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New this term, University of ��ݮ��Ƶ graduate students will discuss their complex systems work during a monthly seminar. Join us for a 20 minute talk, followed by a 20-minute discussion and feedback opportunity. Afterwards, everyone who is able is welcome to meet at the Graduate House for food and socializing from 6 p.m. onward. 

This month, Jude H. Kurniawan talks about 'Visualizing different perspectives of energy scenarios' on Thursday, May 16 from 4:30-5:30 in EV3 3401. We hope to see you there!

We are excited to announce that a Dr. Rik Logtenburg will be joining us for a special event you won't want to miss!  Register online to stay updated.

���Workshop: The Futures We Can Build: Coordinating Complexity Across Canada

📅 Date: June 26, 2025

🕒 Time: 2:30 pm

📍Location: United College of University of ��ݮ��Ƶ, Room 164 (Greenhouse)  |  190 Westmount Road N. , ��ݮ��Ƶ, ON | (formerly St. Paul's College)

Stay tuned for more details soon—mark your calendars now!

Canada is at a crossroads—facing simultaneous crises in climate resilience, economic productivity, housing affordability, and institutional effectiveness. Traditional approaches often fragment efforts, limiting their impact.

How can we coordinate complexity, scale effective solutions, and catalyze systemic innovation across sectors, scales, and communities?

Join Rik Logtenberg, Director of CanAdapt, for an inspiring talk and interactive workshop demonstrating how complexity science, AI, and community-led systems thinking can accelerate Canada’s transition.

In this session, you’ll:

• Learn how practical tools—systems mapping, adaptive governance frameworks, and AI-powered decision-support platforms—transform isolated efforts into coordinated action.
• Engage in hands-on mapping exercises and collaborative discussions.
• Identify leverage points and actionable pathways to scale resilient infrastructure and innovative governance.

Leave empowered, connected, and ready to build the shared futures Canada urgently needs.

WICI Speaker Series with James Shelley on Monday March 17 from 3 - 4:30

Ira Allen, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Writing, and Digital Media Studies at Northern Arizona University, discusses how "witnessing" offers a democratic way to navigate societal collapse as the infrastructures of our lifeworld decomplexify while individual efforts to understand that world increase in complexity. ​

WICI Speaker Series and Social presents Jerome Warren on Cooperative Economics and Management at Together We're Bitter Cooperative Brewing (Kitchener, Ontario) on Sunday, October 27

WICI Speaker Series event with Dr. Enayat Moallemi: Embracing Complexity in Sustainability Transitions

WICI Speaker Series with Thomas Bury: Critical Transitions in Cardiac Systems

Thursday, May 2, 2024

12:30 p.m.

WICI Director Dr. Sean Geobey and his research team share how their work with the Investment Readiness Program, in partnership with Canadian Community Economic Development Network (CCEDNet), connects with social finance and community-wealth building.

Dr. Robert L. Axtell, Professor of Computational Social Science at George Mason University, illustrates how a ‘complexity economics’ approach using large-scale agent-based computing methodology offers novel insights unavailable from conventional rational expectations equilibrium models.

WICI Director Dr. Sean Geobey brings community leaders Naudia Banton, Manager of ��ݮ��Ƶ Region Small Business Centre, Trevor Charles, Executive Director of LiftOFF, Eric Avner, President and CEO of ��ݮ��Ƶ Region Community Foundation, and Carla Leon, President and CEO of Just Like Family Home Care, together to share their perspectives on community wealth building.