Global Community Challenge YYC
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What is the Challenge?
Now more than ever, our world is facing new challenges. Organizations must demonstrate the ability to pivot and respond to issues as they arise in order to continue serving their target communities. The ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ has engaged students and provided them with the opportunity to identify potential solutions to challenges faced by local organizations in the Calgary community that have an impact globally.
Fall 2024 Challenge Winners
In 2024, we had 53 students from 9 universities from 15 countries work to solve 9 challenges 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.
- Alexa Guevara Garcia – ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Natalie Mullins – Leeds University, United Kingdom
- MarÃa José Salazar MacÃas - Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
- Irma Wang - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Billy Me Wijaya - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Mentor: Shuang Qiao - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada and Glen Ansorger - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ Alumni, Canada
- Haoxuan Fang - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Maria Fernanda Salicioni - Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
- Luis Sanchez Diaz - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Vidhi Desai - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Shehab Elaktash - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
Mentor: Robyn Paul - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Renee Pi - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Raquel Santos - Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
- Raphael Henrion - Durham University, United Kingdom
- Isabella Stone - Durham University, United Kingdom
- Ngoc Truc My Truong - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Jetli Yanitza RodrÃguez Castro - Universidad Externado de Colombia, Colombia
Mentor: Fiona Couillard - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
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Aboriginal Friendship Centre of Calgary
- John Arden - Durham University, United Kingdom
- Marco Bicchi - Trento University, Italy
- Kaitlyn Boyko - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Camila Cordero - Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador
Mentor: Hana Curties - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ & Glen Ansorger - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ Alumni
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Alberta Tomorrow
- James Manson - Durham University, United Kingdom
- Angus Mathias - Durham University, United Kingdom
- Eszter Miklovicz - Ladányi - University of Trento, Italy
- Amy Priestley - Durham University, United Kingdom
- Daina Tribble - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Beatriz Turquetto de Souza e Silva - Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
Mentor: River Jiang - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½
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Centre for Newcomers
- Devyanshi (Diya) Devyanshi - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Xuanhue He - Leeds University, United Kingdom
- Zainab Malik - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Manmohit Singh - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
Mentor: Tinaye Muzenyi - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
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Disability Action Hall
- Muhammad (Faeez) Ansari - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Chun Yin Mou - University of Leeds, United Kingdom
- Karnik Gupta - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Kadence Johnson - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Fatima Debek - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
Mentor: Benazir Rahman - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ & Sydney Guthrie - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½
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Light Up the World
- Maria Leal - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Rubica Shah - Aga Khan University, Pakistan
- Maria Manosalva - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Lily Gillani - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Chloe Mansell - Durham University, United Kingdom
- Natalia McFadzean - University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Mentor: Sai Kilari - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
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Nature's Ride
- Haadi Butt - Aga Khan University, Pakistan
- Sana Hameed - Aga Khan University, Pakistan
- Sahar Mubeen - Aga Khan University, Pakistan
- Julia Ikenaga - Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
- Humna Amir - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
- Jhessy Turi - Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil
- Sachin Patel - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada
Mentor: Owen Klassen - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada & Gemelyn Barrogo - ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½
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.
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First Place: Calgary Bridge Foundation for Youth (Group #1​)
Mentor: Aishwarya Khanduja​ (Researcher, Cumming School of Medicine)
- Celia Sorrentino (Aix-Marseille Université, France)​
- °ä³ó±ô´Çé&²Ô²ú²õ±è;µþ²¹±ô¾±³æ (University College Groningen, the Netherlands)​
- Emily Tetrault (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)​
- Jessica Revington (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)​
- Rhi McQuone (University of Sheffield, UK)​
- Samuel López (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico)​
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Second Place: The Immigrant Education Society (Group#2)
Mentor: Nancy Olson​ (Agreements and Contracts Specialist, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ International)
- Daniel Castillo (University San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador)​
- Deborah Ola (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)​
- Ethan Holden (Oxford Brookes University, UK)​
- Melissa Thiessen (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)​
- Paula Ramirez (University of Groningen, the Netherlands)​
- Rafael Martin Del Campo De La Mora (Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico)​
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Third Place: Centre for Newcomers Society of Calgary
Mentors: Buffy St-Amand​ (Director, Strategic Projects and Global Initiatives, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ International) & Garrett Beatty​ (International Student Advisor, International Student Services)
- Dariia Korotka (Graz University of Technology, Austria)​
- Deena Gohar (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)​
- Ieesha Lagos Roberts (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)​
- Katherine May (University of Sheffield, UK)​
- Lotte Kallio (University of Groningen, the Netherlands)​
- SofÃa Soria (University San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador)​
136 students from 23 universities in 13 countries worked to solve 24 challenges set by 17 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.
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First Place: Loft 112 (Team 19)
- Harsimronjoot Sidhu (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada) ​
- Isis Harvey (University of Kent, United Kingdom) ​
- Karina Khan (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom) ​
- Navreet Dhillon (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada) ​
- Alexa Fernanda Cruz Gómez (University of Guadalajara, Mexico)
Mentor: Moonkyung Min (PhD Student, Werklund School of Education)
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Second Place: Immigrant Services Calgary (Team 15)
- Faith Moghaddami (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)​​
- Madelyn Beahan (University of Wollongong, Australia)​​
- Luke Edgar (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)​​
- Dionisios Bournias (Flinders University, Australia)​​
- Anna Bragato (University of Trento, Italy)​​
- Mayra Uribe (University of Guadalajara, Mexico)
Mentors: Sarath Kumar Jayaraman (PhD Student, Mathematics and Statistics) & ​Jacob C. Thundathil (Associate Dean, Office of Graduate Education and Internationalization, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine)
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Third Place: Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan (Team 9)
- Lauren Baal (University of Auckland, New Zealand)​​
- Chantal Vogel (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)​​
- Maria Gabriela Scarano Pereira (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)​
Mentors: Camille Antioquia (Student Recruitment Assistant, Enrolment Services) ​& Anayancy Solis (Senior Intl Projects Team Lead, Academic and Global Development, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ International)
101 students from 14 universities in 21 countries work to solve 14 challenges 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.
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First Place: Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (Team 5)
- Viknesh Prakash (Flinders University, Australia)​​
- Hibiki Nagano (Kansai Gaidai University, Japan)​​
- Reham Suleiman (Macquarie University, Australia)​
- Muhumuza Johnson (Mbarara University Of Science And Technology, Uganda)
- Guramrit (Amrit) Thandi (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)
- Jenna Salem (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)
Mentors: Buffy St. Amand (Director, Strategic Projects and Global Initiatives, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ International)
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Second Place: Making Changes Employment Association of Alberta (Team 11)
- Rebeca Guevara (Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Mexico)​​
- Hagumi Suzuki (Kansai Gaidai University, Japan)​​
- Matthew Appleby (Newcastle University, United Kingdom)
- Harveen Saini (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)
- Kyara Reynoso (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)
- Emma Di Liberto (University of Trento, Italy)
- Sapphire Truong (Western Sydney University, Australia)
Mentors: Jose Beleno (PhD Student, Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½) ​& Anayancy Solis (Senior Intl Projects Team Lead, Academic and Global Development, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½ International)
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Third Place: Immigrant Services Calgary​ (Team 9)
- Bongisile Nophakela (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
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Sarah Kedwell (University of Newcastle, Australia)
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Rebecca Livia Veneziano (University of Trento, Italy)
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Yogesh Naik (University of Waikato, New Zealand)
Mentors: Razieh Eshraghi Samani (PhD Student, Infection Biology and Vaccinology, ²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½)
Last year, we had 96 students from 21 universities in 21 countries work to solve 11 challenges 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.
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First place: Alinea International Challenge #2
- Rachel Taylor (Newcastle University, UK)​​
- Inga Strelnikova (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany)
- Diantha Beckford (The University of the West Indies, Trinidad & Tobago)​
- Olga Mariana Medina Gallardo (Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico)
Mentors: Heba Abdelmoaty and Jose Beleno
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Second place: Centre for Newcomers
- Isabel Zhao (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)​​
- Kayla Nguyen (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)​​
- Mirza Beg (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)
- Alicia Peacock (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)
- Ginevra Denei (University of Trento, Italy)
- Sara Ljekocaj (University of Trento, Italy)
Mentors: Bree Carney & Joseph Fernando
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Third Place: Alliance Francaise
- Harsanjit Bhullar (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)​​
- Kevin De Lara (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)​​
- Rakshit Narayanan Devaraj Baskar (²ÝÝ®ÎÛÊÓƵµ¼º½, Canada)
- Familusi Oluwatosin Adekunle (Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain)
- Isabelle Parker (Durham University, United Kingdom)
- Mauricio Eudave (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico)
- Albana Hoxha (University of Trento, Italy)
- Alessandra Giulia Gherardi (University of Trento, Italy)
Mentors: Apoorva Babbar & Shahin Parvar