Everyone is a leader
Our Vision
The Waterloo Region will be an oasis of wonder and possibility for children of all ages and abilities
Mission
We want to create the best community in Canada for Children & Youth
Model of Change
We actively seek out and engage communities and individuals furthest from the opportunity
Welcome to
Smart Waterloo Region Innovation Lab
As you navigate our website, I hope you learn more about the cool things we are doing to make Waterloo Region the best community for children and youth. During the last year we have launched numerous pilots that have directly impacted over 500 hundred children and youth. We are helping to foster innovation and problem solving to transform the Waterloo Region into the best community for Children & Youth.
In all my work, I can say that the only true sustainable competitive advantage is Compassion. Innovation - or complex problem solving - is one of the most efficient mediums I know of to unlock the Compassion-state in all of us. If we want a better world, we need to raise and empower more compassionate Children & Youth and unlock and enhance their natural ability to be innovative and compassionate.
Do you want to innovate with us?
Let’s build a new future together!
Our team
The awesome people who make all this possible
Grayson Bass
I lead the lab and empower the team to do amazing things. I also water plants and clean up 'disruption' messes.
Saba Oji
Interpreting big data.
Jahmeeks Beckford
I'm responsible for youth engagement and youth partnership
Jeff Ni
Creating a chat bot that can communicate with everyday human language.
Junshi Li
Creating a software that can communicate with everyday human language.
Cam Carmichael
Integrating hyper ledger with decentralized databases.
Abdul Rahin
Integrating the hyper ledger suite with react native and graphQL.
Jade Giardino
Developing meaningful and empowering programming opportunities for youth
Ashleigh-Ann Moyo
Creating and maintaining spaces that contribute to the positive well-being of others.
Mei Dang
Exploring ideas and experiments
Sriranjini Raman
Coordinating community garden projects
Friendly Faces
Team members who are involved in specific projects
I manage innovation pilots and conduct research for economic development strategies.
Working on all aspects of the design process, from research and ideation, to creative conceptualisation and design.
I'm part of the effort to create a decentralized replicable modular network of networks. I'm also in charge of finding security loopholes in the system.
I build new software architectures, and innovate for systems change.
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