Rhea Kachroo (She/Her) Email & Phone Number

Edmonton, AB, CA

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

As a designer, I work on a variety of projects with partners and clients focused on supporting better systemic design, human-centered processes, and innovation.

I work at the Social Innovation Institute at MacEwan and primarily support the RECOVER initiative through the City of Edmonton. RECOVER Urban Wellbeing is an approach to improving urban wellness in amiskwacîwâskahikan, within Treaty 6 Territory; on the patch of land commonly known as Edmonton, Alberta. RECOVER is working to address long-standing systemic.

I helped establish and lead the work of the Affordable Housing Solutions Lab at MacEwan University. The Affordable Housing Solutions Lab is an innovation lab working with community and housing stakeholders to co-create effective affordable housing solutions to meet the needs of diverse individuals and families in Edmonton.

As a member of the Innovate Calgary team, I support outreach, business assessment, licensing and commercialization strategies for technology and innovations derived from clinical and community-engaged research. This position supports UCalgary students and faculty to create scalable social impact, guiding them through the entrepreneurial process and.

This is a three-month contract to support the development of a 'playbook' that can assist researchers in moving their research and evidence into social action within the community using social innovation, human-centered design, and start-up frameworks. This role also includes supporting other innovation initiatives as needed and providing input into the.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

• Support in the development of two promising housing and support models for people with developmental disabilities
• Facilitate community and lab sessions and create learning and sense-making experiences in the community
• Prototype and test interventions

I worked within Family and Community Services in the Community and Social Innovation Branch. I helped support development of strategies, concepts, ideas, and engagements to complex social issues in Strathcona County and supported the achievement of the Social Framework outcomes. My duties included: - project management for large, concurrent initiatives.

As a Policy and Project Analyst for the Government of Alberta, I worked to support my department through: - Reviewing research proposals and granting researchers access to clients, staff, and or resources - Conducting current state analyses on adoption, foster care, and child welfare systems and practices in Canada - Completing literature reviews on.

University Of Alberta

As Social Innovation Action Researcher my tasks included: - conducting research connecting with the social innovation movement that embeds Skills society work within networks both local and international - working to develop a social innovation tool kit for the Shift Lab (www.edmontonshiftlab.ca)- working with the lab team to schedule and organize.

As program coordinator, I was responsible for running all aspects of our programming. I managed our social media and website, built a network of youth supporting organizations, created and managed all grants and applications, oversaw volunteers, and supported the executive director as needed. I was responsible for creating and running a program for at-risk.

University Of Alberta

As the Student Coordinator for the Summer Research Program I worked with the WISEST Coordinator in planning, delivering and evaluating the WISEST Summer Research Program at the University of Alberta. The Summer Research Program took place from July 3rd to August 14th with Grade 11 students who placed in research labs at the U of A.

University Of Alberta

I was the Student Coordinator for the Choices program run by WISEST. Choices is a two-day conference that brings in over 300 grade-6 girls and exposes them to science, engineering, technology, and math fields. As the student coordinator, I helped organize and run the conference.