Alberta resilient communities project - Youth, innovation and resilience

The ResiliencebyDesign (RbD) Research Lab at Royal Roads University is working with youth in flood affected communities in Southern Alberta to explore their experiences of disaster recovery and their creative ideas for... [ view full abstract ]

The ResiliencebyDesign (RbD) Research Lab at Royal Roads University is working with youth in flood affected communities in Southern Alberta to explore their experiences of disaster recovery and their creative ideas for building greater resilience in their communities. As part of the Alberta Resilient Communities project team, the RbD is engaging young people from Calgary, High River, and the Foothills region in a youth-friendly Social Innovation process that is simultaneously building skills in community based research and design thinking while also generating data regarding their disaster recovery experiences and perspectives on community resilience. As part of this work, youth have been participating in the co-design and piloting of an RRU Continuing Studies Certificate in Resilience Innovation Skills. This session will introduce the work that the RbD is doing with youth, share some youth-generated digital and visual stories, and some of the early findings regarding youth perspectives on disaster recovery, place-based resilience, and climate change adaptation. This study is part of the larger “Alberta Resilient Communities Project” conducted as a collaborative research program with Dr. Julie Drolet (University of Calgary), Dr. Robin Cox (Royal Roads University), and Dr. Caroline McDonald-Harker (Mount Royal University), and funded by Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions CRIO Grant.