Reimagining our city centres (December, 2021)
Let’s reimagine the communities of the future, but first we need to start by putting the voice of those that live and work in the community at the fore; to see their situation now and how they imagine their community to be in the future, and together work out a collective plan to achieve it – to make it inclusive for all involved.
‘Supporting people in difficult circumstances really struck a chord with me’ (July, 2020)
Innovate Communities CEO Fiona Descoteaux discusses the importance of mentorship in disadvantaged communities.
It’s important to nurture and include people from all walks of life to ensure that businesses, governments and other organisations have diversity of thought. When discussing diversity, inclusion and mentorship initiatives, we often think of gender, ethnicity and sexual orientation.
How to remain innovative during Covid – 19 times (June, 2020)
I decided to revive the Company but with a different focus – working with communities to develop creative programmes to address some of their needs, such as activating unused community spaces, youth unemployment, and recidivism. The worst that could happen is that it failed. On the positive side there was always going to be good story and lessons learnt if that occurred!