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Global Community Challenge YYC

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What is the Challenge?

Now more than ever, our world is facing new challenges. OrganizationsÌýmustÌýdemonstrate the ability to pivotÌýand respond to issues as they arise in order to continue serving their target communities. The Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃÌýhas engaged students and provided them withÌýthe opportunity to identify potential solutions to challenges faced by local organizations in the Calgary community that have an impact globally.

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Fall 2023 Challenge Winners

In 2023, we hadÌý72 students from 12 universities in 18 countries work to solve 9Ìýchallenges set by community organizations.

All of the teams came up with great solutions to their community partner's challenges but we had 3 that stood out as our winners.Ìý

  • Bhavika Gupta (Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)

²Ñ±ð²Ô³Ù´Ç°ù²õ:ÌýÌýBenjamin Zuluaga andÌýFlavia Vieira de Castro

  • Jasveen Bring (Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)​​
  • Victoria JarvieÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)​​
  • Joshua Cook (Durham University, United Kingdom)
  • Elena Morgan (Durham University, United Kingdom)
  • Rebecca GladstoneÌý(University of Auckland, New Zealand)

Mentors: Jessica O'Connell andÌýMostafa Farrokhabadi

  • Keerthana Chockalingam (Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)​​
  • Siraj Shah (Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)​​
  • Theo Van der Westhuizen (Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)
  • Tolulope Okuselu (Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain)
  • Georgia ShahÌý(Durham University, United Kingdom)
  • Sri Keshav Rajesh (Durham University, United Kingdom)
  • Oliver James (Durham University, United Kingdom)
  • Su April Kyaw (Newcastle University, United Kingdom)

Mentors: Chris Enns and Maha Ibrahim

Past winners

54 students from 17 universities in 14 countries worked to solve 9 challenges set by 6 community partners.

All of the teams came up with great solutions to their community partner's challenges but we had 3 that stood out as our winners.Ìý

  1. First Place: Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth (Group #1​)

    Mentor:ÌýAishwarya Khanduja​Ìý(Researcher, Cumming School of Medicine)

    • Celia SorrentinoÌý(Aix-MarseilleÌýUniversité, France)​
    • ChloéÌýBalixÌý(University College Groningen, the Netherlands)​
    • Emily TetraultÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)​
    • Jessica RevingtonÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)​
    • RhiÌýMcQuoneÌý(University of Sheffield, UK)​
    • Samuel LópezÌý(Universidad NacionalÌýAutónomaÌýde México, Mexico)​

  2. Second Place: The Immigrant Education Society (Group#2)

    Mentor:ÌýNancy Olson​Ìý(Agreements and Contracts Specialist,ÌýÁù¾ÅÉ«Ìà International)

    • Daniel CastilloÌý(University San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador)​
    • Deborah OlaÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)​
    • Ethan HoldenÌý(Oxford Brookes University, UK)​
    • Melissa ThiessenÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)​
    • Paula RamirezÌý(University of Groningen, the Netherlands)​
    • Rafael Martin Del Campo De La MoraÌý(Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico)​Ìý

  3. Third Place: Centre for Newcomers Society of Calgary

    ²Ñ±ð²Ô³Ù´Ç°ù²õ:ÌýBuffy St-Amand​Ìý(Director,ÌýStrategic Projects and Global Initiatives, Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà International) & Garrett Beatty​Ìý(International Student Advisor, International Student Services)

    • DariiaÌýKorotkaÌý(Graz University of Technology, Austria)​
    • Deena GoharÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)​
    • Ieesha LagosÌýRobertsÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)​
    • Katherine MayÌý(University of Sheffield, UK)​
    • Lotte KallioÌý(University of Groningen, the Netherlands)​
    • Sofía SoriaÌý(University San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador)​

136Ìýstudents from 23Ìýuniversities in 13Ìýcountries worked to solve 24Ìýchallenges set by 17Ìýcommunity organizations.

All of the teams came up with great solutions to their community partner's challenges but we had 3 that stood out as our winners.Ìý

  1. First Place: Loft 112 (Team 19)

    • HarsimronjootÌýSidhuÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)ÌýÌý​
    • Isis HarveyÌý(University of Kent, United Kingdom)ÌýÌý​
    • Karina KhanÌý(University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)ÌýÌý​
    • Navreet DhillonÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)ÌýÌý​
    • Alexa Fernanda Cruz GómezÌý(University of Guadalajara, Mexico)

    Mentor:ÌýMoonkyungÌýMin (PhD Student, Werklund School of Education)

  2. Second Place: Immigrant Services Calgary (Team 15)

    • FaithÌýMoghaddamiÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)​​
    • Madelyn BeahanÌý(University of Wollongong, Australia)​​
    • Luke EdgarÌý(University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)​​
    • Dionisios BourniasÌý(Flinders University, Australia)​​
    • Anna BragatoÌý(University of Trento, Italy)​​
    • Mayra UribeÌý(University of Guadalajara, Mexico)

    Mentors:ÌýSarath Kumar Jayaraman (PhD Student, Mathematics and Statistics) &Ìý​Jacob C.ÌýThundathilÌý(Associate Dean, Office of Graduate Education and Internationalization, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine)

  3. Third Place: Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan (Team 9)

    • Lauren BaalÌý(University of Auckland, New Zealand)​​
    • Chantal VogelÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)​​
    • Maria Gabriela Scarano PereiraÌý(Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)​

    ²Ñ±ð²Ô³Ù´Ç°ù²õ:ÌýCamille AntioquiaÌý(Student Recruitment Assistant, Enrolment Services) ​& AnayancyÌýSolisÌý(Senior Intl Projects Team Lead, Academic and Global Development, Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà International)

101 students from 14 universities in 21 countries work to solve 14Ìýchallenges set by 13 community organizations.

All of the teams came up with great solutions to their community partner's challenges but we had 3 that stood out as our winners.Ìý

  1. First Place: Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (Team 5)

    • Viknesh PrakashÌý(Flinders University, Australia)​​
    • Hibiki NaganoÌý(Kansai Gaidai University, Japan)​​
    • Reham SuleimanÌý(Macquarie University, Australia)​
    • Muhumuza Johnson (Mbarara University Of Science And Technology, Uganda)
    • Guramrit (Amrit) Thandi (Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)Ìý
    • Jenna Salem (Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)

    ²Ñ±ð²Ô³Ù´Ç°ù²õ:ÌýBuffy St. Amand (Director,ÌýStrategic Projects and Global Initiatives, Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà International)

  2. Second Place: Making Changes Employment Association of Alberta (Team 11)

    • Rebeca GuevaraÌý(Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de MonterreyÌý(ITESM), Mexico)​​
    • Hagumi SuzukiÌý(Kansai Gaidai University, Japan)​​
    • Matthew Appleby (Newcastle University, United Kingdom)
    • Harveen SainiÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)
    • Kyara ReynosoÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)
    • Emma Di Liberto (University of Trento, Italy)
    • Sapphire Truong (Western Sydney University, Australia)

    ²Ñ±ð²Ô³Ù´Ç°ù²õ:ÌýJose BelenoÌý(PhD Student, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ) ​& AnayancyÌýSolisÌý(Senior Intl Projects Team Lead, Academic and Global Development, Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà International)

  3. Third Place: Immigrant Services Calgary​ (Team 9)

    • Bongisile Nophakela (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)

    • Sarah Kedwell (University of Newcastle, Australia)

    • Rebecca Livia VenezianoÌý(University of Trento, Italy)

    • Yogesh Naik (University of Waikato, New Zealand)

    ²Ñ±ð²Ô³Ù´Ç°ù²õ:ÌýRazieh Eshraghi Samani (PhD Student,ÌýInfection Biology and Vaccinology, Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ)

Last year, we hadÌý96 students from 21 universities in 21 countries work to solve 11Ìýchallenges set by 9 community organizations.

All of the teams came up with great solutions to their community partner's challenges but we had 3 that stood out as our winners.Ìý

  1. First place: Alinea International Challenge #2

    • Rachel TaylorÌý(Newcastle University, UK)​​
    • Inga StrelnikovaÌý(Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
    • Diantha BeckfordÌý(The University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago)​
    • Olga Mariana Medina Gallardo (Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico)Ìý

    ²Ñ±ð²Ô³Ù´Ç°ù²õ:ÌýÌýHeba AbdelmoatyÌýandÌýJose Beleno

  2. Second place: Centre for Newcomers

    • Isabel ZhaoÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)​​
    • KaylaÌýNguyenÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)​​
    • Mirza Beg (Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)
    • Alicia PeacockÌý(University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
    • Ginevra DeneiÌý(University of Trento, Italy)
    • Sara Ljekocaj (University of Trento, Italy)

    ²Ñ±ð²Ô³Ù´Ç°ù²õ:ÌýBree Carney & Joseph Fernando

  3. Third Place: Alliance Francaise

    • Harsanjit BhullarÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)​​
    • Kevin De LaraÌý(Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)​​
    • Rakshit Narayanan Devaraj Baskar (Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ, Canada)
    • Familusi Oluwatosin Adekunle (Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain)
    • Isabelle ParkerÌý(Durham University, United Kingdom)
    • Mauricio Eudave (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
    • Albana HoxhaÌý(University of Trento, Italy)
    • Alessandra Giulia Gherardi (University of Trento, Italy)

    ²Ñ±ð²Ô³Ù´Ç°ù²õ:ÌýApoorva Babbar & Shahin Parvar