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The Grand Challenges Canada Blog will be a useful resource for those passionate about global health. Canada has been a pioneer in scientific developments that provide new health technologies to low- and middle-income countries. Aside from employing scientific/technological, social and business innovation to develop solutions to complex health challenges, Grand Challenges Canada also seeks to engage the…individuals making a difference. Connect with us on Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and Facebook and please look for our CEO on Twitter @PeterASinger. If you are not already on our mailing list and would like to keep up-to-date with all the latest development, including news, publications and job opportunities, please visit the Subscribe page of the Grand Challenges website.

“Tell a story” is a common recommendation and theme across our Proposal Development Resource. Experts like Yun-Ling Wong from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Pierre Chartrand, formerly of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and Pamela Collins from the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health say that you should tell a story in your grant proposal to engage the reader about what you’re doing, why you’re doing it and what the impact will be if the project works. Make them want to read more,…

For the first time in 30 years, Canada is proud to host the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s (AAAS) annual meeting in Vancouver, BC. In addition to meeting other participants and learning about general developments in the exciting world of global science, this year’s meeting represents a great opportunity for Canada to showcase …

We are looking forward to another great AAAS conference.  Ken Simiyu and I, Raymond Shih will be representing Grand Challenges Canada in Vancouver on February 16-20. Grand Challenges Canada has just announced the latest round of winners for the Stars in Global Health program, which aims to support bold ideas from the best and brightest of our young Canadian talent to address global health problems.   The next round of this program and a parallel program…

On March 8, 2012, International Women’s Day, Grand Challenges Canada salutes amazing women innovators and their bold ideas. From an HIV saliva test, to developing cell phone interventions to fight breast cancer stigma in rural Bangladesh, to preventing maternal mortality in rural Africa, Grand Challenges Canada’s women innovators are making a difference. We celebrate the power of women to have major impact and save lives in the developing world. Grand Challenges Canada is honoured to work with you and support your innovations.  

Grand Challenges Canada commits to being part of the solution. Ten years ago, we committed to supporting people who were not getting the opportunity to bring their world-changing ideas to life. Now, we recommit to further decolonize our approaches, amplify Black voices, and confront racism or discrimination within our organization and in our external interactions.

…hosted a TweetChat with Dr. Peter A. Singer on May 16, 2012. The chat focused on the CEO Letter and on bold ideas Grand Challenges Canada is supporting though welcomed all questions relating to global health and innovations. Participants tagged their questions with the #AskPeter hashtag. A transcript of the entire conversation was published into a Storify format, the transcript can be viewed here: http://storify.com/gchallenges/tweetchat-wi