Stream 7

Chairs: Katherine McGowan (Mount Royal University, Canada), Latasha Calf Robe (Mount Royal University, Canada)

Description: 
Social innovation through collaborative co-learning and meaningful consultation with stakeholders raises opportunities for decolonization and different ways of knowing to transform and renew ways of being, knowing, connecting, and doing together in a good way. This stream points to natural law and inter-connectedness of individuals, groups, and their environment. Social innovation approaches may deconstruct boundaries and dismantle colonial logics enabling greater focus on (1) large complex societal challenges, (2) contributions of diverse disciplines, and (3) disrupting assumptions of who holds agency. This stream will be attractive to those engaging in research on decolonization.