Projects

Mar 14, 2022

In col­lab­o­ra­tion with Sphère­Lab and Antès, the Cité-ID Liv­ing Lab is sup­port­ing the Quarti­er des Spec­ta­cles Part­ner­ship (PQDS) in its strate­gic plan­ning process, with the goal of anchor­ing the organization’s choic­es and vision in sci­en­tif­ic evi­dence. Our approach com­bines a busi­ness design per­spec­tive, which makes it pos­si­ble to trans­form an idea into a viable prod­uct over the long-term, and the co-pro­duc­tion of pub­lic ser­vices that pri­or­i­tizes citizen-users.

Dec 13, 2021

Les inon­da­tions et leur ges­tion sus­ci­tent de nom­breux événe­ments stres­sants pour les sin­istrés lors de la péri­ode du rétab­lisse­ment, tels que l’insécurité finan­cière et la dif­fi­culté de com­pos­er avec la com­plex­ité des démarch­es à entre­pren­dre. Ces stresseurs sec­ondaires entraî­nent des con­séquences sur la san­té des sin­istrés ain­si que des coûts soci­aux et économiques pour la société.

Oct 4, 2021

To recov­er from a cri­sis, cities, like oth­er lev­els of gov­ern­ment, typ­i­cal­ly need to deploy extra­or­di­nary mea­sures, adopt col­lec­tive approach­es, break down inter­nal silos, and strength­en coor­di­na­tion capa­bil­i­ties. But how are these new prac­tices put in place, and how can they sub­se­quent­ly be used to address oth­er major chal­lenges fac­ing communities?

Oct 4, 2021

When faced with the social and eco­nom­ic chal­lenges of a pub­lic health cri­sis like COVID-19, com­mu­ni­ty orga­ni­za­tions can play a key role in address­ing pop­u­la­tion needs and fos­ter­ing com­mu­ni­ty resilience. But how can these net­works be sup­port­ed so they gen­er­ate the most rel­e­vant impacts and lessons?

Apr 17, 2021

The costs of flood dam­age in Cana­da are high and are like­ly to increase with cli­mate change. Cité-ID Liv­ingLab is work­ing with researchers on a com­par­a­tive study of local and region­al gov­er­nance of flood risk man­age­ment in Canada. 

Apr 17, 2021

The COVID-19 pan­dem­ic has high­light­ed the impor­tance of dig­i­tiz­ing gov­ern­ment infor­ma­tion and com­mu­ni­ca­tion sys­tems, as well as the chal­lenges this involves. At the start of the pan­dem­ic, many health author­i­ties still depend­ed on paper-based process­es, man­u­al entry and trans­mis­sion by fax. They were forced to adapt and change their prac­tices very quickly.

Apr 17, 2021

The quan­ti­ty and qual­i­ty of social ties are a cru­cial fac­tor in the abil­i­ty of cit­i­zens and com­mu­ni­ties to recov­er from a dis­as­ter. In the con­text of the Covid-19 pan­dem­ic and pub­lic health guide­lines regard­ing phys­i­cal dis­tanc­ing, social bonds are now even more like­ly to influ­ence post-cri­sis recov­ery. Changes in social ties due to the pan­dem­ic can also have neg­a­tive con­se­quences on resources nor­mal­ly acces­si­ble to indi­vid­u­als in times of crisis. 

Oct 1, 2020

Since May 2020, Cité-ID has part­nered with the Lab­o­ra­toire d’innovation civique pour l’expérimentation régle­men­taire (LICER, or the Civic inno­va­tion lab­o­ra­to­ry for reg­u­la­to­ry exper­i­men­ta­tion). Ini­ti­at­ed as part of Mon­tréal en com­mun (for­mer­ly the City of Montréal’s Smart City Chal­lenge), the LICER is a col­lec­tive project led by the Mai­son de l’innovation sociale (MIS) to remove reg­u­la­to­ry bar­ri­ers that can hin­der inno­va­tion at munic­i­pal and local levels.

Nov 5, 2019

The team at Cité-ID joins the Inter­na­tion­al Joint Com­mis­sion to study the caus­es, impacts and reper­cus­sions of flood­ing in the water­shed of Lake Cham­plain and the Riche­lieu Riv­er and look at solutions