Affordable housing, sustainable development, food security, health challenges, and clean water. They're among the pressing issues facing Northern Ontario today, and Canadore College is challenging its students to come up with solutions.
On Oct. 22, student innovators will gather for the 2024 Canadore Innovation Challenge, a one-day event during which student teams come up with real-world solutions for challenges posed by local city and industry partners.
“The Canadore Innovation Challenge is taking the typical pitch competition and turning it on its head, kicking off with incredible pitches and building collective action from there,” said Shawn Chorney, Canadore's vice-president of strategic infrastructure, Indigenous and learner services, in a news release.
“We are bringing bright minds, incredible leaders, and agitators together to find uncommon solutions to common challenges.”
Students will focus on five areas: affordable housing, community revitalization and sustainable development, food security, health challenges and AI, and mobilizing clean water.
Teams will present their solutions to a panel of judges, and one winner will be chosen in each of the five challenge areas. Winners will receive a $5,000 prize along with support to develop business plan proposals.
The pitch event will also include keynote speakers and a tradeshow.
More details about the event are available here.
