{"id":54765,"date":"2025-01-23T09:38:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T09:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=54765"},"modified":"2025-01-23T09:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T09:38:24","slug":"sirc-pioneering-social-innovation-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/sirc-pioneering-social-innovation-solutions\/54765\/","title":{"rendered":"SIRC: Pioneering social innovation solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Social innovation research is about developing and testing effective solutions to social and environmental problems.<\/h2>\n<p>Formed in July 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centennialcollege.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Centennial College\u2019s<\/a> Social Innovation Research Center (SIRC) leverages faculty expertise, student talent, and strong community partnerships to develop innovative solutions to complex social problems through leading-edge applied research projects and initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>SIRC is committed to partnering with the community and sharing the outcomes, findings, and learnings of its projects.<\/p>\n<p>SIRC expands and informs Centennial\u2019s social innovation research capacity and plays a critical role in the College\u2019s work to improve social conditions.<\/p>\n<p>One of the core functions of SIRC is to increase research literacy through ongoing training and workshops, enhancing the ability to better understand and improve social conditions and contribute to the learning goals of the College.<\/p>\n<p>SIRC reinforces Centennial\u2019s commitment to bringing together applied research, social innovation, community outreach and student opportunities to drive change, build capacity, and shape the activist college. 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href=\"https:\/\/centennialsirc.wordpress.com\/regents-park-virtual-reality-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Storytelling Potential of Virtual Reality<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.centennialcollege.ca\/applied-research-and-innovation-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More ARIES News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centennial College\u2019s Social Innovation Research Center develops and tests effective solutions to social and environmental problems. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":54766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23535],"tags":[24651],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>SIRC: Pioneering social innovation 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