List of hackathons in Scarborough, Canada in 2017

High schoolers in the Greater Toronto Area! Do you want to build some cool techie thing? Great! You should sign up to participate in Snowday 17' -- an introductory hackathon, where you'll have 12 hours to turn your idea into reality! You don't have to be an expert -- beginners are welcome too. Come and build something cool and compete for amazing prizes in multiple categories.

What: Hackathon 101: CodeAcross Toronto 2018 challenge owner workshopWhy: Learn about how hackathons like Code Across Toronto 2018 can help you and your organization harness the power of community-driven technology for the public good.When: 10AM-12PM on Tuesday, December 12, 2017Where: Ontario Room, 900 Bay Street, Toronto, ON and online via webcastWho: This event is for anyone interested in learning more about putting forward a challenge for CodeAcross Toronto 2018. This session will be of particular interest to people working in government and nonprofits on public good projects that could benefit from community-driven technology.How: Please register for this free event here on Eventbrite! Code for Canada, in collaboration with the Ontario Public Service Policy Innovation Hub and Open Government teams, is hosting a free workshop for people and organizations interested in participating in the upcoming 2018 CodeAcross Toronto hackathon as a challenge owner.  CodeAcross Toronto breaks down siloes by inviting coders, open data enthusiasts, civic tech organizers, policy wonks and other engaged residents to tackle specific challenges. Challenge owners generally put forward a well-scoped public good project for hackathon participants to work on during CodeAcross Toronto 2018. Previous challenge owners include Ontario’s Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development, the City of Toronto’s Transportation Services Division and the Landlord Tenant Board of Ontario. If you are curious about how the latest methods in technology and design can help you fulfill your public good goals, or if you’re looking to engage tech-savvy residents around a certain issue or dataset, then CodeAcross Toronto is for you!  Register for this workshop on December 12 to learn more about being a challenge owner, including how to define and present a challenge to get the most value out of your CodeAcross experience! Can't make it in-person in Toronto? We'll be recording parts of this session and sharing it online. CodeAcross Toronto 2018 will take place in March 2018. You can read a recap of CodeAcross Toronto 2017 hackathon here.

Teen girls ages 13-17 in and around Toronto! You're invited to participate in the Toronto Teens Learning Code Hackathon for Teen Girls. You'll get to learn how to solve real-world problems with technology. All are welcome -- it doesn't matter whether you are a beginner or an experienced coder.

On December 2nd - 3rd @IntuitDev and QuickBooks is hosting its SmallBizHack Toronto. The goal is to create a NEW solution that will help small businesses save time or money. First place winners will be bringing home $5000 CAD (to be divided equally if you work in team).

If you're interested in RetailTech, then Loblaw Digital invites you to participate in Hackathon 4.0. You'll be challenged to design and prototype innovative technology solutions that can help power omnichannel customer experiences across online grocery offerings, traditional e-commerce, loyalty, financial, and pharmacy products. Come and showcase your creativity and skills to the team that is responsible for building and operating the digital channels for Canada’s largest and most successful retailer.

Toronto area high school students - grades 9-12! University of Toronto Engineering Society's High School Outreach (Hi-Skule) program invites you to sign up to participate in the University of Toronto High School Design Competition (UTHSDC). You'll be challenged to a full day of building, problem, solving, and engineering and then you'll collaborate in a team on a design project. Present your final project to a panel of judges for a chance to win.

PakathonTO started in 2014 as one of a dozen city chapters of a global non-profit, Pakathon, with the mission to bring people together to create technology-based solutions that tackle social and economic issues in Pakistan through our annual hackathon.Over the years, PakathonTO has noticed a gap in the Toronto young professionals space for opportunities to highlight and celebrate Pakistani changemakers. So we decided to tackle this gap and expand our activities to deliver an exciting event series, PakathonTO Spotlight, that will highlight noteworthy individuals of Pakistani origin who are doing amazing work in the Toronto region in their respective fields.Join us for our first event in this series, PakathonTO Spotlight: Women Who Tech (And So Much More), featuring individuals from Betakit's 40 Women in Canadian Tech Worth Following and Flare’s #HowIMadeIt campaign. The evening will feature an engaging panel discussion as well as an opportunity to network with some local changemakers.We welcome and encourage people of all backgrounds to attend our events! Space is limited so grab your early bird tickets for $10 by November 16 or buy regular priced tickets for $15 soon! Tickets at the door will be $20, cash only.Join the conversation with #PakSpotlight and follow our Facebook and Twitter pages! SPEAKERS Panelists:Ria Lupton, Founder, WomenWhoCodeTO and Community Manager, RightsleeveHumera Malik, Founder & CEO, Canvass AnalyticsFatima Zaidi, VP Business Development, Eighty-Eight AgencyModerator:Samaa Ahmed, diasporic visual artist, curator, maker, researcher, writer, and founder of ARTBOXPlease check our Facebook and Twitter pages over the coming weeks for updates on speakers! AGENDA  6:30-7:00pm: Registration and Welcome7:00-7:30pm: Fun Activity!7:30-8:15pm: Panel and Q&A8:15-8:45pm: Networking and Wrap Up PARTNERS A huge thanks to our venue partner, Make Lemonade! Make Lemonade is a brand new, coworking space for women, in the heart of Toronto. Make Lemonade is on a mission to create a community of driven women who create, dream and get.sh*t.done.A big thanks to our event series partner Pak-Invest! Pak-Invest's mission is to inform Pakistanis abroad about opportunities in Pakistan and is focused on building a platform that lets them invest with confidence and ease. A BIT ABOUT USPakathonTO is a volunteer-run organization and since 2014 has hosted an annual hackathon to bring people together to create technology-based solutions that tackle social and economic issues in Pakistan.Pakathon globally has played a role in a number of successful ventures, including She’Kab, a subscription carpooling service for professional women; ProCheck, which improves patient access to non-counterfeit medicines; and PakatonTO’s very own Ammi Service, a voice-messaging service that provides maternal health information to rural women.We are excited to be expanding our activities this year through our event series, PakathonTO Spotlight, shining a spotlight on Pakistani changemakers in the Toronto region! FAQs Why do you charge admission fees for your events? PakathonTO is a registered non-profit run by volunteers and we do not make money through our events. All fees collected go directly towards covering the costs incurred to run our events. If you are interested to sponsor, host or donate to one of our events, please contact us at PakathonTO@gmail.com! Do I have to be Pakistani to attend?NO! We welcome and encourage people of all backgrounds to attend our events.

Young boys of colour -- aged 8 to 17 -- in and around Toronto! You're invited to participate in a robotics hackathon -- the Black Boys Code Toronto Fall 2017 Hackathon. You'll be challenged to design and program a physical robot to traverse obstacles. You'll also learn skills such as collaboration, critical thinking, and communication.

WHAT'S AN IMPACT JAM? A two-day Innovation Hackathon focused on turning innovation into impact against a specific global challenge. The 9Billion Lives Impact Jam - Food Waste will connect innovation hubs in Stockholm, Toronto and Nairobi to collectively work on the Food Waste challenge - sharing skills, ideas, and experiences using the Challenge Dialogue System framework. WHY YOU SHOULD PARTICIPATE. Food Waste in one of our time's biggest challenges as we're approaching 9 Billion people on the planet. We live in a time of unprecedented opportunities. There is no shortage of ideas, innovation, and money, yet grand challenges remain. THE 9BILLION LIVES IMPACT JAM IS: A collaborative environment where a mix of skill sets co-create impactful solutions Across multiple global locations over a 2 day period Focused on a diverse group of Innovators, Entrepreneurs, Sustainability Experts, Design Thinkers, Engineers and Policy Makers  Ultimately, it is a unique opportunity to collectively drive sustainable impact in a creative, solution-driven and international environment. And yes, IT'S FREE!  All we ask in return is dedication, engagement, focus, and that you don't waste food, of course! WHAT'S INCLUDED: - A facilitator lead Design Thinking weekend with unique international networking opportunities - A great venue downtown MaRS Discovery  District - All meals, drinks, snacks, and coffee included WHAT TO BRING - Laptop (don't forget your power cord) - Research, ideas, insights, skills - whatever you have to contribute! If you have further questions or would like more information about COLLABORATING, PARTICIPATING or FACILITATING in any of the JAM's, please reach out to Carissa Consoli, cconsoli@9billionlives.org. We can't wait to see you there! 9Billion Lives

"The blockchain is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial transactions but virtually everything of value." - Don Tapscott. Blockchain technology has been hailed as everything from the renaissance of money to the new internet. Early adopters are looking for ways to apply the technology, with use cases currently focused on financial services at the industry level, and even in terms of new forms of governance at the discipline level. This meetup aims to present an overview of this fascinating technology. Blockchain - Changing The World Around Us Join us on November 14, 2017 at the Milton Education Village Innovation Center to learn more about Blockchain technology, including: What is Blockchain technology and why does it matter to the world? Is it really the new Internet? Key aspects of Blockchain technology you need to know - trust, peer to peer systems, cryptography, cryptocurrency, immutability, and consensus. The threat of disruption - and why banks really got involved. Understanding the challenges and constraints of Blockchain technology. What makes a good blockchain use case? Introducing Blockchain for developers - how to get started. Finally - insights from ETHWaterloo: the world's largest Ethereum hackathon. Presenters Guy Pearce - Managing Partner: REData Performance Consulting and Board Director: IIBA Guy Pearce (BSc, BCom, MBA) has served on various Boards in Banking, Financial Services and Retail over the last decade, as well as on their Risk, Audit, Governance and Credit Committees. He has also served as CEO of a multinational operation serving 100,000 customers in three countries with a staff complement of 700. He has published numerous articles and presented numerous keynotes on various aspects of governance, risk, IT and data around the world, and is interested in the competitive transformation potential and governance implications of Big Data, IoT, and Blockchain. His $94.95 million big data case study is an example of a practical outcome of this interest.   Denys Linkov - University of Toronto Computer Science Student / Tech Under Twenty Lead Denys is a third year student at the University of Toronto studying Computer Science. He enjoys reading, discussing and exploring everything related to tech, including Blockchain and Bitcoin. Denys leads the Silicon Halton Tech Under Twenty initiative and has interned at two Halton companies - Geotab and VL Omni in the two summers. Denys has been selected as a participant in EthWaterloo - the world's largest Ethereum hackathon.  He will be joining 300 other ambitious developers for the opportunity to build the decentralized future and work alongside the inventors of Ethereum.  He will be sharing his insights and experiences about the hackathon.