Building a Stronger Future Through Inuktitut Literacy
“Strong literacy skills are the foundation of academic success,” say the educators behind a new initiative led by the Nunavut Bilingual Education Society (NBES) and Inhabit Education (IE). With support from the Rideau Hall Foundation’s Indigenous Teacher Education (ITE) Initiative, NBES and IE are launching the Inuktitut Literacy Sequence (ILS) Resource Package—a landmark project designed […]
ODARA: The Ontario Domestic Assault Risk Assessment
About the Innovation ODARA is the world’s first data-driven tool for assessing the risk of future intimate partner violence based on specific risk factors in domestic incidents. Developed and expanded through a 25-year academic-police partnership, ODARA helps front-line responders and corrections systems to identify the most dangerous cases, enhance safety planning and efficiently allocate resources. […]
National Overdose Response Service – NORS
About the Innovation The NORS program is currently the only national service supporting individuals who use drugs alone. Currently, the opioid crisis is the largest public health crisis facing Canadians, and 70% of individuals who have died, died by using drugs alone. This program has prevented nearly 150 deaths, taken over 16,000 phone calls and […]
La Presse
Team: Ariane Lacoursière, Caroline Touzin, Gabrielle Duchaine, Katia Gagnon Dozens of children wrongly removed from their parents; others, as young as nine, routinely restrained or put in seclusion; a detention facility where nine educators had sexual contact with underage detainees; a foster home where sexual assault went on for 15 years despite multiple reports to authorities… […]
Amadeusz
The Look at my Life Project
Stéphane Germain
About the Innovation As the world’s first commercial satellite capable of pinpointing carbon dioxide emissions from individual industrial facilities, this satellite provides unprecedented accuracy in tracking and reporting emissions. GHGSat’s trusted, independent, and high-resolution data will help incentivize the industry to manage its emissions effectively and help reach net zero emissions by 2050. About the […]
Dr. Milica Radisic
About the Innovation Traditional testing relies on animal models which cannot capture human genetic diversity & sex specificity. Using electrical stimulation and microfabrication of elastomeric polymers, Dr. Radisic developed methods to grow and mature contractile heart tissues starting from human stem cells, modeling heart disease of patients in Canada and enabling drug discovery for major […]
Ms. Nivatha Balendra, CEO & Founder
About the Innovation Dispersa® has commercialized the world’s first proprietary process to produce waste-derived biosurfactants. These biosurfactants are affordable, non-toxic alternatives to petroleum and palm-based synthetic surfactants in everyday consumer products, such as soaps and cosmetics. At commercial scale, their first biosurfactant, PuraSurf will eliminate nearly 1 million tons of CO2 equivalents. About the Innovator […]
Portage la Prairie Revitalization Corporation
Portage la Prairie Revitalization Corporation The Roving Campus Location: MB Description: The Roving Campus is an experimental classroom for non-attending students that reduces barriers and increases graduation rates. The Roving Campus was originally piloted in the 2020-2021 school year at Portage Collegiate Institute as a classroom for students who were considered “non-attenders”. Website: https://www.portagecrc.com/ Amount […]
New Brunswick Community College
New Brunswick Community College Every New Brunswicker Location: NB Description: NBCC will provide innovative credential recognition and certification pathways for people not participating in PSE workforce to increase New Brunswick’s PSE attainment rate (currently rated last in Canada). Website: https://nbcc.ca/ Amount Awarded: $300,000