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Do you have a passion for solving social challenges to improve lives? Do you want to be part of a select group of committed people who will spend a weekend designing and hacking innovative solutions to challenges that can help Canada contribute to achieving the Global Goals?
Join us on the occasion of the 2024 SDG Week Canada (March 4-8) and celebrate International Women's Day (March 8) for the #GlobalGoalsJamCanada Winter 2024 on March 8th-10th — let’s jam for a better planet and win awards worth $4500*!
The Global Goals Jam Canada Winter 2024 program is organized by the SDG Innovation Lab*, Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (COIE), Centennial College with OSPE and Canadian Partners and support from UNDP and Digital Society School Amsterdam. It is a weekend program to contribute to the Global Goals by collaborating and building solutions to pressing social or business challenges and invoking the participation and engagement of students, entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, creative thinkers, and the public community. The program uses a design process and lean methodology to guide participants ensuring that any potential solutions solve the problem at hand.
This 2 ½-day program was developed to engage participating designers, engineers, developers, strategists, and all community members to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals by creating solutions with long-term impact.
- Friday, March 8th | 2:00-6:00 pm EST
- Saturday, March 9th | 8:30 am-6:00 pm EST
- Sunday, March 10th | 9:00 am-6:00 pm EST
Participants will work on their problems and solutions with mentor support addressing the themes using design thinking and lean methodology. Participants work towards solutions resulting in presentation and pitching to a panel of eminent judges for a chance to win awards*. During the weekend while teams are working, they are extensively mentored by subject matter, design thinking, business model, and pitching experts.
