Posts By: Grand Challenges Canada

Guest blog by Samara Everman, Global Social Impact Fellow High maternal mortality rate in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone has one of the world’s highest maternal mortality rates, with 1,360 deaths per 100,000 live births. Often, mothers do not have the disposable income or time required to travel long distances to health facilities. Consequently, women wait […]

In honour 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.

Toronto, June 29, 2022—Our hearts go out to Americans who are now set to lose their legal right to safe pregnancy termination. We are saddened by the message this sends to the rest of the world. Every year, there are more than 25 million unsafe pregnancy terminations, resulting in approximately 7 million women and girls […]

Toronto, June 20, 2022—Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) is proud to announce that, since its inception in 2010, funded global health and humanitarian innovations have improved a total of 10 million lives in low- and middle-income countries. In terms of impact, amongst the 10 million lives are 1.78 million pregnant women and newborns receiving treatment and […]

By Michelle Cruickshank, Global Mental Health Lead, and Jocelyn Mackie, Co-CEO, Grand Challenges Canada Globally sourced solutions It’s Tuesday night in the Musanze District in Rwanda, a group of men gather to participate in their weekly fatherhood education course called “Bandebereho”, meaning “role model”. They receive training on childrearing and domestic duties, as well as […]

Toronto, May 19, 2022—New or expecting mothers can have a lot of health-related questions and concerns. But what if it is difficult or costly to see a medical professional? This is the case in much of the world. In Brazil, for example, inequitable access to health care means that infant and maternal mortality rates are […]

    Vancouver/Coast Salish Territories/Toronto, April 7, 2022 – A Simon Fraser University initiative created to support people in self-managing their depression is being reimagined as a virtual tool to help reduce the community mental health gap in Vietnam. Implementation was made possible with funding from Grand Challenges Canada, a Canadian not-for-profit organization that invests […]

By Katherine Nichol (Senior Technical Consultant, Kore Global) and Rebecca Calder (Director and Co-Founder, Kore Global) In 2021, Grand Challenges Canada partnered with Kore Global on a journey to better equip social impact innovators with the know-how to measure impact related to violence against women and girls (VAWG). Through a process of reflection and review […]

Toronto, February 14, 2022—The Grand Challenges Canada team extends their deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Dr. Mwele Ntuli Malecela. We are saddened by the passing of a world-renowned leader in public health and champion for innovation in Africa, especially at the young age of 58. A former member of Grand Challenges […]

By: Karlee Silver and Jocelyn Mackie, Co-CEOs, Grand Challenges Canada The global COVID pandemic has put unprecedented stress on our mental health and our mental health systems. And now, after a grim two years, the uncertainty of the Omicron variant is pushing Canadians even deeper into feelings of anxiety and depression. As we face another […]