Asian Voices Project
Jonathan Kong, Natalie Charette
Vancouver, Canada
Social Cohesion and Economic Recovery
The Asian Voices Project is dedicated to sharing the histories and experiences of Asian-Canadian communities
through immersive digital storytelling experiences. The Project aims to help claim space for Asian Canadians’
histories within the national narrative, creating opportunities for mutual understanding, respect, and
inclusivity.
The first of the AVP experiences will retell the story of white supremacists’ attacks on Vancouver’s Chinatown
and Japantown - and residents' ensuing strikes that forced the government to help locals rebuild their
neighborhoods.
BIPOC Youth Hub
Hodan Mohamud
Toronto, Canada
Social Cohesion and Economic Recovery
BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) youth disproportionately have been impacted by COVID-19. BIPOC
youth face the largest financial setbacks from COVID-19, experience poorer mental health and have been impacted
by the loss of numerous programs and opportunities. To combat these inequities experienced as a result of
COVID-19 I have created a platform where BIPOC youth are able to receive support, access and be connected to
various services, as well as come together and come up with youth-led solutions to address the issues we
experience and work together to implement these ideas.
Double Impact Initiative
Connor Schoen
Boston, U.S.
Social Cohesion and Economic Recovery
Breaktime’s Double Impact Initiative is a one-year supported transitional employment program that utilizes
supported partnerships to empower young adults experiencing homelessness. Our program is uniquely designed to
support access to high-quality job opportunities while providing them with the skills, financial knowledge, and
support necessary for them to break the cycle of homelessness.
Hos-fit-all
Muram Bacare
Boston, U.S.
Public Health and Wellbeing
Hos-fit-all is a self powered, configurable hospital unit that is built using prefabrication and modular
integration methods with the negative pressure technology built into it to ensure a healthy interior environment
and serves as a timely response to the challenges of healthcare infrastructure, effectively solving the problem
of hospitals running out of beds for infectious disease patients.
Immersive Healer
Kaiwen Yang
Vancouver, Canada
Digital Transformation, Social Cohesion and Economic Recovery
Started as a virtual reality platform to commemorate an erased African Canadian neighbourhood (Hogan's Alley) in
Vancouver, the Immersive Healer project has become an inviting virtual cultural centre and a digital community
where the BIPOC community would join to collaborate, hold conferences, exchange ideas, and set up art shows and
product demos. Today, the Immersive Healer team is connecting its global partners to become a central hub
designed by the youth of Canada to address critical social, economic, technological, and public health
challenges as we move forward to the post-COVID world.
Initiative on Artificial Intelligence
Mohamed Abdalla, Sahar Abdalla, Salwa Abdalla, Moustafa Abdalla
Boston, U.S.
Digital Transformation
The Initiative on Artificial Intelligence (IAI) seeks to develop the forum infrastructure and facilitate the
networking of AI experts, domain experts who apply AI in various (unrelated) disciplines, policymakers, and
business leaders. By providing curated publicly-accessible interdisciplinary channels of communications, the IAI
forum will further serve as a source of credible expert opinion and a repository of high-quality research for
journalists, engaged citizens, and policymakers to make informed decisions regarding AI regulation, policies,
and evaluation standards.
Our Little Island
Nanda Kishore Daggupati & Lavanya Virmani
Vancouver, Canada
Public Health and Wellbeing, Digital Transformation
Our project aims to find meaningful solutions to adolescents' (11-14 years) mental health challenges that have
been further exacerbated by the pandemic. We are developing a mobile game that will teach a holistic view of
mental health as everyday health, empower youth to manage their own health, and highlight the importance of
community well-being. By combining frameworks of Social Emotional Learning, Mental Health Literacy, Social
Connectedness, and positive psychology, we aim to guide youth in developing practices such as gratitude, along
with fostering social connectedness within the game.
PillDrop
Naushin Hooda
Richmond Hill, Canada
Public Health and Wellbeing
PillDrop, a medication waste kiosk, redefines how unused, unwanted, or expired medications and other health
products are disposed of. Our vision is to protect communities from drug diversion and accidental or intentional
consumption and overdose and reduce the harmful effects of pharmaceuticals on the environment by providing a
safe, anonymous, and accessible solution for consumers. Alongside critical stakeholders in medication safety,
policy, and pharmacy, this innovation offers a simple yet not widely available solution to a serious and
widespread problem in Canada.
PriceMedic
Katelynn Salmon, Josh Nakka
Palmer Lake, U.S.
Public Health and Wellbeing, Digital Transformation
In Jan. 2021, a new rule by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services went into effect mandating that every
hospital in the United States make their payer negotiated rates available online, but prices remain so hidden
that consumer driven price comparison efforts are nearly impossible. We have compiled a database of charges for
all of the procedures offered at each of more than 10,000 and counting hospitals and outpatient medical
facilities across the United States. Using PriceMedic’s search tool, consumers can compare the costs of more
than 20,000 procedures from lab tests to surgery.
Wiisinin—reclaiming Turtle Island's foods
Emily Wang, Taijah Abotossaway, Alice Walkus, Farah Talaat
Toronto, Canada
Social Cohesion and Economic Recovery
Wiisinin means “to eat” in Anishinaabemowin. We promote food sovereignty by helping Indigenous families and youth
reconnect with traditional foods. Every week, we send out a traditional recipe, a video tutorial filmed by us,
and a $50 grocery gift card to each participant. Post-covid, we will host more workshops in person. Wiisinin is
BIPOC oriented, accessible, and centred on reconciliation. Miigwech!