https://geraldinecahill.com/blog daily 0.75 2026-07-18 https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/a-whole-of-society-approach-to-canadian-prosperity monthly 0.5 2026-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/7261650e-a844-48f5-9da0-d7ebe364973b/rob-thompson-omUf5OUJxXc-unsplash.jpg Blog - A whole-of-society approach to Canadian prosperity - Make it stand out Photo courtesy for Rob Thompson on Unsplash https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/f5bc24ac-b72c-4d9d-a810-42228c9a94fb/Screenshot+2026-07-18+at+3.19.30%E2%80%AFPM.png Blog - A whole-of-society approach to Canadian prosperity - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/designing-a-collaborative-governance-model-for-canadian-mission-oriented-innovation monthly 0.5 2025-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/b5607d89-7ddc-498b-878d-213fe716c883/prometheus-8cKJEhmRYO0-unsplash.jpg Blog - Designing a collaborative governance model for Canadian mission oriented innovation - Make it stand out Photo by Prometheus on Unsplash Image of mushrooms growing on a tree in a forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/d35bccca-f33a-4dc2-a10c-1f61796ca567/Mission+Example.jpeg Blog - Designing a collaborative governance model for Canadian mission oriented innovation - Make it stand out Image: Super drafty sketch of collaborative innovation infrastructure possibilities https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/slowing-down-in-a-crisis-lessons-from-the-hamilton-lab monthly 0.5 2025-06-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1feeda9c-e075-471a-ad3f-f96e54c35ba7/ray-hennessy--R64QTUiG3c-unsplash.jpg Blog - Slowing Down in a crisis: Lessons from the Hamilton Lab - Make it stand out Photo by Ray Hennessy on Unsplash Image of a tortoise walking https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/democracy-innovation monthly 0.5 2024-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/2eb18cd5-2480-40a7-ad91-33f6b4a77d2a/IMG_0821.jpg Blog - Remixing democracy and social innovation - Make it stand out At Democracy R&D: Where Tech Meets Talk: Can Deliberation and Technology Work Together? Panelists: Liz Barry, Dr. Angela Jain, Aviv Ovadya, Taylor Owen, and Kris Rose Moderated by: Peter MacLeod https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/4354f1de-d585-45de-a98f-526f9ba2b469/It+Depends.jpeg Blog - Remixing democracy and social innovation - Make it stand out The value proposition challenge: From the Unregulators series produced by Alex Ryan and Karen Perla. Illustrated by Alex Magnin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/cff99b6c-390f-4536-acf6-be85f301d74b/Screenshot+2024-09-30+at+7.26.48%E2%80%AFPM.jpg Blog - Remixing democracy and social innovation - Mosaic Lab Process The seven steps outlined here are experienced by the participants in a democracy deliberation process. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/7b00b0c7-575b-4d67-87ea-c89af618eff7/innovationspiral.width-1200.jpg Blog - Remixing democracy and social innovation - Make it stand out Innovation Spiral developed by Nesta. It has informed many lab processes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1727715457421-VNPI54U0EXH0H4FPIXG6/IMG_0827.jpeg Blog - Remixing democracy and social innovation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1727715118989-TGUJ1FZCNQUI2GUL90ZB/IMG_0868.jpeg Blog - Remixing democracy and social innovation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1727715118961-AY0Q7R7HZW8I0N8VG1Z3/IMG_0800.jpeg Blog - Remixing democracy and social innovation https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/pilotslookingreadyforscale monthly 0.5 2022-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1650039252643-J2RN8SN3EFKEMF1760SU/Link+Generations+Pilot+2 Blog - Caring Community Challenge pilots primed for growth - Make it stand out Link Generations Pilot 2 cohort https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1654001011248-TUT70SM419JCPDJMVMG7/Screen+Shot+2022-05-31+at+8.41.13+AM.png Blog - Caring Community Challenge pilots primed for growth - Make it stand out A selection of stories from www.ourneighboursstories.ca https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/what-caring-might-look-like-in-bathurst-and-finch monthly 0.5 2022-04-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1627312517767-9VUYXPZSRQJINZ4831TW/incredible+edible+1.jpg Blog - What caring could look like in Bathurst and Finch - Make it stand out An Incredible Edible garden in the United Kingdom https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/casting-the-net-wide-for-local-innovation monthly 0.5 2021-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1610058190538-IRW1J68TIMZWVE6GZE0O/serge-kutuzov-kIpe0YidEX4-unsplash.jpg Blog - Casting a global net for local innovation Photo by Serge Kutuzov (unsplash.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1611332488170-JQXOAKIIOFF7BLWYRKH5/WordItOut-word-cloud-4478749.png Blog - Casting a global net for local innovation https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/blog-post-four-89k8t monthly 0.5 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1595435868870-UOCZ8M3UZURTO4YGX4EN/Sorry+closed.jpg Blog - Jumping in while locking down Tim Mossholder/Unsplash) https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/blog-post-three-lxfxn monthly 0.5 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1595436250052-SQT3FOXVTWBJD1ACFGF7/Toronto+Love+Locks.jpg Blog - Connecting to cultivate caring communities Flickr: amber dawn pullin https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/blog-post-two-5sf8g monthly 0.5 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1595437149262-JQWHEAWKEL2OF89VNI50/image-asset.png Blog - Activating unrealized SDG potential in the Canadian venture ecosystem https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/blog-post-one-yb6r5 monthly 0.5 2020-07-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1595437465424-UX978M5A2TX4SMB6000N/Stanley+Cup.jpg Blog - Winning the Cup Wikimedia Commons https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/tag/inclusion monthly 0.5 https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/tag/belonging monthly 0.5 https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/tag/UpSocial monthly 0.5 https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/tag/caring monthly 0.5 https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/tag/design monthly 0.5 https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/tag/social+innovation monthly 0.5 https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/tag/community monthly 0.5 https://geraldinecahill.com/blog/tag/Toronto monthly 0.5 https://geraldinecahill.com/home daily 1.0 2026-07-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1200e778-8df8-48be-890e-7140a979abd9/rob-thompson-omUf5OUJxXc-unsplash.jpg Home - A whole-of-society approach to Canadian prosperity Currently, our innovation ecosystem is failing because it is structurally incomplete, insufficiently reliant on government, industry, and academia, and under-powered by the civic institutions closest to lived experience. If Canada is serious about its sovereignty, resilience, affordability, housing, climate, health, and democratic trust, civil society must be treated as a co-architect of national innovation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1595424448738-IW8IY88RVMIZAY9XBHBT/Samuel+Symposium+2019+.jpg Home - Project Guide and Facilitation Guiding projects with diverse stakeholders and shared resources can be a tricky endeavour. Keeping an eye on shared outcomes, while also staying awake to unpredicatble windows of opportunity is a must. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1595425401904-YR4BB06BMI1C3C0DQC85/SiG+books+at+Sunset.jpg Home - There’s power in story In the innovation ecosystem, there are a lot of words that get thrown around. How they land and in what order can mean the difference between engagement and disinterest - and ultimately impact. https://geraldinecahill.com/team daily 0.75 2024-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1595009046067-NJWBB0KQT5L1C2QPTGII/Geraldine%2BCahill_EKP6183.jpg Team - Geraldine Cahill (she/her) Director, UpSocial Canada Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/ce1b71a1-59bc-4dde-8fe1-a41b74c3698a/Jo+Reynolds+profile.jpg Team - Jo Reynolds (they/them) Social Projects Collaborator Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/861c6098-e9ef-4aa2-a947-dcf10c06bf97/Screenshot+2024-08-13+at+8.33.11%E2%80%AFAM.png Team - Global team UpSocial Canada works with UpSocial’s global office and is building a team of local collaborators to design and deliver impactful projects for your organization. https://geraldinecahill.com/upsocial-canada daily 0.75 2021-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1606940611628-C7VQGEN31QUKHC2OMTAN/podcast.jpg UpSocial Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1606940658537-PZ7UVTEKO72VUI6SFGES/innovation+site.png UpSocial Canada https://geraldinecahill.com/writing daily 0.75 2024-08-13 https://geraldinecahill.com/project-guidance daily 0.75 2024-08-13 https://geraldinecahill.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-01-03 https://geraldinecahill.com/upsocial-canada-1 daily 0.75 2024-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1606940611628-C7VQGEN31QUKHC2OMTAN/podcast.jpg UpSocial Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f11df38400813712f9b2bee/1606940658537-PZ7UVTEKO72VUI6SFGES/innovation+site.png UpSocial Canada