

Grand Challenges
The Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP) is a combined curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular targeted experiential program with five competencies that are designed to prepare the next generation of students for addressing the grand challenges facing society. The GCSP is an international initiative that takes place at universities across the globe. Each institution creates their own specific realization of how the competencies are implemented, which are approved by the GCSP steering committee.
In the Fall of 2019, McMaster University joined and implemented the GCSP as the first Canadian institution and a key component of The Pivot.