By placing people and innovation at the heart of every action-research project, Cégep de Victoriaville's CISA is positively transforming the agri-food ecosystem across various regions of Quebec and communities.
Discover our approachA hub for the agricultural and agri-food sectors in Quebec, the Centre for Social Innovation in Agriculture (CISA) heads research projects that transform complex issues into innovative solutions in the agricultural and agri-food fields.
CISA brings together people from all walks of life around agricultural and agri-food issues. Together, they co-construct solutions tailored to their specificities, needs, and realities. Social innovation takes root in territories and communities.
Through its interventions, CISA brings together all actors of the agricultural ecosystem around important issues.
Developing new establishment methods to facilitate access to land and financing, in addition to promoting the health and well-being of producers.
Working in partnership with associations, groups, and professional orders in the agricultural sector, in order to adapt practices and policies to new realities.
Taking advantage of new technological advances to better equip and support agricultural producers by involving them upstream of projects.
Increased research expertise and transfer of knowledge in agriculture and agri-food across Quebec through proximity between teaching and research.
Focusing on civic education to make adults of today and tomorrow aware of their power to act on the entire agricultural ecosystem by adopting responsible lifestyles.
CISA’s social innovation approach is rigorous and structured. It uses collective intelligence to generate a direct impact on citizens, farmers, and our society.
A powerful way to stimulate social innovation, applied research brings new knowledge and encourages experimental development.
The participatory approach involves the various stakeholders concerned with identifying challenges to be met and the search for solutions to remedy them.
Anchoring our solutions in co-creation with communities and various involved partners, the diverse expertise of our multidisciplinary team allows us to approach each challenge from multiple angles. Whether it is establishing diagnostic portraits, conducting surveys, designing strategies, or optimizing agricultural and agri-food practices, CISA is here to support territories and their communities. By providing technical assistance and accompanying organizations in their strategic thinking, the CISA team helps guide stakeholders towards a long-term vision, identifying key challenges, structuring priority actions, and mobilizing knowledge to co-create sustainable and adapted solutions.
Convinced that we go further when we all work together, CISA simplifies access and appropriation of research results.
How? Through the publication of specialized articles, creation of transfer tools, strategic intelligence, involvement in the community, organization of various networking events and more.
