In this blog series, created for Experimentation Works, we will focus on the first two phases of our (BC BIG)’s RIDE Model for Behaviour Shift. This post, the second in the series, will cover the ‘research’ phase. Part 2: Research In Part one of this series, we introduced you to…

In this blog series, created for Experimentation Works, we will focus on the first two phases of our (BC BIG)’s RIDE Model for Behaviour Shift. This post, the first in the series, will cover the ‘scoping’ phase. …

How important is nature to you? Do you value being outdoors under towering cedars? Are you most yourself when you are fishing peacefully on a vast green lake or plunging your feet into the cold, rushing water of a mountain stream after a long day of hiking? …

Losing a job can affect the rest of your life. The early weeks of COVID-19 saw mass layoffs in BC. Our province lost nearly 400,000 jobs. Unemployment doubled. During this difficult time, the Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction (SDPR) has played a major role. Through its WorkBC program…

The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed all of our lives, at home and at work. Here at the BC Behavioural Insights Group, we’ve rapidly redeployed several of our team members to support the BC Government’s response. We look forward to sharing our thoughts and learnings with you here on our blog, in a new series we’re calling BIG Ideas: Behavioural Science and COVID-19. In this entry, we’re sharing a resource outlining how local governments are using behavioural insights to respond to COVID-19.

Hi! My name is Christine Kormos, and I’m thrilled to have recently joined the BC Behavioural Insights Group (BC BIG) as a Senior Behavioural Scientist. In putting together this post introducing myself, I’ve tried to highlight some signposts that, looking back, I can see have shaped my path. Early interest…

The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed all of our lives, at home and at work. Here at the BC Behavioural Insights Group, we’ve rapidly redeployed several of our team members to support the BC Government’s response. …

The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed all of our lives, at home and at work. Here at the BC Behavioural Insights Group, we’ve rapidly redeployed several of our team members to support the BC Government’s response. …

The COVID-19 pandemic has radically changed all of our lives, at home and at work. At BC Behavioural Insights Group, we’re working closely with the BC Ministry of Health in applying behavioural science to understand the issue and offer timely advice. We’ve been busy consulting the latest academic literature and…