Advisory Group

ABSI Connect is supported by a small advisory team (see our terms of reference and contact Babs for more information or to explore volunteering in this capacity)

Featured

Jerome Morgan

Jerome Morgan specializes in strategy, human-centred design, organizational development and facilitation. He helps leaders get to better solutions using design thinking and community innovation that is centered on empathy.

Jennifer Kennett

With over 12 years of experience in Human Resources through various sectors: private business, industry and municipal government, Jennifer found herself leaning away from corporate life and seeking the opportunity to make a difference in our community.

Roya Damabi

Roya Damabi spends her days using systemic design and other toolkits to support people working on a range of messy challenges.

Katharine McGowan

Katharine began her academic career as a traditional Canadian historian, and this eventually led her to be the annoying fact-checker and long-term perspective haver on social innovaiton at the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience.

Annand Ollivierre

Annand is a father of two daughters, a husband, an engaged citizen, an optimist, and a Strategic Foresight Analyst with the City of Edmonton.

Network Weaver Community

Our network weaver community is a group of people whose professional and/or personal passions include connecting, supporting, or sharing stories about innovators and changemakers across the province. They are working on the ground to connect and celebrate changemakers within a specific sector, community, or issue space -- one where the jargon of social innovation may or may not resonate, but where changemakers are doing creative and collaborative work.

Network weavers:

Translate knowledge, insights, and expertise between the broader social innovation community and the sector or region the weaver works within;
Uncover and share examples of social innovation from within their communities or areas of expertise;
Participate in shared sense-making related to patterns, gaps, and opportunities for social innovation in Alberta;
Generate and solicit stories and insights for ABSI Connect's communication;
Share ABSI Connect's resources and updates with their own communities and networks.

Might you be a network weaver too? Reach out to us to learn more about this community and how you can participate.