{"id":6485,"date":"2017-01-10T13:43:34","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T20:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/?p=6485"},"modified":"2017-01-26T11:47:20","modified_gmt":"2017-01-26T18:47:20","slug":"worlds-challenge-challenge-deadline-feb-13-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/2017\/01\/10\/worlds-challenge-challenge-deadline-feb-13-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"World&#8217;s Challenge Challenge &#8211; deadline Feb 13, 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Global Lounge is hosting UBC\u2019s first <a href=\"https:\/\/students.ubc.ca\/about-student-services\/simon-k-y-lee-global-lounge-resource-centre\/worlds-challenge-challenge-2017\">World&#8217;s Challenge Challenge<\/a>. This competition invites teams of 3 UBC students to propose an innovative solution to a global issue.<\/p>\n<p>The World\u2019s Challenge Challenge is an exciting way to engage in discussion and debate about world issues, and to bring your own ideas to the table. Plus, first and second place winners will receive a cash prize!\u00a0Members of the winning team will each receive $2,500 and get to travel to Western University in London, Ontario to compete in the first International World\u2019s Challenge Challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The winning team will also move on to compete in the first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldschallengechallenge.com\/\">International World\u2019s Challenge Challenge<\/a>, for the chance to win $30,000 &#8211; that\u2019s $10,000 per team member! Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/students.ubc.ca\/about-student-services\/simon-k-y-lee-global-lounge-resource-centre\/worlds-challenge-challenge-2017\">contest webpage<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for students to enter the competition is <strong>February 13, 2017<\/strong>. Full contest rules can be found at <a href=\"https:\/\/students.ubc.ca\/about-student-services\/simon-k-y-lee-global-lounge-resource-centre\/worlds-challenge-challenge-2017\">students.ubc.ca\/challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All current undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to enter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Global Lounge is hosting UBC\u2019s first World&#8217;s Challenge Challenge. This competition invites teams of 3 UBC students to propose an innovative solution to a global issue. The World\u2019s Challenge Challenge is an exciting way to engage in discussion and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/2017\/01\/10\/worlds-challenge-challenge-deadline-feb-13-2017\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23776,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1330,1726632,1108267],"tags":[648105,604637,5402,418715,9085,5569,1151,1727009],"class_list":["post-6485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-events","category-opportunities-get-involved","category-other-news","tag-apbi","tag-fnh","tag-global-initiative","tag-grs","tag-lfs","tag-team","tag-world-issues","tag-worlds-challenge-challenge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23776"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6485"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6571,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6485\/revisions\/6571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsundergrads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}