List of hackathons in Canada in 2018

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Hackers in Alberta! The Computer Engineering Club of the University of Alberta invites you to participate in HackED 2018. In this 24-hour event, you'll be challenged to design and build an awesome digital project and compete for your piece of a $CA 1250 prize pool.

Techie and business students in and around Toronto! ProtoHack Toronto invites you to participate in OpenEd Hacks: Innovating for Education -- an innovation challenge that connects students with startups to reinvent education through technology, data, and design. You can choose to work on your own project or work on a challenge presented by one of the event's startup partners.

Gaming enthusiasts in and around Toronto, Canada! The George Brown College chapter of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA GBC) invites you to come and participate in the Toronto location of the Global Game Jam. At this, the world's largest game jam event, you can collaborate with like-minded gamer techies to create awesome new games! You're invited to explore new technology tools and testing your skills by designing, creating and testing your own new game — all in less than 48 hours.

Hello fellow Tech and Innovation enthusiasts!Have you ever wanted to learn how to improve your demoing and presentation skills? Do you want to improve your abilities to pitch your projects, ideas, and to improve your communication abilities overall? Do you want to apply these skills during a Hackathon like ConUHacks III or learn what a Hackathon is in the first place?For HackConcordia's HackWeek, FormFintech and District 3 Innovation Centre come together to host and bring you the Pitch Preparation workshop! -You'll learn about what is a Hackathon and what Concordia's event, ConUHacks III, entails-You'll learn how to improve your demoing/presentation skills during a hackathon-You'll learn to write a compelling description of your projects (this can be valuable for devpost descriptions of your project when it's submitted during a hackathon)-You'll be able to put your pitches into practice and learn from industry experts and mentors on how to improve your presentation skills infront of investors, sponsors, or students Only a limited amount of seats are available for this FREE workshop!

What is Hoist? Hoist is a tech club for teens interested in coding, design or entrepreneurship. If you’re between the ages of 12-19 and have an interest in startups or coding, then come check it out! (Don't forget to bring your laptop and charger). Hoist is normally held on the third Saturday of every month. **NOTE: We have changed our consent form! Everyone (regardless if new to Hoist) must have this waiver filled out before they arrive to Hoist) What Happens at Hoist? LearnLearn from experts in the business. The first half-hour will be a lesson from a pro on the topic of the day – App basics, coding (android/ios?) etc.  LunchHave some free pizza with your new friends. HackBuild or design something, apply what you just learned…it’s a mini hackathon. Work in a group or on your own to create the next big product or service! DiscussReflect and discuss the day…what did you find challenging or exciting? Chill out and talk to your new pals about what you created! NOTE: Hoist is now ending at 3pm and not 3:30pm! **NOTE: We have changed our consent form! Everyone (regardless if new to Hoist) must have this waiver filled out before they arrive to Hoist)

Citizens of Quebec! Quebec Basic Income invites you to participate in the first preparatory event for the Basic Income Simulation for Quebec Hackathon. You'll be challenged to collaborate with like-minded men and women to create an online computer simulator to help citizens better understand their municipal budgets.

Hackers, innovators, entrepreneurs, ideas people, creative types, and social disruptors. You can be a student or a working professional -- it doesn't matter! You're invited to participate in a Hacking Health Hackathon -- Hacking Self! You'll be challenged to spend a full day designing and building something that's useful for yourself and others. Pitch your project to a panel of judges for a chance to be a winner.

3 HOURS. 50 CALGARY CULTURE-FANATICS. DISCUSSIONS THAT SHIFT OUR WORKPLACES. First, not sure what a hackathon is, here is a generic explanation. The theme is focused on how to 'Build Belonging in your Workplace’. The hackathon will explore this topic, in-depth, as a shared community through sharing what this looks like in individuals organizations and blue-sky ideation. If you believe that building a rock-solid culture in your company is the key to success then you’re just the type to fit into this hackathon. Bring your culture challenges to the table and leave with ideas to transform your workplace tomorrow. To help guide us with our discussion, we will have CLx partners providing examples they found successful for building a sense of belonging in their workplace.We'll split into groups to explore how to develop a culture of belonging as it relates to: Recognition Communication Fast-growth environments (scale) Flexible work Schedule1:00 pm - Networking & Afternoon Treats2:00 pm - Hackathon Begins Oh and early birds get $5 off your ticket if you grab before December 31st. *no prep or teams necessary, bring your experiences

Farmers, producers, students, business professionals, developers, engineers, agriculturalists in Saskatchewan! You're invited to sign-up to participate in the Emerging Agriculture hackathon — an agriculture-themed case competition. You'll collaborate with other students in agriculture, computer science, and commerce. Your challenge will be to use technology to design and prototype an innovative solution to one of today's pressing problems in agriculture. Collaborate, compete and take home an awesome prize.