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Google believes technology can make a better world, faster. The Google.org Impact Challenge supports Canadian nonprofit innovators using technology to tackle the world's biggest social challenges. It's an opportunity for registered nonprofits and charities to share their vision for using technology to change the world.

Google.org will award $5 million across 10 Canadian nonprofit organizations to help bring their ideas to life. Five winning organizations will receive a $750,000 grant, and five additional finalists will receive $250,000.

Previously winning projects:

  • AIME (Australian Indigeous Mentoring Experience), an online game for Indigenous students to learn math and science - these students graduate at nearly half the rate (41.5%) of their non-Indigenous peers (81.2%)
  • TalkingPoints, a texting platform for parents and teachers to connect across language divides - In California, nearly half of students speak an language other than English at home
  • Bibliothèques Sans Frontières, Ideas Box, a multi-media kit offering e-books, paper books, educational tools and content - to be deployed around the world
  • Jaccede.com, an online platform that lists almost 75,000 places accessible to people with disabilities - a collaborative community tool for France and Europe

Applications are due Saturday, Nov 26, 2016. In March, ten finalists will be announced and the public will vote for their favourite projects. The ten finalists will pitch their project to a panel of judges at a closing event on March 30, 2017. 

The judges will bring a unique perspective on Canada and deep commitment to charitable causes:

  • The Honourable Melanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage
  • Dr. Samantha Nutt, Bestselling author and Founder of War Child Canada/War Child USA
  • Joseph Boyden, award-winning author and professor
  • PK Subban, NHL Defenceman and philanthropist
  • Hani Al Moulia, member of the Prime Minister's Youth Council
  • Don Harrison, Vice President, Corporate Development, Google
  • Jacquelline Fuller, Director, Google.org

Read more from the official website.