2017
Projects
Creating their business project by developing a mobile application that meets a need in their community, this is the challenge that our participants took up.
Discover their projects:
Speak App
INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE: SEMIFINALIST
Our educational app helps students develop proficient practicing methods for public speaking by offering them a platform on which they can virtually practice their speech (practice room) and get helpful feedback on it all the while playing a level-scaling game. They can flourish into a master of speeches by choosing to practice with distractions or with a virtual public and perfect these abilities by scheduling prepping sessions with the practice reminder, consulting instructive tips and talking to others like them from the chatroom. Thanks to these cutting-edge features, the student will truly master how to stand and deliver with confidence.
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SOS stress organisation for Students App
INTERNATIONAL CHALLENGE: SEMIFINALIST
Our app, SOS is an important part of the solution to the problem of stress among high school students. It is an app that helps students keep track of their schoolwork and deadlines and thus lets them lead a stress free and more organized life. The main features of SOS include a Calendar, a Upcoming section and a Mindfulness section. By using SOS, students will feel more in control of their life and be able to achieve a better balance between their academic and extracurricular activities. Stress less with SOS!
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Trashbag Mtl App
REGIONAL CHALLENGE: SECOND PRIZE
TrashBag is an app that will help engage and support users by allowing them to find garbage bins, recycling bins, eco-centres and composting bins with our GPS map feature. It will also help users identify what waste goes in what bins with our “What Goes Where” section. Finally our city notification feature allows users to alert the city and fast food corporations through social media about polluted areas that need attention.
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Econo.me App
REGIONAL CHALLENGE: THIRD PRIZE
Our goal is to provide information on economic basics using current economic information so that young people can better manage their money both in investment and consumption so that they are more aware of the system in which they live. Current news and vocabulary will be well vulgarized to facilitate understanding of the field. All will be done in a playful way by adding quiz games to stimulate the teenagers during their learning. Finally, each user will have a personal account in order to measure their evolution in the understanding of the economic system.
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Love Yourself App
Love Yourself is an app that helps teenagers with eating disorders. It also helps them to regain confidence, have a healthy lifestyle and a healthy eating habits.
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Aurora App
Aurora is an app that connects Gay Straight Alliance clubs throughout Montreal. Our app will have many resources such as supportive hotlines, LGBTQ+ news & events, media such as short films and music, and a way for students to ask questions and get advice from their mentors. There will be no judgement sharing on our app as we will not include comments, likes and chats in order to maintain a safe and respectful environment. At J.E.M our vision for Aurora is to provide an app to help connect GSAs throughout the city. Nobody stands alone because we stand with you.
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Potluck App
“Potluck” is a network created to connect people from all walks of life. Designed with the intent of allowing food shelters to easily locate generous food-related business that are willing to donate the surplus of their products to those that do not have access to a meal. With a thoroughly-integrated social network and a simplistic point system, food companies and restaurants can easily create a public profile that shows their commitment to help the community. Food shelters, on the other hand, can create a profile that can display their current needs, resulting in a more efficient donation system.
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Peace Together App
40,000 Syrian refugees have arrived in Canada since November 2015. Victoria and Shuming are a diverse team who are passionate about helping these families. Enter Peacetogether, a cross platform application that makes helping easy and accessible. It acts as a bridge between volunteers, organizations and new Canadians (refugees), thus facilitating the process of volunteering with an organization that’s right for each user. The intuitive interface allows users to easily sign up or browse as a guest to see nearby volunteer opportunities. Peacetogether connects the desire to make a difference in the refugee crisis with giving back to our local communities.
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Times of Tomorrow App
Times of Tomorrow is a video game that aims to get people to think in a concrete and productive way about the environment, it's degradation and the other issues that one has to take into account when thinking about conservation. Through a choice-based storyline, our game pushes you to think about your values surrounding this issue and to assert your stance when it comes to environmental discussion. In game, you get to explore thoughful ways of thinking about the protection of the world in which we all live in, all within a beautiful experiential platform.
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