We believe that organizations can do more than make good appearances. DECODE has distinct expertise helping organizations become meaningful participants in civil society. We have helped launch and contribute to a number of important initiatives:
VIA Enviro Expo
DECODE is helping VIA Rail design and implement a program that encourages young Canadians to combine art and science to address environmental issues. For more on the project, visit VIA Enviro Expo.
World Association of Newspapers Young Reader Strategy
DECODE is working with the World Association of Newspapers to understand the news consumption habits of young people around the world, to increase newspaper readership.
Bell Aliant
DECODE helped Bell Aliant refine and improve its community investment strategy programming to meet short and long-term social responsibility goals.
Youth Engagement Research
DECODE has conducted several studies on youth engagement issues in Canada, including Citizen Re:Generation (a major literature review of the National Survey of Giving, Volunteering and Participating), and Engage Canada (a large qualitative and quantitative research project that explored how young Canadians interact with civil society).
Centre for Social Innovation
Eric Meerkamper is the co-founder and Chair of the Board of the Centre for Social Innovation, a facility that houses 75 social mission organizations in Toronto.
Social Innovators Summit
DECODE is the founder and co-organizer of the Social Innovators Summit, which brings together leading thinkers from across the non-profit and social enterprise sector.
GoVote
DECODE supported a coalition of Canadian organizations devoted to increasing the turnout of young people in the 2006 Federal Election.
Creative Cities Project www.imagineatoronto.ca
DECODE partner Eric Meerkamper served on the leadership team for the Toronto Creative Cities Project, a project that brought together key leaders in Toronto's Social and cultural life to create strategies for building Toronto's creative economy.
DECODE staff are active board members of innovative social and cultural organizations including:
Street Kids International
Daily Bread Food Bank
Centre for Social Innovation
The Music Gallery
Youth Challenge International