2025 PIL: Culture and Commemoration

The 2025 Policy Innovation Lab is underway, for its second iteration.  This year’s topic is Culture and Commemoration. Jordan Hanas, Aliya Jansen and Taryn Lachman (Summer Interns with the City of Lethbridge & Prentice Institute) have been attending presentations and panels on the topic and working to support the City with the implementation of the 2024 Civic Culture Plan, which aims to promote Lethbridge as a vibrant intercultural hub that reflects the contributions and experiences of its increasingly diverse population. 

This year the PIL has the patronage of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO (CCUNESCO); this gives an important recognition to the space that the Policy Innovation Lab creates to engage youth in the urban policy making process and of the potential for transformational impact of this unique experiential learning opportunity. The City and Institute acknowledge the contributions of Commission Programme Officers Barbara Filion (Culture) and Claire-Anse Saint-Eloi (Social and Human Sciences), and Youth Advisory Group member Deanna Galati for the generosity of their time. Perry Stein (Partner Services Manager at the City and Research Affiliate II at the PI) and Jillian Bracken (the City’s Community Arts and Culture Manager) are the PIL Co-Hosts at the City; Andrea Cuéllar (PI Associate Director) is collaborating as PI Academic Partner.