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Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, supports 44 “Stars in Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights” Toronto, Canada – Grand Challenges Canada is proud to announce an investment of over CAD$10 million to test 100 new ideas to address persistent challenges in women’s and children’s health in low- and middle-income countries. Fourmillion of this is…NOTABLE INNOVATIONS IN SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS Reversing Stigma and Maternal Mortality in Northern Nigeria The Deliver Health Foundation will implement a trauma-focused care training for midwives, and an anti-stigma campaign to improve the sexual and reproductive health for women and girls returned from Boko Haram. The violence of Boko Haram has caused…data-driven, women-centric strategy for sexual and reproductive wellness and clinical care in the form of a wearable pendant. This technology will track health data on menstruation, clinical signs, symptoms, body temperature, and heart rate, and display information with different coloured emojis. The wearable pendant connects to a smartphone app to deliver wellness indicators to nearby…Challenges Canada has supported a pipeline of over 1,000 innovations in more than 90 countries. Grand Challenges Canada estimates that these innovations have the potential to save up to 1 million lives and improve up to 28 million lives by 2030. Find out more: www.grandchallenges.ca   MEDIA ENQUIRIES Ken Tong Communications Strategist Grand Challenges Canada Tel.:…

Toronto, August 12, 2024 - This International Youth Day, we celebrate the incredible potential of young people to shape a sustainable future. Today’s youth are not just tech-savvy innovators; they are also key players in tackling one of their generation’s most pressing issues—mental health. Mental health is essential for young people to thrive, innovate, and contribute to sustainable development. Yet, many young people face increasing mental health challenges due to the pressures of our changing and fast-paced world. We must invest in bold actions to support their mental well-being and equip them with the tools to drive forward the solutions needed to reach their full potential. The Being initiative plays a vital role in this effort by investing in innovation, research, and advocacy across 12 countries. Hosted by Grand Challenges Canada, Being focuses on prevention and promotion, responding to the early drivers of young people’s mental health. Since youth are best positioned to identify these needs and offer solutions, we collaborate with youth-led organizations…

Calling on all Canadians to invest in Indigenous innovation as a way to help Canada move closer to reconciliation By: Sara Wolfe (Anishnawbe), Director of the Indigenous Innovation Initiative at Grand Challenges Canada, and Jocelyn Mackie, Co-CEO of Grand Challenges Canada. September 30th is Orange Shirt Day—a day to “commemorate the residential school experience, to…also not enough. We need to move beyond the symbols of orange shirts and memorial days and take concrete action. The last few months have been difficult for Canadians as they have come face to face with a horrifying truth: Canada’s ugly secret about the extent of the traumas experienced by Indigenous children at residential…truth. One way that we demonstrate our commitment to action and change is through our work at the Indigenous Innovation Initiative, hosted by Grand Challenges Canada. We support innovation with social impact by and for First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and communities. In the past year, thanks to seed funding from the federal government,…$2.7 million to fund 10 women and gender diverse leaders. Their innovations are creating environmentally sustainable consumer packaging; teaching youth skills to work in advance air mobility; designing a digital health application to improve outcomes in pregnancy; and building a social enterprise to help people with lived experience prevent further sex trafficking and sexual exploitation…in solidarity. On September 30th, we will both wear our orange shirts proudly as a shared commitment to channel our reflection, shock and anger towards action. We invite you—whether you are an individual with buying power, a leader of a corporation or a newly elected Member of Parliament—to also take action by walking alongside and…

…by the Government of Canada, which invests in novel, local innovations that address critical global health, humanitarian and Indigenous community challenges in Canada and low-resource countries—is pleased to announce that it has appointed Winnipeg’s Nathalie Pambrun (Canadian Association of Midwives) and Dakar, Senegal’s Dr. Awa Marie Coll Seck (Minister of State to the President of Senegal) to its Board of Directors. “Since our inception 10 years ago, our unique approach has been to prioritize funding for local innovators,” said Guylaine Saucier, Grand Challenges Canada’s Chair. “Whether in emergency situations, like the COVID-19 pandemic, or in times of relative stability, the innovators are best…Canada, Grand Challenges Canada has supported a pipeline of over 1,300 innovations in 106 countries. Grand Challenges Canada estimates that these innovations have the potential to save up to 1.78 million lives and improve up to 64 million lives by 2030.   -30- For more information, please contact: Douglas Chow, Senior Manager, Communications Grand Challenges…

…of National Indigenous History Month, we are celebrating the impact of the Indigenous Innovation Initiative, whose programs it manages are hosted at Grand Challenges Canada. We also invited CanalCanoa to share their story on their transformative innovation benefitting Indigenous communities in the Amazon. By Ruth Rosalle, Helen Walsh, Jasmine Lam and James Radner, with the Saving Brains Learning Platform Team [caption id="attachment_46955" align="aligncenter" width="763"] Interviewing shaman Casimiron in the Upper Rio Negro of Brazil Photo credit: Rita de Cácia Oenning da Silva (Founder and Executive Director, Usina da Imaginação)[/caption] CanalCanoa, a Grand Challenges Canada-supported innovation via the…traditional approaches. CanalCanoa engages with the Amazon’s Indigenous communities to document film stories, songs, practices, and reflections related to traditional childrearing. Indigenous leaders then share the films for discussion in democratic community sessions (called ajuris de conhecimento), creating a space where traditional knowledge is recognized, reaffirmed and applied. “The Indigenous people themselves were the ones…in this process.” – Rita de Cácia Oenning da Silva, Co-Executive Director, Usina da Imaginação In one common approach to “cultural adaptation,” a program or curriculum is designed in a foreign or mainstream cultural setting, and then modified for implementation in a new or Indigenous context. The CanalCanoa team reflected that the ajuris de conhecimento…