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Innovation labs are based on the idea that the competencies and mindsets needed for systematic innovation are not the same as those required for stable, daily operations and service delivery at the front line. Innovation labs seek to provide approaches, skills, models and tools beyond what most trained civil servants usually possess. This may call for the creation of dedicated ‘safe’ spaces and opportunities for collaboration on innovation across units, departments and sectors to assist the exploration phase of innovation. Labs typically involve key stakeholders, including end users such as citizens and businesses, in a process of co-creation. For governments this means crafting new solutions with people and not just for them.  

Innovation labs are based on the idea that the competencies and mindsets needed for systematic innovation are not the same as those required for stable, daily operations and service delivery at the front line. Innovation labs seek to provide approaches, skills, models and tools beyond what most trained civil servants usually possess. This may call for the creation of dedicated ‘safe’ spaces and opportunities for collaboration on innovation across units, departments and sectors to assist the exploration phase of innovation. Labs typically involve key stakeholders, including end users such as citizens and businesses, in a process of co-creation. For governments this means crafting new solutions with people and not just for them.  

With innovation labs, the hope is that the establishment of dedicated, cross-cutting organisational structures can strike a blow at vested interests, power plays, and organisational infighting. Labs do so by being permanent structures with a mission to temporarily unfreeze organisational embedded practices. ([http://www.innovation.cc/scholarly-style/christian_bason_v17i1a4.pdf Powering Collaborative Policy Innovation: Can Innovation Labs Help? 2012].)

With innovation labs, the hope is that the establishment of dedicated, cross-cutting organizational structures can strike a blow at vested interests, power plays, and organizational infighting. Labs do so by being permanent structures with a mission to temporarily unfreeze organizational embedded practices. ([http://www.innovation.cc/scholarly-style/christian_bason_v17i1a4.pdf Powering Collaborative Policy Innovation: Can Innovation Labs Help? 2012].)

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*Updates and activities happening within the Government of Canada Innovation Hubs and Labs community can be found on [https://gccollab.ca/groups/profile/1268187/engovernment-of-canada-innovation-hubs-and-labsfrhubs-et-labos-dinnovation-du-gouvernement-du-Canada GCcollab]  

*Updates and activities happening within the Government of Canada Innovation Hubs and Labs community can be found on [https://gccollab.ca/groups/profile/1268187/engovernment-of-canada-innovation-hubs-and-labsfrhubs-et-labos-dinnovation-du-gouvernement-du-Canada GCcollab]  

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!Department

!Name of Hub/Lab/Team

!Name of Group

!Contact(s)

!Contact(s) [name-title-email]

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|Canada Revenue Agency

|Canada Revenue Agency

|Accelerated Business Solutions Lab

|Research and Innovation Lab

|tracey.snow@cra-arc.gc.ca; Andre.Patry@cra-arc.gc.ca; @AGPatry; Adrian.Senn@cra-arc.gc.ca; @adrian_m_senn

|Natasja Mackwood, Policy Analyst - natasja.mackwood@cra-arc.gc.ca

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|Canada School of Public Service

|Canada School of Public Service

|Design & Learning Lab

|Learning Lab

|Kony.Trudel@canada.ca

|raymond.violette@canada.ca + kony.trudel@canada.ca

|William Murray, Manager - DFO.CCGInnovationGCC.MPO@dfo-mpo.gc.ca

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|Canadian Food Inspection Agency

|Canadian Food Inspection Agency

|Creative Marketplace Lab on Data, Skills and Technology

|Business Implementation Support and Integration Division (BISI)

|ian.dahlman@canada.ca

|CFIA-innov-ACIA@canada.ca

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|Canadian Food Inspection Agency

|Canadian Food Inspection Agency

|Data Analytics and Modelling (DAM) team

|Data Analytics and Modelling team

|jae-jin.ryu@canada.ca

|Joanna Grenon, A/Director - joanna.grenon@canada.ca

+ jae-jin.ryu@canada.ca

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|Canadian Food Inspection Agency

|Canadian Heritage

|Innovation and Idea Zone (the i-Zone); the Agency's innovation hub

|Creative Marketplace Lab on Data, Skills and Technology

|<nowiki>CFIA-innov-ACIA@canada.ca | CFIA i-Zone/ Zone-i ACIA on GCconnex & GCcollab</nowiki>

|Drew Olsen, Director - drew.olsen@canada.ca

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|Canadian Heritage

|Canadian Heritage

|PCH Innovation Lab

|PCH Innovation Lab

|Robin.Kilroy@canada.ca

|robin.kilroy@canada.ca

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|Développement économique Canada

|Développement économique Canada

|Elections Canada

|Elections Canada

|Elections Canada Innovation team

|Elections Canada Innovation team

|Jessica.Schultz@elections.ca; margy.vilé@elections.ca

|jessica.schultz@elections.ca + margy.vilé@elections.ca + [Michel Roussel - email]

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|Environment and Climate Change Canada

|Environment and Climate Change Canada

|Innovation and Youth Engagement Division

|Innovation and Youth Engagement Division

|Sunny Uppal, Director - sunny.uppal@canada.ca

|Holly Palen; holly.palen@ec.gc.ca @holly_palen

 

 

|Joseph Dixon, Manager, Follow-Up and Strategic Engagement (FUSE) Team  / Co-founder, Innovation & Change Network - joseph.dixon@fintrac-canafe.gc.ca

ec.innovation_eccc.ec@canada.ca

 

 

danny.lepage@canada.ca

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|Health Canada/PHAC

|Health Canada/PHAC

|i.HUB Health Canada/PHAC

|iHUB

|hc.ihub.sc@canada.ca @ihubhcsc

|Hc.ihub.sc@canada.ca + jenni.bennett-gilmour@tpsgc-gwgsc.ca

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|Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada

|Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada

|Innovation Zone (Office of the Chief Transformation Officer)

|Innovation Zone (Office of the Chief Transformation Officer)

|TPSGC.dgsizoneinnovation-isbinnovationzone.PWGSC@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

|TPSGC.dgsizoneinnovation-isbinnovationzone.PWGSC@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

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|Quebec Federal Council

|Quebec Federal Council

|simon.morin@canada.ca

|simon.morin@canada.ca

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|Transport Canada

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|Innovation Centre

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|TC.Innovationcentre-centredinnovation.TC@tc.gc.ca

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|Transport Canada

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|Service Innovation Centre of Excellence

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|irwin.bess@tc.gc.ca

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|Treasury Board Secretariat

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|Canadian Digital Service

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|cds-snc@tbs-sct.gc.ca

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|Treasury Board Secretariat

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|Centre for Regulatory Innovation

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|cri-cir@tbs-sct.gc.ca

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|Veteran's Affairs Canada

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|VAC Innovation Hub

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|Elizabeth Douglas, Director General, Innovation, Strategic Oversight and Communications - elizabeth.douglas@veterans.gc.ca

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