CKDu Guardian: Solar-Powered Kinetic Kidney Screener
Bringing kidney screening closer to the communities that need it most In farming communities across parts of Sri Lanka, Central America, and India, Chronic Kidney Disease of unknown origin (CKDu) has become a growing health crisis. Many agricultural workers do not realize they are sick until significant kidney damage has already occurred, often because early […]
Community Lynx
Turning forgotten items into community support for families in need What started as frustration over piles of forgotten Lost and Found items has grown into a community initiative helping families across Halifax access essentials they urgently need. Community Lynx, created by Ingenious+ national winner Madeleine McEwen, collects unclaimed items from schools, arenas, and community facilities, […]
Sense the Way
Rethinking accessibility through touch, independence, and inclusive design For Miyo Macario, the inspiration behind Sense the Way began close to home. Watching family members lose their sight due to diabetic retinopathy changed how Miyo understood accessibility and navigation. Hallways and rooms that had once felt familiar suddenly became difficult and intimidating to navigate safely and […]
SynaptiQ: A demographically-robust AI-powered platform for the prediction and prevention of hospital-induced delirium
From overlooked symptoms to proactive care, how one young innovator is rethinking delirium detection For many hospital patients, especially older adults and those in intensive care, delirium can appear suddenly and quietly. A patient may seem withdrawn, confused, or disoriented, and those changes can fluctuate rapidly throughout the day. Despite affecting roughly 30 per cent […]
A Novel Algae Synergy for Carbon Capture and Water Purification
Inspired by concerns close to home, this young innovator is exploring new ways to clean water Growing up in a small northern town in the Yukon, Ingenious+ national winner Lilou Lefebvre saw firsthand how environmental challenges can affect communities with limited resources and infrastructure. “Two years ago, my partner and I tested our local water […]
CBC Saskatoon / The Globe and Mail
Last summer, Jason Warick at CBC Saskatoon broke the story that the Catholic church — which had run the majority of the country’s government-funded residential schools — had paid out just a fraction of the $79 million it promised years ago to survivors. Instead, millions had been funnelled from that account to pay the church’s […]
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 […]
The Globe and Mail
Team: Grant Robertson, Robyn Doolittle, Colin Freeze, Joe Friesen, Susan Krashinsky Robertson It is our game, binding the country with pride in its unchallenged images of toughness, finesse, and international glory. Its players achieve mythic status in our pantheon of local heroes. So when TSN revealed that Hockey Canada had quietly settled a lawsuit filed […]
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 […]