Empowering Local Solutions to Global Challenges: The Hult Prize Comes to the McGill Dobson Centre

Published: 21 November 2024

The Hult Prize is a globally renowned social entrepreneurship competition that empowers young people to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges through innovative business solutions. At...

Beakerhead festival attendees to dine on crickets

Published: 17 September 2015

Many people would gag at the thought of snacking on crickets. But on Wednesday, the brave crew on the Calgary Eyeopener gave them a try and unanimously decided the insects actually taste like...

Crickets for Dinner Anyone? A Crazy, Yet Clever Idea from Students of McGill University

Published: 26 April 2013

Five students from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, Canada offered a rather innovative (read bizarre) solution to the challenge of the 2013 Hult Prize, considered by some...

Insect Cuisine Coming Soon to a Store Near You

Published: 6 February 2015

"Stinkbugs have an apple flavor, and red agave worms are spicy. A bite of tree worm apparently brings pork rinds to mind," reports National Geographic. "This information will come in handy for...

7 Reasons The World Isn't Totally Screwed Right Now

Published: 8 August 2014

If you've turned on the news lately, you may have gotten the sense that the world is falling apart. From rising body counts in Gaza and Israel to a plane getting shot down in Ukraine to increasing...

Fundraising For A Humanitarian Startup? Show VCs The Money

Published: 16 January 2017

A noticeable fraction of the thousands of startups I have looked at in the last seven years have made attacking a societal evil (e.g., hunger, homelessness, etc) a key part of why they exist. This...

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