Canada needs solutions-based innovation to tackle social and environmental challenges – Calgary Guardian

November 18, 2024

The traditional view of innovation focused on technology must now be leveraged to address the critical social and environmental problems confronting Canada and the globe. Whether tackling the housing crisis, mental health, or climate change, these issues require solutions-based innovation that directly benefits communities and the country’s long-term prosperity.

Canada has a history of finding practical solutions to tough problems. Now, we need to bring that spirit to today’s complex challenges.

Across the country, communities are finding solutions for housing, poverty, food security and more. But sustaining and scaling these efforts requires more than good ideas — it demands new financial models, cross-sector collaboration and approaches that bring new voices to the table.

To drive this forward, Canada needs a national solutions-based innovation strategy — one that applies innovation to social and environmental goals just as it does for economic growth. Our current ways of working are not enough.

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