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Please use the drop-down buttons below, categorized by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, to reveal the projects waiting for students inside. To learn more, click the challenge question to see all the details relating to the projects and organizations involved. Once you know which project(s) you are interested in and are ready to be put in contact with a potential mentor, please contact us at ycn@yorku.ca for an e-introduction.

Browse projects by Sustainable Development Goal - 1

Project Number	Challenge question	Partner
Project 1	How can we break down the barriers that impede the success of first-generation students in higher education?	Teaching and Learning Research In Action (TLR)
Project 2	How can we change public perceptions around whistleblowers so that their critical messages can be heard and acted upon without the messengers becoming the target?	Centre for Free Expression
Project 3	How can AJM bounce back from COVID-19 school closure, by supporting student learning and mental health through volunteerism?	Anne J. MacArthur Public School
Project 4	How might greater (and true) interdisciplinarity enhance the effectiveness and speed up the development of medical research into future cancer treatments?	YU - Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions
Project 5	How do we use technology to enable a sense of connection between caregivers, family, and the residents of long-term care homes?	YU - Centre for Vision Research

Browse projects by Sustainable Development Goal - 2

Project Number	Challenge question	Partner
Project 1	How can we break down the barriers that impede the success of first-generation students in higher education?	Teaching and Learning Research In Action (TLR)
Project 2	How can we change public perceptions around whistleblowers so that their critical messages can be heard and acted upon without the messengers becoming the target?	Centre for Free Expression
Project 3	How can AJM bounce back from COVID-19 school closure, by supporting student learning and mental health through volunteerism?	Anne J. MacArthur Public School
Project 4	How might greater (and true) interdisciplinarity enhance the effectiveness and speed up the development of medical research into future cancer treatments?	YU - Centre for Research on Biomolecular Interactions
Project 5	How do we use technology to enable a sense of connection between caregivers, family, and the residents of long-term care homes?	YU - Centre for Vision Research