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Social Innovation Defined

Social innovation refers to new ideas and approaches to resolve social challenges, such as historic and current disadvantage for underrepresented populations, creating new opportunities that lead to equitable outcomes. To be considered to be a social innovation, an initiative must make lasting changes to the perceptions, behaviours and structures that previously gave rise to these challenges, strengthening individuals and communities.

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What is Equity?

What is Diversity?

What is Inclusion?

What is Institutional Diversity?

What is Fairness and Equitable Treatment?

What is Disruption?

What is Respect?

What is Civility?

What is Multiculturalism?

What is Social Innovation?

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Lexicon

Principles and Definitions*

Equity

Diversity

Inclusion

Institutional Diversity

Fairness and Equitable Treatment

Disruption

Respect

Civility

Multicultural

Social Innovation

 

*Note: Several of the definitions were cited from the Access Ryerson Accessibility Overview document at Ryerson University.  Download this PDF document for the complete list of Foundational Principles and Values.

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What is Equity?

What is Diversity?

What is Inclusion?

What is Institutional Diversity?

What is Fairness and Equitable Treatment?

What is Disruption?

What is Respect?

What is Civility?

What is Multiculturalism?

What is Social Innovation?

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Leveraging New Media as Social Capital for Diversity Officers: How Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Professionals Can Use Social Media to Foster Equality (Chapter 6: Pages 113-141)

By Kindra Cotton, Denise O’Neil Green,
Sarah Alice Beckman, Ali Hussain,
Angelo Robb, and Matthew D. Green
 



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