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Grand Challenges Canada
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Bold Ideas with Big Impact
About us
Grand Challenges Canada is dedicated to supporting Bold Ideas with Big Impact®. Funded by the Government of Canada and other partners, Grand Challenges Canada funds innovators in low- and middle-income countries and Canada. The bold ideas Grand Challenges Canada supports integrate science and technology, social and business innovation – known as Integrated Innovation®. One of the largest impact-first investors in Canada, and with a feminist investment approach, Grand Challenges Canada has supported a pipeline of over 1400 innovations in more than 102 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. For more information, visit www.grandchallenges.ca follow us on Twitter @GChallenges and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/grandchallengescanada/
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http://www.grandchallenges.ca
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- Non-profit Organizations
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- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Toronto, ON
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- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2010
- Specialties
- Global Health, Innovation, Global Mental Health, International Development, Impact Investing, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Humanitarian Aid, and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights
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Grand Challenges Canada
MaRS Centre, West Tower, 661 University Avenue, Suite 1720
Toronto, ON M5G 1M1, CA
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Updates
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The December 2024 issue of Grand Challenges Canada's newsletter is out now! 🔔 This edition features exciting announcements, reflections, funding opportunities, and more! 📬 Read the full newsletter: https://lnkd.in/gGnEyZ4w 📫 Join our mailing list: https://lnkd.in/gda-FDSn And from all of us here at GCC, we wish you a happy holidays and joyful New Year! See you in 2025! 🎊
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Kybele Worldwide's Obstetric Triage Implementation Package (OTIP), supported by Grand Challenges Canada (with funding from Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada), has been honored with the Ghana Health Service's Excellence Award for its transformative impact on maternal and neonatal care. 🎉 Using scenario-based role playing and other tools, Kybele’s OTIP equips midwives and medical professionals with tools and training to offer high-quality care for pregnant women and newborns. Using colour-coded wristbands, standardized assessment forms and other tools, the program ensures that women requiring urgent care are identified and treated promptly. Since OTIP was introduced, the percentage of patients being assessed within 10 minutes of arrival at local hospitals and health centres in Ghana has increased dramatically, from 5% to 85%. 🏥 Grand Challenges Canada (with funding from the Government of Canada), is proud to have supported Kybele’s efforts to roll out OTIP across Ghana’s hospitals, using its innovative, evidence-based solutions in low-resource settings. By drastically reducing waiting times and training over 2,400 medical professionals, OTIP is saving lives and advancing universal health coverage in Ghana. 🌟 #HealthcareInnovation #MaternalHealth 👉 Learn more about Kybele and OTIP: https://lnkd.in/dBiDAV-Z
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Anushree Banerji, Portfolio Manager at Grand Challenges Canada (GCC), recently travelled to Kisumu, Kenya for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Lake Region Economic Bloc (LREB) to co-implement the Mountain Model. ⛰️ The #MountainModel is a demand-driven innovation adoption framework that leverages domestic resources to address urgent health challenges. ✍️ The signing of this MOU with the LREB, a bloc of 14 counties, makes it ideal to scale the Mountain Model, which is currently implemented in #Kenya with funding by GCC (with support from Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada) and the Insight Health Advisors. 💬 Anushree wrote a blog post about their reflections from Kenya. To read, visit: https://lnkd.in/dFs_DzJC Cc: Anushree Banerji, Lake Region Economic Bloc, Insight Health Advisors, Drop Access Limited, Sanivation, Results for Development, Financing Alliance for Health, Health-E-Net, Million Lives Collective
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Continuing the theme of #Equity, Grand Challenges Canada (GCC) has funded 132 mental health projects across 42 low- and middle-income countries since 2011. GCC is the host of the Being Initiative, a global youth mental health initiative, which funds youth mental health initiatives in 12 priority countries and includes other International Alliance of Mental Health Research Funders (IAMHRF) members and partners - Fondation Botnar, United for Global Mental Health and Orygen. 🎉 Over a decade of investing in mental health innovation culminated in the first-ever Being Global Gathering, held in Rabat, Morocco in November 2024. The event brought together innovators from across Grand Challenges Canada’s Global Mental Health portfolio, together with Being partners and youth advocates (https://bit.ly/4gfUlk0). 💡 Organised by Orygen, Being’s Learning and Support Network, the gathering provided an opportunity to reflect on successes and challenges in evidence generation, sustainability and scaling of mental health innovations. Events like this exemplify the power of #GlobalCollaboration, aligning efforts to create lasting change in #YouthMentalHealth. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dayiXm9U 🎉 Congratulations to Grand Challenges Canada and its partners for creating opportunities to improve equity in #MentalHealthResearch! #SuccessStories #CelebratingSuccessinMentalHealthResearch #MentalHealthResearch
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As we step into 2025, we’re taking a moment to celebrate the milestones that defined 2024. Here are some of the ✨highlights: 📘Publishing “Mapping Youth Mental Health Landscapes”, a report uncovering insights from 12 countries 📣Launching our first Request for Proposals to support youth-led #mentalhealth solutions 🇺🇳Spotlighting youth voices at UNGA79 and hosting Being the Change, an impactful event on the sidelines 🌍Convening innovators and partners at the Global Gathering for Youth Mental Health in Morocco These achievements wouldn’t have been possible without the dedication of our partners, advisors, and team. Thank you for your unwavering support. Want the full recap? 👉Check out our latest newsletter for all of our 2024 highlights: https://lnkd.in/e_JNgrYq ✉️Join our mailing list here: https://lnkd.in/eMUSy-8i Grand Challenges Canada Fondation Botnar United for Global Mental Health Science for Africa Foundation Orygen NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada
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We are thrilled to be awarding the prestigious 2024 Grand Challenges Canada Rotman Innovation of the Year Award to the Community Empowerment Lab (CEL)! 🎉 CEL’s innovative Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) approach is transforming neonatal care in Uttar Pradesh, India, saving lives and improving health outcomes for newborns. 🍼 Under the leadership of Dr. Vishwajeet Kumar and Aarti Kumar, CEL has championed the use of KMC—a method involving skin-to-skin contact between mother and infant—to enhance survival rates of low birth weight and premature babies. 👩🍼 🌟 Read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/geZMPCJP Community Empowerment Lab (CEL), Global Affairs Canada | Affaires mondiales Canada, THE ROTMAN FAMILY PHILANTHROPIC FOUNDATION INC, Vishwajeet Kumar, Aarti Kumar, Kristin Neudorf, Sanjana J, Rahul Chandran, Karlee Silver
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Grand Challenges Canada reposted this
We believe in bold, community-driven solutions. That’s why we prioritize early investment and adoption – so that innovators can scale and serve their communities. 📈 Curious about how innovators leverage their funding? Learn more about it in our 2023-2024 annual report. 👉 Visit the link in our bio to read the report: bit.ly/CHIC2024
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#16DaysOfActivism: A Moment of Reflection & Action This year, as we commemorate the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, we take time to reflect on the urgent need for innovative solutions, survivor support, and systemic change. 🧡 From the powerful screening of The Girls of Meru to the insightful Q&A with Lawyer Fiona Sampson, these moments of learning and courage inspire our commitment to end violence against women and children. Read more about our efforts, the documentary screening, and the conversations that matter through our blog post by Neelam Azmat: bit.ly/4fbFrKF #EndGenderBasedViolence #Advocacy #16Days #EndGBV --- Cette année, alors que nous commémorons les #16jours d'activisme contre la violence fondée sur le sexe, nous prenons le temps de réfléchir à l’urgence de solutions novatrices, au soutien des survivant·e·s et au changement systémique. 🧡 De la puissante projection Les jeunes filles de Meru à la séance de questions-réponses éclairante avec l'avocate Fiona Sampson, ces moments d'apprentissage et de courage renforcent notre engagement à mettre fin à la violence contre les femmes et les enfants. Pour en savoir plus : bit.ly/4fbFrKF
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It’s nice when your friends get along! Delighted to see Benjamin Mboya (MSc, PhD) showcase Ujamaa Africa’s work in scaling a proven preventative approach to combating sexual and gender-based violence at The Sanergy Collaborative ’s speaker series. #Partnerships #Scale #FreshLife #Ujamaa
We had our final Speaker Series for the year, and were honored to host Benjamin Mboya (MSc, PhD) , Executive Director of Ujamaa Africa who shared with us his expertise and the progress made by Ujamaa Africa in combating gender-based violence and empowering the youth (10-18yrs) through preventive programs. As a driving force behind the Empowerment Through Training (ETT) initiative, Ujamaa Africa is scaling impactful education programs to reach 6 million school aged youth across Kenya in collaboration with the Teachers Service Commission and the Ministry of Education. We are deeply grateful to Benjamin and all our 2024 speakers for bringing their vision and passion to our platform. Here’s to more inspirational talks in 2025! 🎉