Policy Innovation Platform

NOTEPlease be aware that the content in this presentation are still in draft and are intended for discussion purposes only.

Imagine that you are a…

…Looking to contribute to the public good with innovative ideas that can achieve desirable policy

outcomes.

Recognition that governments must be more agile and innovative in light of immense pressures to deliver more with less.

They are looking to collaborate externally with partners to achieve desirable policy outcomes.

What can this look

like @Ryerson?

•Ryerson works with governments to find a policy challenge to address.

Problem Finding

•Ryerson’s Policy Innovation Platform curates a process for participants to solve the designated policy challenge and generate ideas.

Ideation•Select ideas are chosen

to be incubated to be developed and receive support through Zone Learning to develop the idea

Incubation

•Developed ideas are taken back to the government and evaluated to be considered for implementation.

Implementation

Multi-disciplinary

teams

We can own the

risk

We can be neutral

conveners

We have the assets

to take ideas far

Diversity

Institute

DMZ

Privacy

and

Big Data

Transmedia

Zone

Fashion

Zone

Design

Fabrication

Zone

Social

Ventures

Zone

POLICY INNOVATION

PLATFORM

City Building

Institute

Cloud & Context

Aware Computing

Urban Water

Biomedical

Engineering,

Science & Tech

Brookfield

Institute for Innovation

and Entrepreneurship

Global Health

and Health Equity

Launch Zone

iBoost

Biomedical

Zone

Centre

For Urban

Energy

Legal

Innovation

Zone

Ryerson Assets

Zone Learning

CEDZ100Year round experiential

and work integrated

course offering

Pioneering approach to entrepreneurial education that enables multidisciplinary student-led teams to take and develop their ideas into tangible products/services

Best PracticesNumber of governments collaborating

with post-secondary

institutions to tackle policy challenges

Where are we at?

Partnering with the Ontario Public Service to use the Policy Innovation

Platform at Ryerson to solve provincial policy

challenges

In discussions with the City of Toronto

to use the Policy Innovation Platform at

Ryerson to solve urban policy

challenges

“How can we accelerate dialogue on accessibility with the goal of helping to shift attitudes and

change behavior?”

1st Challenge

The Asks

Facilitator Role

Participant Role

Key Dates

October 23October 26November 2

November 5/6

Mentorship Role

Contact Andrew DoPolicy AdvisorAndrew.do@Ryerson.ca

Annalise Huynh Policy AssistantAnnalise.huynh@Ryerson.ca

Parvinder SachdevaResearch and Projects OfficerParvinder.sachdeva@Ryerson.ca

Credits

• Joseph Wilson from Noun Project

• Colour Block from Noun Project