Practical Tools for Leaders in Community & Social Services


Discover practical resources, evidence-based research, and real-world examples designed to help you enhance services, improve outcomes, and keep lived experience at the heart of community and social service design and delivery.

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What You'll Get


Community Engagement Toolkit

Practical frameworks and templates to embed community engagement and co-design at every stage of policy, program, and service design.

Co-Design White Paper

A co-authored paper by Karis Disability Services and Davis Pier. The paper explores how human-centred design and first voice leadership can lead to better decisions and better outcomes.

In Practice: Project Spotlight

See how unique and participatory engagement methods helped shape the development of more inclusive community homes for people with disabilities in Nova Scotia.

And More

Explore practical insights for designing person-directed supports and strengthening how communities and social services work together.


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Our Expertise


Davis Pier Consulting is a Canadian social impact firm known for leading large-scale transformation and implementation in the social services, healthcare, and public sectors.

We leverage change management, applied social science, and digital integration alongside evidence-based policy to improve quality of services and quality of life. Our teams act as translators across government, service providers, and community, bringing people together to co-create stronger solutions and generate positive outcomes for people. And as part of the Kainos Group of Companies, we offer an expanded suite of digital services and solutions to help design and deliver modern, accessible public services from end to end.

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