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Say ‘Hello!’ to the Grand Challenges Canada 2014 Summer Students

…how they are collectively contributing to the elimination of these barriers. From my time here, I hope to become more familiar with the newly developed Theory of Change frameworks (that describe how our projects map onto our institution-level goals) and to understand how we work with the Investment Committee to evaluate innovations for transition to…

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Lessons learned from the Grand Challenges Canada meeting in Rio de Janeiro

…the processes of our individual projects with defined activities and defined core metrics to measure the success of planned activities. I learned more about the Theory of Change (ToC). Advocated by Grand Challenges Canada, ToC is a way of executing projects that enables a detailed understanding of all steps that we should take and the…

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How do we know when we’ve solved a Grand Challenge?

…a hard question to answer. Particularly when dealing with global health. Does solving a Grand Challenge mean discovering a cure for a disease? Does it mean affecting change at a systems-level to ensure the cure is administered to everyone who needs it? Or do we not stop until we conclude that the disease in question…

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Xcelerator Blog 3: Xcelerator Training Programs Asks Global Innovators to Think Like Investors

…manufacturing ·         Price point ·         The competition ·         Distribution channels to reach the end user ·         Is the product or service acceptable to the end user? ·         Change communications (Even if the product or service is acceptable, is a change in end user behavior required to ensure its uptake?) ·         Policy support for the product…

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Post 2015 High Level Panel Report – First down and two years to go

…of an inequality target and measure, but I do not share this critique as I have seen a policy focus on the poorest quintile achieve strong social change in countries like Brazil. My greatest disappointment in the report was the absence of any real narrative or theory of change for how the goals would work…

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Cross-Border Impact Ventures launches new impact fund with commitments of US$30 million

…precision, and can rapidly deliver diagnostics.” “Over the next decade, we expect trillions of dollars to be allocated to impact investing given its potential to drive tangible change,” said Donna Parr, Managing Partner at CBIV. “The timing could not be better for us to launch our impact fund, which has already attracted interest from investors…

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Tanzania’s Ubongo wins Grand Challenges Canada’s Rotman Innovation of the Year Award

…Excellency Pamela O’Donnell, High Commissioner for Canada in Tanzania, said: “Congratulations Ubongo! This very unique and successful idea that uses media for child development is helping to change the lives of the next generation of Africans, especially girls, so that they can live healthier lives, realize their potential, and prepare for active involvement in their…

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Harnessing the power of digital technology to address Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights challenges

…Kenya with the goal of reducing impunity towards sexual violence against children, as Kenya’s 160 Girls High Court Decision that found that police failing to enforce existing rape laws had “created a climate of impunity for defilement.” This involves training police to effectively enforce the laws, but also ensuring that the public is legally educated on girls’ rights and police duties when it comes to rape. In the pilot phase, local…

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Innovative ideas to help lessen the burden of mental health conditions on youth

…system helps to reduce violence because it aims to generate healthy adults producing healthy children who grow up into healthy adults once again, thus creating a self-sustaining change and breaking the cycle of dysfunction and violence. The study consists of two components, the youth (Dream-A-World) and adults (Community Engagement).In the Fall of 2013, the University…

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Harnessing the Power of Water to End Pneumonia – a Saving Lives at Birth Innovator

…we were a finalist for the 2013 Saving Lives at Birth: Grand Challenge for Development. We were invited to participate in the Saving Lives at Birth Development XChange in Washington, DC in July 2013. Upon arriving at the Development XChange, I felt like an impostor. After all, I’m not even first-aid trained and I was…