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This exciting True North event at Communitech brought four winningteams from Kitchener-Waterloo and Ottawa hackathons to a showcase

finale. The dual-city hackathon co-created solutions for SocialIsolation, Aging & Technology. It brings #TechforGood to fruition.

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Formal presentations including the land acknowledgment from MPP Catherine Fifeand keynote from Balaji Gopalan, co-founder & CEO of MedStack5-minute pitch presentation by each of the four teams followed by 3-minutes ofclarification questionsTwo rounds of 30 minutes with up to 12 mentors at a timeMentor voteJudge deliberation

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Neighbour is an application that allows seniors to

easily make posts for the services they require

assistance with. Then someone who is capable of

assisting them, from their neighbourhood, can fulfill

their needs to gain "Blessing Bucks" OR can volunteer

their time.

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Participating teams werealso granted two 2-day

passes to True North each

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HealthMoves (right) from Ottawa:HealthMoves is a wearable medical devicethat provides continuous feedback onrecovery to patients and health careproviders following an injury. Sports injuries,joint replacements and strokes impairmobility, require physical therapy, decreaseindependence and lead to social isolation.HealthMoves enables patients to visualizetheir recovery over time through a web app.It also instills motivation in them topersevere with rehabilitation by includingtreatment and recovery gameplay andchallenges. Healthcare providers can accessdetailed sensor metrics of patient recoverycustomized for each injury. 

Experify Health (left) from Ottawa:: anaccessible facility-based platform to combatsocial isolation. Their mission is to bringindividuals together to make lives better inretirement homes, long term care homes andhospitals. Their solution will easily identifyuser interests, automatically book events andguide users to events within the facility. Theplatform is intended to be straightforward,secure, accessible, and ideal for the youngand old. User data will provide insights intothe interests and needs of residents andpatients and will help drive improveddecision-making. 

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Neighbour (right) from Waterloo: A market-based platform that connects people in needof someone from their own community thatcan help them. It is built upon the corefoundations of creating repeatedconnections, facilitating mobility, andsignificantly improving communityinterconnectedness. The applicationconnects a person with the service they needand by also encouraging them to provide aservice they’re skilled at to gain a sense ofpurpose. This ultimately fosters a moretightly knit and trusting community. 

M-bracelet (left) from Waterloo: KineticConnection has developed a prototypedevice (the m-bracelet) and phone app(kinetic connection) which transmits thesense of touch from person to person. Thedevice was created to establish a presenceover a distance so that families canconnect in a direct, non-verbal and caringfashion. Once devices are linked, eitherside can initiate communication. Thereceiver can receive and reply in a directway, by phone or bracelet, without needingto open their phone or use fine motorskills. Should the receiver open the app,they can see a picture should the sendersend one via their camera. The sensationstransmitted by phone and device havebeen designed to be gentle and act toreduce anxiety. 

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MPP Catherine Fife Josephine McMurray, PhD

Balji GopalanAlex Mihailidis, PhD

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