The Maison de l’innovation sociale Selects 20 Projects to Meet Montréal’s Major Societal Challenges

As part of the From Idea to Impact web series, the Maison de l’innovation sociale (MIS) sat down with four leaders who are changing the world—at their own scale, and…

Entering the job market on a long-term basis can be particularly challenging for people living with a disability. From prejudice to physical barriers to the nature of the job itself,…

“As we begin this New Year, I would like to wish our entire community hope and dialogue.

The Civic Incubator of the Maison de l’innovation sociale (MIS) welcomes its new cohort of 20 projects with social and environmental impact

The potential realization of a positive-impact project idea—one that has long been brewing in the back of their minds—has motivated over one hundred change-makers to join the MIS Civic Incubator.

“Thanks to our project, young people will be able to create links between themselves and their peers. They will become actors in their neighborhoods and ambassadors for bike culture in…

One in four Montréalers is an immigrant, according to Statistics Canada. The city is home to over 120 cultural communities from all five continents.

If there’s a season that disproportionately affects Québeckers—a season with which we have an ambivalent relationship—it’s winter.

The province’s gardening enthusiasts have taken over backyards, front yards, balconies, and ruelles—so much so that there is now an urgent need for cultivable space.

Many individuals and institutions have already begun contributing to the socio-ecological transition in their own sectors. Instead of working in silos, what if we accelerated change by bringing together this…

After nearly seven years at the head of the Maison de l’innovation sociale (MIS), Patrick Dubé had the pleasure of officially passing the torch this morning.

Transforming abandoned silos on the banks of the Lachine Canal into a community-based living environment: this is the vision of a collective from Montreal’s Sud-Ouest borough for a disused Canada…