Élisabeth-Bruyère School Of

Social Innovation

Are you someone who is engaged and likes action?
Do you want to do your part to change the world?
Are you looking for a university experience – the only one of its kind in Canada – that is geared to transforming society?

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By registering in the Élisabeth-Bruyère School of Social Innovation, you automatically become a member of the Mauril-Bélanger Social Innovation Workshop!

Studying social innovation is about :

  1. Developing solutions to social problems in various sectors (housing, health, the fight against poverty, exclusion and discrimination)
  2. Mastering tools and methods that make organizations more democraticand more just.
  3. Examining different forms of collective action from the perspective of the human sciences and management.

PROGRAMS
  • Certificate in Social Innovation
  • Honours B.A. in Social Innovation
  • G.D. in Social Organizations Development
  • M.A. in Social Innovation
  • Ph.D. in Social Innovation

SOME COURSES IN THIS AREA OF STUDY
  • Management, Administration and Social Innovation
  • Anti-Racist and Anti-Colonial Movements
  • Ecology and Environmental Justice
  • Mobilization, Framing and Communication
SKILLS
  • Understand a social problem that neither the state nor the market can address on its own, suggest a concrete solution and test the proposed solution on the ground
  • Launch the project, track it and measure the results
  • Design, implement and conclude your own social innovation project
CAREERS
  • Self-employed by a personal project
  • Director of a not-for-profit organization
  • Project manager
  • Community organizer

At SPU, I was able to put my knowledge to good use and also practice what I was learning. In my social innovation program, my relationship with my professors didn’t stop in the classroom, but thanks to the innovation workshop (Atelier), I was able to get their support in carrying out my projects.

Vanessa Murengera

Student, Honours B.A. in Social Innovation

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