2017/2018 Sprout Ideas Fellowship
In 2017, TakingITGlobal offered a 6 month Fellowship focused on social entrepreneurship and innovation. Youth aged 15 to 29 who are residents of Ontario were eligible to apply for the opportunity to develop and implement a project with a positive social impact objective.
What they received:- Summer Intensive: July 24th to August 18th hosted at OCAD University (49 McCaul St)
- Workspace, equipment, & hands-on mentorship provided to help launch your business
- Micro-Financing: Grants of up to $2000 to kick-start your social business idea
- 6 month Fellowship period: September to end of January
- Bi-weekly events & check ins
- Exclusive online community
- Sprout Ideas Showcase at Deloitte Canada Headquarters: Culminating event to continue networking & pursue future funding opportunities
Learn More: Read our Social Innovation & Entrepreneurship Youth Guide.
Meet the Fellows
Aaliyan Khan | The Positivity Project
Spreading Positivity Around The World, One Card At A Time.
- One-Pager
- Positivityproj.com @ThePositivityProject1
- @PositivityPro1 @the_positivity_proj
Aian Binlayo | Carbonbase
Calculate your everyday carbon footprint automatically and purchase carbon offsets to develop local, high-quality clean energy initiatives across Canada.
Alex Martenstyn | The BAR Institute
An elite, community-based non-profit music education platform.
Zubaida Zang | Zubaida Zang Designs
Socially conscious contemporary fashion that supports economically disadvantaged communities in Africa
Aljeena Qureshi | Skillsphere
A youth-led startup that focuses on educating youth between 14 and 18 years old about real-world skills.
- skillsphere.ca
- @skillspherecanada @_Skillsphere_
Amandeep Saini | The Joy of Reading
To support literacy, primarily in low-income regions of Peel, in order to empower youth to become life-long readers.
Devashree Rege | define! Youth
A student-led initiative seeking to provide accessible tools for youth so they can accelerate both their personal development and their social impact.
- One-Pager defineyouth.weebly.com
- @defineyouthTO @defineyouthto
Ethan Ashby | Honour Roll Mixtape
A compilation record of youth hip-hop artists in Toronto to set an example of the potential in marginalized youth in the arts.
Farooq Khan / Ayesha Liaqat | Math Energetics
A math engagement project with the aim of bringing mathematics to life and making it more accessible to children in rural KPK, Pakistan.
Felicia Tai / Yixuan (Jerry) Wang | GiveBox Canada
To create a platform for the community, allowing delivery of a personalized set of daily necessities right into the arms of a person in need from a mobile device and for a low cost.
Hayley Mundeva | GH90
To build up the global health workforce by connecting people to opportunities so they can solve the world’s greatest health challenges.
Helen Lin | NxtEng Canada
To empower the next generation of global leaders in engineering.
- One-Pager
- @NxtEngCanada @NxtEngCanada
Louise Solomon | N8IV MADE
An Indigenous led initiative that aims to develop, produce, promote and distribute high-end fashion products co-designed by Indigenous youth living in communities that are highly impacted by youth suicide.
Nyle Johnston | Miigizi Creations
Visual Story Telling based on Anishinaabe Teachings through paintings, line drawings and community mural projects as a way to share an understanding of Indigenous world views and medicine through imagery.
Rashad Bhuiyan | So-PhyZ
A web application which contains a youth-friendly repository of information on community centers located across Toronto to encourage youth to be social and active.
Zoe Osborne | Mahogany Culture Collective
A place where the diverse culture of the Caribbean is acknowledged and people who identify with the culture have a space to feel at home.
