There’s so much inspiration to be found, and we’re here to help you create the most successful application for your Ingenious+ submission. Check out the guides, worksheets, videos and web resources below to help you hit the mark!
Application guides and worksheets
Application Guide
Before you start filling out the application form, it helps to gather up everything you’ll need, from supporting documents to consent forms. This application guide will take you through the process step by step.
Defining the problem
What is the problem or opportunity your innovation addresses? What do you hope to solve or improve? This article and worksheet will help you answer this question on the Ingenious+ application.
Research the competition
You’ve got a great idea and you’re ready to introduce it to the world. But wait! Someone else might have had a similar idea. Knowing who your competition is critical to your project’s success.
Identify obstacles
Understanding potential obstacles and thinking about how you will address them is really important to your project’s success. Don’t be surprised by a barrier! Use this worksheet to explore those challenges.
Final submission checklist
You’re about to sit down and start your application! Do you have everything you need? Are you sure??? This Ingenious+ must-have checklist will take you through the final steps before hitting “submit”!
Video Learning Sessions
Ingenious+ with David Brown
Once a youth innovator, always a youth innovator! Learn from Canadian innovator David Brown, co-founder and COO of Chinova Bioworks and founder of Mycodev Group about the power of youth entrepreneurship and innovation!
Ingenious+ with Melissa Allen
Do you want to learn how can you transform an idea into a business that changes the planet, the world, and life as we know it?
Ingenious + with Dr. Breanne Everett
Dr. Breanne Everett is the CEO and Co-Founder of Orpyx Medical Technologies Inc., as well as a medical doctor with residency training in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Calgary.
Helping the world hear with Audra Renyi
Our Ingenious+ Series is kicking off 2024 with Audra Renyi, Executive Director World Wide Hearing, a non-profit that designs distribution programs to provide hearing care for children around the world.
Adapting to Climate Change in the Arctic with SmartICE
Blending Indigenous knowledge with advanced science! SmartICE is the world’s first climate change adaptation tool designed to understand sea ice conditions with a business model that aims to expand opportunities for economic and social development in northern markets while preserving local cultures and lifestyles in Canada’s North!
On the types of Formal IP Protection
Welcome to the Stratford IP Strategy Academy. In this video, we introduce you to the most common types of IP protection by providing brief, high-level overviews of patents, trade secrets, trademarks, industrial designs and copyrights.
Other resources
Innovation on Brightspace
The Rideau Hall Foundation and D2L have joined forces to make the #EducationforInnovation teacher resources more interactive.
Education for Innovation
The E4I resources help educators guide learners through the four phases of the Innovation Cycle: inquire, ideate, incubate and implement.
