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Canada Announces Grand Prize Winners of Impact Canada Challenges

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, announced the grand prize winners of three Cleantech Challenges under the Impact Canada Initiative, a government-wide approach to introduce innovative approaches to help solve Canada's biggest challenges.

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  • Today, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Natural Resources, announced the grand prize winners of three Cleantech Challenges under the Impact Canada Initiative, a government-wide approach to introduce innovative approaches to help solve Canada's biggest challenges.
  • The winners of the Power Forward, The Sky's the Limit and Charging the Future Challenges were announced during the GLOBE Forum 2022 in Vancouver.
  • Since 2017, Natural Resources Canada has invested $75million in six clean technology challenges under the Impact Canada Initiative : Power Forward , The Sky's the Limit , Charging the Future , Indigenous Off-diesel Initiative , Women in Cleantech and Crush It!
  • Congratulations to this year's Impact Canada Winners on their achievements that are making our communities cleaner, greener and safer for everyone."

On National Mentoring Day, 1,000 Dreams Fund Unites with Colgate-Palmolive and other Leading Companies for Year 3 of its National Women's Mentoring Program "MentorHER"

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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

It was with these figures in mind that 1DF created MentorHER, aiming to accelerate growth in women's success in school and beyond.

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  • It was with these figures in mind that 1DF created MentorHER, aiming to accelerate growth in women's success in school and beyond.
  • Since its launch in 2019, the program has generated over 500 hours of mentorship in collaboration with leading Fortune 100 companies, small businesses and nonprofits.
  • "Colgate is proud to continue our partnership with 1,000 Dreams Fund to reach even more young women through MentorHER.
  • Participating Gems will leverage co-branded promotional graphics to celebrate National Mentoring Day and ask their followers, friends and family to support the 1,000 Dreams Fund.