The Narwhal and the Toronto Star
Team: Emma McIntosh, Noor Javed, Charlie Pinkerton, Sheila Wang, Brendan Kennedy, Robert Benzie, Jesse McLean, David Bruser, Denise Balkissoon When Ontario’s auditor general presented her report on the Ford government’s Greenbelt scandal, she cited two newsrooms for providing her with significant new and revelatory details. Throughout 2023, the Narwhal and the Toronto Star revealed how […]
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. […]
Anthony Efthimiadis
M-SCAHN: A Point-of-care Digital Dermoscopy Software System for Rapid Screening of Skin Cancers
Jasmine Wang
Wildfire Monitoring and Prediction System
4Rs Youth Movement
4Rs works to create opportunities for youth to envision self-determined reconciliation initiatives in their communities.
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 […]
Adventure 4 Change
Our Future is Now
Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region
Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region The Youth Creativity Fund Location: ON Description: The Youth Creativity Fund will empower young people in Waterloo Region to develop their confidence and sense of belonging by connecting them to microgrants and community mentors to support their own creative idea. Website: https://www.bepwr.ca/ Amount Awarded: $50,000
CNIB Foundation
CNIB will reach blind or partially sighted Canadian youth through a series of experiential learning opportunities allowing them to develop confidence and essential skills to create brighter futures. Amount Awarded: $300,000
Unmol Sharma, Bagavan Marakathalingasivam, and Alexander Yevchenko
A tech-based, non-invasive, community-based farming management app for small scale farmers. It can help the average family farm manage its operations using the integration of technology and agriculture. The app includes weather alerts and forecasting capabilities, crop phenology tracker, a predictor for crop growth stages and optimizing resource use, financial tracking system and the ability […]