InventFuture.Global

Students solving real world problems

The Learning Partnership is the Canadian founding member of InventFuture. Global, whose mission is to support and enable students across the globe to develop and improve their problem-solving skills.

Inspires innovation

Celebrates student learning

Connects students with peers from around the world

Watch all of the team presentations and the entire Awards & Honors Celebration from the IF.G SDG Challenge #4

The IF.G SDG Challenge

From April 23 to May 14, 2022, 80+ students from around the world will design the ideal education system focused on UN Sustainable Development Goal #4: Quality Education For All.

The Learning Partnership, with Lead SDG Partner BMO, is supporting 10 student participants to represent Canada in this IF.G SDG Challenge. Working collaboratively in multinational teams of four to six, students will:

Engage in three live, two-hour online workshops guided by professional education facilitators and diverse, inspiring BMO volunteers (more details here)
Work in small international teams to collaboratively problem-solve and innovate real-world solutions based on local and global perspectives
Pitch their innovations on May 14 and celebrate achievements, including recognition through special Awards & Honours

Where student experience meets volunteer engagement

BMO volunteers will participate in the SDG Challenge in numerous capacities including keynote guest speaker, volunteer co-facilitators and judges. These volunteers each play an important role equipping student participants with future ready skills, promoting sustainable futures and representing BMO’s commitment to ‘Boldly Grow the Good in business and life’.

Gina Jeneroux, BMO's Chief Learning Officer, says "School taught people how to get the right answer not how to solve problems” in her keynote The skills we can develop now to help build the future we imagine to SDG Education Challenge participants on April 30, 2022.

IF.G INITIATIVES

SDG Education Challenge

This April to May, participants will tackle SDG #4: Quality Education and design the ideal education system. Working in global groups, students will identify problems, create solutions and present them to the world.

2022 Global Innovation Challenge

In November 2022, students from around the world will have the opportunity to share their solutions, creativity and thinking with a global audience using ideas, apps and prototypes.

IFG Water Challenge

In 2021, 85 students from more than 15 countries participated in a facilitated problem identification session to brainstorm and start inventing locally-relevant solutions.

Global Innovation Field Trip

In 2020, more than 100 presenters from 17 countries celebrated innovators age 7 as they shared their ideas and received feedback from educators and established innovators.

By participating in these IF.G Challenges, students are developing the skills and competencies they’ll need to become problem solvers and change makers today and into the future. And, they are connecting with students in other countries, environments, and societies, broadening their horizons in all kinds of important ways

IF.G at The Learning Partnership

Going global with innovation education

BMO Financial Group and TLP have teamed up for InventFuture.Global's SDG Challenge #4: Quality Education for All starting April 23.

Taking the 2021 IF.G Water Challenge!

The IF.G Water Challenge is a global online collaboration focused on building solutions to UN SDG 6. Read more about what the 85 students from 15 countries who are taking part have been up to!

The Global Innovation Field Trip (GIFT) is back

The Global Innovation Field Trip is back! Join us on July 9 – 10 for the second live 24-hour event. Over 100 innovation presenters (from age 5 to adult) from more than 15 countries will be demonstr...

The GIFT of inspiration

Global Innovation Field Trip was a global showcase of student innovation broadcast live for 24-hours starting on May 14, 2020. The Learning Partnership collaborated with organizations from around ...