Social Innovation Academy - Challenge Cycle #3
Timeline
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October 1, 2019Program start
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October 6, 2019Team Kick Off Meeting
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October 6, 2019Launch Meeting
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October 19, 2019Midpoint Office Hours
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October 29, 2019Program end
Timeline
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October 1, 2019Program start
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October 6, 2019Team Kick Off Meeting
An initial meeting between all teammates to establish communication methods, divide responsibilities and deliverables, and discuss questions to ask Challenge Issuer in the Launch Meeting.
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October 6, 2019Launch Meeting
Meeting between the Challenge Issuer and the teams to clarify questions and deliverables.
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October 19, 2019Midpoint Office Hours
Halfway-point check in between Challenge issuer and students to review questions and finalize deliverable details.
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October 29, 2019Program end
Program scope
Categories
Data analysis Market research Marketing strategy Social sciencesSkills
business consulting marketing strategy storytelling and data visualization data analysis researchThe Social Innovation Academy (SIA) is a national network of students and innovation hubs with a common goal: to cultivate social purpose organizations in Canada. SIA is supported by HSBC Bank Canada and led by the UBC Sauder Centre for Social Innovation & Impact Investing.
Learners
1 final report based on the individual requests from Challenge Issuers
Project timeline
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October 1, 2019Program start
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October 6, 2019Team Kick Off Meeting
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October 6, 2019Launch Meeting
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October 19, 2019Midpoint Office Hours
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October 29, 2019Program end
Timeline
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October 1, 2019Program start
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October 6, 2019Team Kick Off Meeting
An initial meeting between all teammates to establish communication methods, divide responsibilities and deliverables, and discuss questions to ask Challenge Issuer in the Launch Meeting.
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October 6, 2019Launch Meeting
Meeting between the Challenge Issuer and the teams to clarify questions and deliverables.
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October 19, 2019Midpoint Office Hours
Halfway-point check in between Challenge issuer and students to review questions and finalize deliverable details.
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October 29, 2019Program end
Project Examples
Requirements
The SIA Fellowship Program is designed to train the next cohort of social innovation leaders while creating a knowledge base for social innovation and impact investing organizations. Fellows will produce high-quality reports commissioned by our partners, and participate in a social innovation training program.
This Challenge cycle, we have three questions issued by organizations in our network:
Challenge 1: How do we build awareness of food deserts in Canada and what are the impacts of living in food deserts on mental health and wellbeing?
Challenge 2: How might we prevent and/or mitigate the effects of toxic stress on youth?
Challenge 3: How can we best serve the sensory sensitive community by thoroughly understanding the needs and gaps of sensory friendly service providers?
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this program:
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this program:
Timeline
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October 1, 2019Program start
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October 6, 2019Team Kick Off Meeting
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October 6, 2019Launch Meeting
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October 19, 2019Midpoint Office Hours
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October 29, 2019Program end
Timeline
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October 1, 2019Program start
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October 6, 2019Team Kick Off Meeting
An initial meeting between all teammates to establish communication methods, divide responsibilities and deliverables, and discuss questions to ask Challenge Issuer in the Launch Meeting.
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October 6, 2019Launch Meeting
Meeting between the Challenge Issuer and the teams to clarify questions and deliverables.
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October 19, 2019Midpoint Office Hours
Halfway-point check in between Challenge issuer and students to review questions and finalize deliverable details.
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October 29, 2019Program end