Podcasts Government Pause S2:E20 - The pandemic has created incredible demonstrations of collaboration and innovation, but also highlighted a lot of inequity. Thoughts with Meredith Perich

S2:E20 - The pandemic has created incredible demonstrations of collaboration and innovation, but also highlighted a lot of inequity. Thoughts with Meredith Perich

Published: Sept. 15, 2020, 5:35 p.m.

b"In this episode, we have Meredith Perich joining us from Momentum. Momentum is a community economic development organization that uses economic approaches to alleviate poverty in Calgary. Meredith\\u2019s question is a two part question, two sides to one coin, one side being negative and the other being positive. One the one hand, the pandemic has created incredible demonstrations of collaboration and innovation, but on the other hand it's also highlighted a lot of inequity, where we\\u2019re seeing that our systems really aren't set up to support everyone.\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\nMore Into:\\n\\n\\nAbout Momentum: https://momentum.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIv7HE6sLf6wIVrx6tBh3gTQcjEAAYASAAEgJYUPD_BwE\\n\\n\\n\\xa0\\n\\n\\xa0\\nThis episode was produced by Alberta Social Innovation Connect. You can learn more about our network, find our newsletter, get inspired by and connected to other Albertan changemakers by visiting our website: www.absiconnect.ca (http://www.absiconnect.ca). We\\u2019d also love to feature your big question on a future episode! Find us at absiconnect.ca/get-involved (http://absiconnect.ca/get-involved) for more information on how to be a guest.\\nThank you to the students of The Virtual School Project for the land acknowledgments. For more information on the Virtual School Project you can contact Julia Dalman at julia.dalman@epsb.ca.\\nWe\\u2019d like to thank our funding partner the Suncor Energy Foundation, producer and editor Elise Martinoski of ABSI Connect, and theme music creator Eily Aurora."