Canada Comeback Challenge
The Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER) hosts this online skill-building competition that puts students to a unique test: Create original, innovative solutions for real businesses problems.
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Preparing leaders and innovation-thinkers to tackle real-world problems
The Canada Comeback Challenge creates opportunities for post-secondary students to contribute to Canada’s COVID-19 recovery while gaining valuable work-integrated learning (WIL) experience.
Through a fun, skill-building national competition in an entirely online format, 16 UFV student teams from the College of Arts were tasked with solving real-world problems facing employers in Canada’s public, private, and non-profit sectors and competed for a chance to pitch their ideas to an esteemed panel of judges.
Challenge: Barrier-Free Access & Decolonized Future for the Arts (CCA)
Coach: Dr. Shelley Liebembuk
Students:
Stefan Boekhorst
Vikash Gill
Armaann Kapoor
Sara Morales
Isabella Russel
Bevan Watson
Challenge: Barrier-Free Access & Decolonized Future for the Arts (CCA)
Coach: Dr. Shelley Liebembuk
Students:
Abby Hansen
Kai Pollock
Jass Rai
Isha Thakur
Alia Von Riesen
Challenge: The Emerging Asocial Society (SSHRC)
Coach: Dr. Brett Pardy and Hannah Celinski
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Students:
Lauren Lowe
Amanjot Dhaliwal
Farah Syed
Jane Beimers
Hieu Le
Katarina Bell
Gracie Dougan
Ven Nguyen
Challenge: The Emerging Asocial Society (SSHRC)
Challenge: Shift to Digital
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Coach: William Maher
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Students:
Vickramjeet Singh
Zubin Kuruvilla
Hao-Ting Liao
Challenge: Shift to Digital (CCA)
Coach: William Maher
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Students:
Elisha Hancock
Eden Ofeimu
Arty Urdabayev
Challenge: Shift to Digital (CCA)
Coach: William Maher
Students:
Danila Demin
Emily Gemmell
Annika Harris
Challenge: Reopening Little Jamaica
Coach: William Maher
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Students:
Stacey Chen
Emily Liu
Yuezhang Qin
Challenge: Social Impact of the Arts (CCA)
Coach: William Maher
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Students:
Micah Brandt
Misbah Misbahuddin
Adam Orr
Challenge: Overcoming Challenges (CNIB)
Coach: William Maher
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Students:
Abbie Mascher
Salma Okie Fayad
Sarah Parker
Challenge: Emerging Asocial Society (SSHRC)
Coach: William Maher
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Students:
Kartik Arora
Kynat Bhinder
Sawyer Lale
Challenge: Overcoming Challenges (CNIB)
Coach: Dr. Linda Pardy and Tetsuomi Anzai
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Students:
Gurnoor Sidhu
Brielle Quon
Mika Bachmann
Kaylee.Lovesy
Taya Reimer
Harmanjotkaur Saini
Challenge: Living within Earth's Carrying Capacity (SSHRC)
Coach: Dr. Anna Cook, Dr. Anastasia Anderson, Dr. Wayne Henry.
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Students:
Ian Boese
Cole Parsons
Kyla Mitchell-Marquis
Tyler Falk
Challenge: Barrier-Free Access & Decolonized Future for the Arts (CCA)
Coach: Aimée Henny Brown
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Students:
Jordan Bayne
Karyn Seutter
Victoria Vergara Villarreal
Katee Clements
Zubin Kuruvilla
Challenge: Barrier-Free Access & Decolonized Future for the Arts (CCA)
Coach: Aimée Henny Brown
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Students:
Heaven Sadler-French
Eliza Crowe-Mccallum
Yu (Mia) Wang
Washington (Michael) Reimer
Challenge: Barrier-Free Access & Decolonized Future for the Arts (CCA)
Coach: Aimée Henny Brown
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Students:
Evgeniia Vorobeva
Samuel Funk
Jodi Tilitzky
Megan Brynelson
Challenge: Barrier-Free Access & Decolonized Future for the Arts (CCA)
Coach: Aimée Henny Brown
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Students:
Aislynn Davey
Andrea Bolivar
Veronica Sawatzky
Hao-Ting Liao