Toronto-based app aims to combat social isolation

Thursday, May 12, 2022

This article and video was originally posted by CityNews.

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Even as pandemic restrictions lift, a generation of young people continue to cope with social isolation and loneliness as they work and learn remotely. CityNews speaks to Spurrya Jaggi, Founder of Lichi, an app at aims to help address this.

Spurrya is a Waterloo Engineering alumni. Spurrya joined the Conrad School to complete the BET 300 and 420 courses, and was a finalist at Hult Prize at Waterloo 2018 with team Prava, which went on to represent University of Waterloo at the Hult Prize Regional Finals in Quito, Ecuador.