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Grand Challenges Canada is dedicated to supporting Bold Ideas with Big Impact®, and is funded primarily by the Government of Canada. 🇨🇦 FR @GrandsDefisCA
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Joined April 2010
🎙️ Proud to see our CEO, Dr. @karleesilver featured on the Global Health Insights podcast! She shares how innovation becomes most critical in times of disruption—when resources are scarce and the need for bold solutions is greatest. @PeterASinger 🎧
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🌏 How can AI help close the global mental health gap? Check out our new guide, co-developed with McKinsey Health Institute & @Google packed with tools & real-world examples. Read more: .@GoogleForHealth.#GoogleForHealth #MentalHealth #Innovation
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Could AI help support #task_sharing and strengthen community-led mental health? .We’ve launched a new Mental Health & AI Field Guide—co-developed with @Google and McKinsey Health Institute—to help organizations explore this idea. Explore the guide:
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👏 Shout-out to Keegan Leahy, Senior Director of @Indiginnovate, an initiative hosted by Grand Challenges Canada, for championing digital equity in Indigenous communities.
AI can help Indigenous entrepreneurs grow their businesses & preserve cultures, languages & stories, but infrastructure is key. Keegan Leahy, Senior Director of @Indiginnovate, shared insights in a @globeandmail x @MastercardCA roundtable.
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Last week, GCC participated in the Global Summit on Health and Prosperity through Immunization in Brussels. 📹 Watch our Chief Strategy & Partnerships Officer, @RChandran1, share key takeaways and highlights from the global summit. @gavi @gatesfoundation #globalhealth #equity
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Locally led #innovation is redefining #health care in some of the world’s most challenging contexts, including IDP camps.📲 Learn how CHATS, developed by @withconvexity_.and supported by GCC, is transforming care delivery in crisis-affected communities:
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Thank you, @randeepssarai, for visiting this important project we are supporting in #Ghana! Proud to turn local action into lasting impact by helping communities build climate resilience and stronger economies through waste-to-energy solutions. @SafiSana_org.
At @SafiSana_org they are turning challenges into opportunity! .With support from Canada and @gchallenges, they convert organic waste into renewable energy, using leftover materials as organic fertilizer, and creating a circular economy that drives benefits for local communities.
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💉GCC is partnering with @gavi to scale proven #vaccine delivery #innovations in low- and middle-income countries. The Innovation Scale-Up Fund will expand access and strengthen #health systems where the need is greatest. Learn more: @canadadev
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On #NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay, we honour the strength, leadership & innovation of First Nations, Inuit & Métis peoples. @Indiginnovate supported by GCC, in partnership with @CanadaDev, funds bold, community-driven solutions. 👉 #IndigenousInnovation
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RT @HumanitarianGC: 122M+ people are displaced, but solutions don’t stop in crisis. This #WorldRefugeeDay, we're celebrating impactful inno….
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🧒👶🎢 On this #InternationalDayofPlay, we spotlight why #play matters, especially in #crisis settings. Our new #report shares insights on how play supports healing, #learning, and resilience. @LEGOfoundation 📑 Read the full report >.
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GCC, in collaboration with @FondationBotnar, is seeking evaluators to support midterm evaluation of the Being initiative, a global effort hosted by GCC focused on improving #youth mental health and #well-being. Apply now! #consultancy #globalmentalhealth
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🌐 Yesterday at the Grand Challenges Annual Meeting (GCAM), Dr. Johanna Sanchez, GCC's Health and Climate Lead, joined a global panel to discuss the urgent intersection of #climate and #health @SciforAfrica @gatesfoundation @wellcometrust @Collective_FS #globalhealth
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🩸📷On this #MenstrualHygieneDay, we celebrate solutions that break the barriers, empower girls, and change lives. Periods should never stop #education. Read more: @BeGirlOrg
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🇨🇦 🌏 This year’s #CIW25 reminds us that innovation is a collective journey. At GCC, we’re proud to support innovators who turn bold ideas into life-changing solutions. Learn more:
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Grand Challenges Canada is at the 78th World Health Assembly in Geneva 🌏 🇺🇳. From #climate & #health to youth #mental_health and innovative financing, we're backing local solutions that scale. 🎥 Watch CEO Karlee Silver share key takeaways from #WHA78 👉
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🔈Calling organisations working in early #childhood_development & #education !.We’re seeking play-based solutions for #children aged 0–12 and their caregivers in crisis settings in #Kenya, #Uganda, #Lebanon, and #Jordan. Apply now: #ECD #Innovation #ECDiD
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💻 Do you want to use your legal skills to support life-changing innovations around the world?.We're hiring a proactive and detail-oriented Law Clerk – Corporate & Governance to support our Legal Team. For more information:
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