by Adelaide Z | June 14, 2013
Vigilant has always been outspoken about the cause that is closest to its heart; youth education. In Montreal youth education comes in several forms, many of which are underfunded. With FIRST robotics, Vigilant worked with high school students in a lower income area of Montreal at a school with a...
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by Adelaide Z | May 10, 2013
With summer fast approaching, the employees of Vigilant Global find themselves in the preparation stages of one of the biggest athletic fundraising activities in the Montreal area: the Ride to Conquer Cancer. An annual event, the Ride profits the Segal Centre for Cancer at the Jewish General...
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by Adelaide Z | April 8, 2013
After 6 simultaneously stressful and fantastic weeks of robot building, the students at LaSalle Community Comprehensive High School, their Vigilant Global mentors and their pet robot Sonic Howl made off for their first competition in Oshawa (Ontario) for the weekend of March 9th. Despite several...
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by Adelaide Z | March 15, 2013
We are very proud of the way things have been going for Vigilant since the beginning of 2013. We have made our way to several Top Employer lists, including Top 20 Employers of Montreal, Top 50 Small and Medium Business Employers and today, Top Employers of Quebec. These awards are the best...
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by Adelaide Z | March 8, 2013
LCCHS and Vigilant are as of now in Oshawa, Ontario, playing a series of matches that will seal their fate for the competition. The mentors and kids arrived Wednesday night, and worked hard all of Thursday to prep the robot for the series. Some modifications were suggested by the judges, and...
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by Adelaide Z | January 15, 2013
Yesterday marked the beginning of the second week of the FIRST Robotics build period, set in motion by the launch event that occurred on Saturday January 5th. That morning, NASA announced the nature of this year's FIRST challenge to the thousands of kids waiting on tip toes for the competition...
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by Adelaide Z | November 21, 2012
Today was the annual RBC Challenge at Place Ville-Marie, an event whose greater purpose is to raise funds for the Centraide (a local charity focused on helping the less fortunate of the Greater Montreal region) and whose lesser purpose is to get people excited about breaking personal...
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by Adelaide Z | October 22, 2012
Last Friday was the first meeting between Vigilant and the students of LCCHS (LaSalle Community Comprehensive High School), who will be participating in the FIRST competition of this year, 2012-2013.
''FIRST is an inter-scholastic competition whose objective is to Favour Inspiration...
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by Adelaide Z | October 17, 2012
Grade-school students from two Montreal schools were greeted with a surprise this morning upon getting to school. They were the happy recipients of over 400 books donated by Vigilant Global through the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation.
St. Anthony Elementary – in the western part of Montreal –...
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