BRIEF / Future City Builders is an immersive Evergreen initiative for youth to effect positive change in their communities BY DESIGNING AND POTENTIALLY PILOTING A CONCRETE SOLUTION THAT focused on Healthy Cities, equipping us to lead innovative solutions that address the systemic barriers facing Canadian communities. SUCCESSFUL TEAM WON SEED GRANT OF $5,000 CAD.
Clients: Future City Builders 2021 Judges
Timeline: 4 Months
Role: Design Researcher, Interviewer, Service Designer, Prototyper, Wire-framer.
Collaborators: Taylor Gadjos + Kleo Hayward + Jen Yao
Outcome: Digital Service Design
2-1-1 Edmonton: 1 in 5 calls for basic needs was about food.
13.8% of Edmonton residents are food insecure.
COMMUNITY CONNECTORS
Through the program we were able to MEANINGFULLY connect with communITY stakeholders AND INSIGHT.
University of Alberta's Campus Food Bank
Multicultural health brokers co-operative
leftovers foundation
city of edmonton youth council
Edmonton Mennonite Centre for Newcomers
Converse and Cook
TARGET AUDIENCE
NEW TO EDMONTON
PEOPLE WHO'VE LIVED HERE FOR A LONG TIME
LANGUAGE barriers or financial restraints
unfamiliar with edmonton's food programs
people living in food desserts
" i have often had to eat non-hjala meat based food because i did
Not know where i could find hala products." - student from bangladesh
ana
recent immigrant/new to edmonton
working mom and mother of two
spouse and family live overseas
money is tight
GUIDING DESIGN QUESTION:
" How might we CONNECT EDMONTON'S CULTURALLY DIVERSE COMMUNITY EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD PROGRAMMING AND RESOURCES? "
OUR SOLUTION
LOW BARRIER
Google Maps and Calendar is part of many of our smartphones and does not require downloading a separate app.
LANGUAGE
When a Google account is connected to Google Maps, the language will default to user's preferred language.
PRINTOUTS
Printouts are available for those without smartphones.
