Positive Pathways

Challenge Steps

STEP 1: IDEATION & DEVELOPMENT

March 1 – June 11, 2023

Create or join a team consisting of 2-4 students. The deliverables for this stage include a 3-5-minute video explaining and demonstrating your prototype and its functionalities as well as a 10-20-slide PDF presentation outlining the project and its potential impact. All submissions must be in English and uploaded to the platform by 11:59PM (EST) on June 11, 2023.

The voting stage will take place between June 12 and 13, 2023. Up to five teams will be selected to participate in the finals. The finalist teams will be notified on the evening of June 13, 2023.

STEP 2: THE FINAL PITCH

June 22, 2023

Between June 13-22, you will have time to finalize your solution/prototype and prepare a five-minute presentation (including a short prototype demonstration). The five teams of finalists will have the opportunity to pitch their solutions to the jury at a live virtual event on June 22, 2023. The teams will have the chance to win up to $8,000 cash!

 

Evaluation Criteria

ORIGINALITY & INNOVATION - 30%

Does the project offer an original, innovative approach to addressing the selected problem? Is the project ambitious or creative within the constraints of the challenge timeline? Is this a new idea or has the team used this idea in the past?

TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE - 30%

Does your team make effective and appropriate use of the selected tools and technologies? Does the team effectively communicate a solution to the challenge?

TEAM DIVERSITY & COMPLEMENTARY SKILLS - 10%

Does your team reflect diversity? Does your team have a complementary skill set that enables you to tackle the different aspects of your project?

IMPACT & FEASIBILTY - 30%

Does the project address a clear need, problem, or opportunity? Does the project fit the problem it addresses? Does the team have a credible plan for implementing their proposed solution and does the solution have a good product/market fit?

 

Eligibility/Rules

• Must be a Canadian post-secondary student (including abroad) or an international student in a Canadian post-secondary school
• Teams must be 2-4 people
• All team members must be currently enrolled in a post-secondary school or have graduated in the past 6 months
  Note: we will require documentation of the above to process any prizing
• Must not have used this idea in previous pitch events, school projects, grant proposals, etc.