of programming.
This program was delivered through collaborative leadership from faculty and staff at the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR) and the Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society
Michele-Lee Moore, PhD
Michele-Lee is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Victoria, where she also leads the Water, Innovation, and Global Governance Lab. Her expertise lies in understanding global-local networks and how to undertake processes of social innovation to create change in environmental and water governance.
Dan McCarthy, PhD
Dan is associate professor of Environment and Resource Studies, University of Waterloo. His expertise lies in complex systems with a special focus on First Nations partnerships that relate to fostering adaptive capacity for Community- based Natural Resource Management.
Cheryl Rose, Lead Facilitator, MSc
Cheryl is the associate director of the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR), at the University of Waterloo. Her expertise lies in leadership studies, education and training for social innovation, cross-sectoral collaborations, and strategy development.
Barb Wilson, Co-Lead
Kii’iljuus (Barbara Wilson) is a Haida, a member of the St’awaas Xaaydagaay (Cumshewa Eagle clan). She holds a Cultural Resource Management Diploma from University of Victoria and is an “Alumna of Distinction”. She is a published author and a Pacific Institute for Climate Change (PICS) Fellow in Simon Fraser University’s Faculty of Education. Barbara facilitates students’ learning of the ways of her ancestors through stories, traditional knowledge and awareness of current issues for the Haida Nation. She actively promotes environmental education.