Edmonton Shift Lab
The Edmonton Shift Lab is an action-oriented exploration of anti-racism in the city that ran from 2015 to 2020. The Lab is a partnership between the Edmonton Community Foundation and the Skills Society Action Lab, building on existing work focused on anti-racism in Edmonton and beyond. This work is approached through a Social Innovation lab model, which supports community-based prototyping and the testing of pathways that aim to create behavioural change. As of April 2020, two cycles of the Shift Lab have been completed, commonly referred to as Shift Lab 1.0 and 2.0. Several of the prototype teams that emerged from these cycles have continued their work beyond the Lab
Lab Location: Treaty 6, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Organizations Associated:
Key Leaders & Lab Stewards:
Ashley Dryburgh, Lab Design and Steward
Sameer Singh, Lab Design and Steward
Jodi Stonehouse, Lab Design and Steward
Aleeya Velji, Lab Design, Steward and Coordination
Ben Weinlick, Lab Design and Steward
HMW/Challenge the lab is trying to address
Shift Lab 1.0: How might we develop potential service, policy, system and community action prototypes that aimed at helping reduce racism as it contributes to poverty?
Shift Lab 2.0: How might we create better anti-racism interventions that acknowledge everyone’s humanity and create behaviour change?
How might we reimagine what is means to be a treaty person?
How might we create an interactive empathy experience that strives to reduce racist behaviour over time?
How might we create encouraging pathways that help potential allies foe racial justice overcome white fragility?
How might we design intervention(s) that deescalate public displays of overt racist behaviour?
What Made it Successful
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Outputs & Impact
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No Poverty
Good Health and Well-being
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Reduced Inequalities
Sustainable Cities and Communities
Partnerships for the Goals