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ISIRC 2025

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Sept 3-5, 2025
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

International Social Innovation Research Conference 2025

We invite you to attend the 17th International Social Innovation Research Conference (ISIRC) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ISIRC is organized by the Social Innovation Initiative within the Office of the Vice-President (Research) Office and held at the University of Calgary from September 3-5, 2025. 

ISIRC brings together academic researchers, policy makers, and practitioners from diverse fields interested in advancing social innovation and entrepreneurship from across disciplines. Join us to share learnings, best-practice, and to initiate new discussions to develop solutions to the multiple grand challenges we face.

Who should attend?

Academia

Researchers, scholars, educators

Policy makers

Government, industry, community

Community

Social serving agencies, foundations, organizations

Social Impact Entrepreneurs

Social enterprise, non-profit organizations

Innovators

Social impact creators (technology, education, social service)

Social Impact Accelerators

Program and service leads, knowledge mobilization agents


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Hosted by the University of Calgary's Social Innovation Initiative within the Office of the Vice-President (Research) in collaboration with the Hunter Hub for Entrepreneurial Thinking, the Social Innovation Hub, Knowledge to Impact, and others.

The University of Calgary, located in the heart of Southern Alberta, both acknowledges and pays tribute to the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7, which include the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations). The City of Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta (Districts 5 and 6).

The University of Calgary is situated on land Northwest of where the Bow River meets the Elbow River, a site traditionally known as Moh’kins’tsis to the Blackfoot, Wîchîspa to the Stoney Nakoda, and Guts’ists’i to the Tsuut’ina. On this land and in this place we strive to learn together, walk together, and grow together “in a good way.”