Lasting change is built by people, not for them.
The Idea Connector Network is a civic engagement network that supports communities in transforming ideas into action — through partnerships, collaboration, and shared leadership.
NON-PARTISAN
FREE TO COMMUNITIES
COMMUNITY – LED
Why ICN
Every community deserves a future it has shaped.
Communities do not lack ideas. They often lack the shared space, structure, and confidence to turn those ideas into action. ICN helps create that space.
We promote assemblies of residents, community organizations, businesses, youth, institutions, funders, and public leaders — to listen together, make sense of local realities, align priorities, and suggest ways to make progress.
ICN helps communities uncover hidden strengths, clarify real challenges, build collective trust, and move from ideas to action.
ICN Background
Nearly two decades of bringing ideas together.
2007
CN was founded to co-produce a series of Foresight exercises focused on human security issues.
2010
ICN launched a national program to encourage and support Indigenous entrepreneurship. Over ten years, we created some 450 pieces of content for and by Indigenous entrepreneurs.
2022
After extensive consultation with Indigenous women, ICN co-launched the National Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs Ecosystem (NIWee).
2026
We are now co-launching Shaping Canada’s Future Together, a community engagement program.
