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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INNOVATION FAIR

The Purpose:

Universal Child's Day was held on November 20th. This event served as a way for the International Development Community, including both practitioners and academics, to showcase the innovative projects that are currently being practiced with respect to children and youth.

The Goals:

The fair provided a place to share ideas, brainstorm solutions and involve the input of students, colleagues and those in complementary industries. The aspiration was that input from participants, particularily youth, would be a catalyst toward further innovations in the International Development industry and beyond.

The Showcase Event:

The fair allowed participants to visualize the ideas of others, the breakout sessions provided for in-depth discussion and the interactive components provided a platform for the growth of new innovations.

Event Coverage:

On Friday, November 18th Humber College hosted “Fresh Ideas: Children and Youth". The central thrust of this Innovation Fair was to bring youth together to help inspire them to be the catalysts for innovation and change in the International Development industry and beyond.


Well versed in the world of International Development and known for his ability to actually realize change within it, Dr. Michael Hatton, VP Academic, Humber College, delivered the opening remarks. Pointing out many of the challenges facing the industry, he was also able to specifically locate the areas where young people can become involved and make a difference. “Nowhere is aid being delivered today where it couldn't be done better,” he said, welcoming courageous new ideas that could change the landscape of the industry as we know it. “You need to be proactive and purposeful. Never give in. Never give up.” But he didn't stop there, he challenged each one of us to become more than we were before the Fair, to step outside of our daily routines and in the next 60 hours to do something, anything, to make a significant and positive influence in the life of just one child. Hatton wasn't just asking us to talk about change, he was asking us to be that change.

Another speaker, Otto Farkas, Director RDCI, World Vision Canada, urged us to see the extraordinary that pulses within the ordinary, asking that we teach ourselves to see things differently. Sharing his thoughts on how youth are vital instruments by which change is initiated, Farkas explained how essential it was to tap into the unmined, ever-fresh minds of the young, for they truly see things with an unbiased clarity and creativity that eludes the orthodox institutional structures that dominate our society. Young people have to talk to one another, they have to brainstorm, and more than that, they have to work hard to make their ideas heard, felt and realized in the world. “Innovation needs exposure to succeed. Today, we are hoping that you will see snapshots of innovation and change and, hopefully, take these snapshots into the field where they will become enlarged ideas.”

On that note, realizing that one person can make a difference, we walked out inspired and hopeful, ready to call forth the extraordinary that beats within each one of us, and change the world.


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