A keystone series of experiential programming to equip individuals with the knowledge, skills and motivation to take action towards the SDGs through social and impact entrepreneurship.
Module 1 – SDG Training & Bootcamp
- Information and awareness building with an inspirational expert speaker from the UN, followed by SDG training and exercises to brainstorm problems and solutions.
- Participants receive certificates of recognition. Leadership Passport eligible activity.
- SDG Training is held every Fall and Winter semester, with the latest training held on September 23rd and October 7th. Our next SDG Training is on March 3rd, 2023 – click HERE for more details and to register!
Module 2 – SDG Weekend Challenge (Global Goals Jam)
Marco van Hout, co-founder of Global Goals Jam, shares what makes the Global Goals Jam Canada at the SDG Innovation Lab special and unique.
- An intense, hands-on, team-oriented and thoughtfully mentored weekend program, during which participants work together to identify the root problem and explore solutions using human-centered design and lean methodology
- Participants pitch to an expert judging panel and winners receive awards
- Activity is eligible for the Centennial College Leadership Passport
- Global Goals Jam Canada is held every Fall and Winter semester. Our next Global Goals Jam will be on March 10-12th – click HERE for more details and to register! You may view our winners from our previous Global Goals Jam Canada Fall 2022 here.
Module 3 – Tech for SDGs Bootcamp / Hackathon
- An intense, hands-on, team-oriented and thoughtfully mentored weekend program during which participants work together with engineers and developers to build and pitch strategies and digital solutions for an originally- or collaboratively-hatched idea focusing on SDG solutions.
- Expert judging panel selects winning pitches receiving awards.
Module 4 – Build Your Venture (Incubation Experience)
- A 10- to 12-week program to collaborate and build solutions to pressing social or business challenges and invoke the participation of students, entrepreneurs, designers, creative thinkers and the community
- The program uses the Lean LaunchPad® developed by Steve Blank in 2011, introduced at Stanford University, Columbia Business School and UC Berkeley and currently taught in more than 200 universities worldwide
- The method is core to the U.S. National Science Foundation Innovation Corps program, which is the standard for commercializing science in the U.S. and applied in a variety of sectors, including non-commercial areas such as Hacking for Defense and for Diplomacy
- Participants validate that they have created a repeatable, scalable business model through the combination of experiential learning with the three building blocks of a successful lean startup:
- Alexander Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas,
- Blank’s customer development model and
- Agile engineering.
- The Incubation Experience program is held every Fall and Winter semester; details for the next program in early 2023 can be found here.
Module 5 – Make Your Venture Investment Ready
- The program involves:
- Mentoring, advisory, and lending program for underserved social enterprises with growth potential
- Support and partnerships planned to operationalize the program
- This is a custom program – please contact us to express your interest!