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Hack the Change aims to inspire students across Canada to leverage technology to enact social change. We’re looking for creative and innovative solutions to existing problems, with the goal of coding a better tomorrow.
RequirementsOpen to all Canadian students, at the university, college, or high school level.
$4,700
$2,600
$2,000
$200
AWS
$300
Benevity
$200
Arcurve
All prizes will be split between students and the charities of their choice.
Is the idea original or a fresh take on existing solutions? Does it creatively apply technology to urban challenges (e.g., housing, mobility, disaster resilience, inclusivity)?
Does the solution clearly address the challenge? Could it meaningfully improve lives?
Is the solution practical given real constraints (budget, infrastructure, etc.)? Could it scale beyond a demo into a real city/community setting?
Quality of the implementation (working prototype, technical depth, stability)? Use of appropriate technology stack. Is the solution technically sound and well-built?
Is the solution intuitive, accessible and user-friendly? Is the solution aesthetically pleasing? Does the design of the product elevate its function and original idea?
Without their support, this event wouldn't have been possible
Benevity
Amazon Web Services
Arcurve
Schulich School of Engineering
University of Calgary- Faculty of Science
Hunter Hub
Village Ice Cream
ReadBack serves to modernize the legal process, it is meant to help facilitate the communication gap between the two sides and help everyone remain on the same page. It is made to be used live during court hearings, to provide a live transcript with many accessibility features to everyone.
SustainaPals provides a gamified educational platform 🎮 for educators to utilize in the teaching and fostering of values surrounding environmental conservation and sustainability 🍃 By completing lessons and quizzes, obtain in-game currency 💰 and achievements 🏆 to up your ranking and unlock items to customize your SustainaPal avatar! 👾 SustainaPals was built with SwiftUI and uses JSON files as its backend, allowing educators to easily customize and tailor their lessons and quizzes to their classrooms. 🏫
A modular accessible IoT device and supporting webapps for promoting grassroots social justice and community feedback.
Seedpod is an innovative solution with the goal of bringing about sustainable individual agriculture, integrating hardware, machine learning, and a full-stack website to help empower ordinary people to grow their own produce with minimal maintenance. It features smart auto-watering using Arduino and related sensors and detection of plant height using images from an ESP32 WebServer which are fed to AI computer vision. The interactive website includes gamification through an online leaderboard, competitive tasks, the ability for users to view nearby plants and swap them with each other, and intuitive UI. We hope to inspire the next generation of decentralized, personalized, and sustainable agriculture.
PetPals is an anonymous online platform designed to help users reflect on their emotions and connect with others in a supportive and uplifting environment. It allows users to: Express their feelings, view posts, and earn points
Rayhan Khalid
Prev @ Apple
Christian Roatis
Arcurve Inc.
Sachin Singh
EchoStar
Kingsley Zhong
Sankar Achary Jankoti
Infosys Limited
Sahil Sachdeva
RBC
Gopinath Ramanan
Helcim Inc.
Gurjot Grewal
Nokia
Ashwini Joshi
Warner Brothers Discovery
Matthew Liu
Enbridge
Tyler Mitton
Voltex
Karam Baroud
ZeroKey
Armin Sandhu
AWS
Topan Budiman
AWS
Daniel Dias
RBC
Gary Wu
Deltek
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