For the last three years, LWR has partnered with the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR) at the University of Waterloo, and Wellbeing Waterloo Region (WWR) to raise the level of learning and broader community, and economic development impact of the group project work through a pilot solutions lab project focusing on affordable housing.
Moving into the Class of 2023, we are looking forward to utilizing the findings from our first two years and refining the focus and developing solutions that will be shared through the WWR network, with local government, not-for-profit organizations. These solutions will also be scale-able out to other communities across the province and country. Through the teaching and facilitation from WISIR, the class will continue to collectively take on the complex issue of affordable housing.
During this project work, the class will:
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