Design for People

Technology

A partnership with universities to build capstone design teams.

About Initiative

We partner with universities to build capstone design teams. Public and private sector partners will guide these teams. Emphasizing empathic approaches to design decisions enables students to understand better the essence of reality and relationships in rural communities. By capturing contextual data and translating it into insights augmented by communities’ principles and decisions, they start to solve problems from communities’ value systems. Design for people is a concrete way for students to consider the implications of their design from the perspectives of communities and diverse stakeholders and beyond the university accreditation requirement.

How we accelerate transformation of the ideas into impact

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Case Studies 6 and 7

Bridging the Gap

Completing the Circle

Operators Walkthrough Lab App

A next-gen training platform designed to convey a real-world understanding of drinking water disinfection approaches for these communities.

Related Initiatives

Our Programs

Anchor Centres

We aim to engage 15 Indigenous “anchor” communities from different regions selected based on their water health challenges, willingness and ability to participate, and willingness to become ambassadors for the Community Circle process to nearby communities. Anchor Centres are frontline innovation platforms for first-hand experience utilizing our strategic co-innovation model and a source of information, opinion, and support for nearby communities that might share similar challenges (who will then be encouraged to participate in Community Circle’s projects and activities, amplifying the model/knowledge assets throughout each region.

Braiding Knowledge Systems

Empowering Indigenous communities through youth engagement and technology adoption to address social, economic and environmental challenges.

Operators' Walkthrough Lab

A next-gen training platform designed for real-world understanding of drinking water disinfection approaches, including system design and operation, as well as a fundamental understanding of the importance of clean water to community health and quality of life.

Support Water Health

You can help increase access to clean, safe water in Indigenous and rural communities. Consider becoming a Community Circle partner or investor to increase the impact and scope of our work.