Social Innovation Academy - Challenge Cycle #3

SIA-C3
Closed
Social Innovation Academy
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Cheralyn Chok
SIA Program Manager
3
Timeline
  • October 1, 2019
    Experience start
  • October 6, 2019
    Launch Meeting
  • October 6, 2019
    Team Kick Off Meeting
  • October 19, 2019
    Midpoint Office Hours
  • October 29, 2019
    Experience end
Experience
3/3 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Canada
Social enterprise, Non profit, Family owned, Incubator
Any industries
Categories
Data analysis Market research Marketing strategy Social sciences
Skills
business consulting marketing strategy storytelling and data visualization data analysis research
Learner goals and capabilities

The 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
Undergraduate
Any level
50 learners
Project
40 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

1 final report based on the individual requests from Challenge Issuers

Project timeline
  • October 1, 2019
    Experience start
  • October 6, 2019
    Launch Meeting
  • October 6, 2019
    Team Kick Off Meeting
  • October 19, 2019
    Midpoint Office Hours
  • October 29, 2019
    Experience end
Project Examples

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?

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.