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Encouraging Students and Creative Educational Programs

by Adelaide Z  |  June 14, 2013 Encouraging Students and Creative Educational Programs

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... read more

Preparation Begins for the Ride to Conquer Cancer 2013

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... read more

FIRST Robotics: Round 2 and Season's End

by Adelaide Z  |  April 8, 2013 FIRST Robotics: Round 2 and Season's End

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... read more

Top awards: a good start to the year

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... read more

FIRST Robotics: Round 1

by Adelaide Z  |  March 8, 2013 FIRST Robotics: Round 1

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... read more

FIRST Robotics: week 2 on the way to greatness

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... read more

RBC Challenge for Centraide

by Adelaide Z  |  November 21, 2012 RBC Challenge for Centraide

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... read more

The first step on the road to FIRST Robotics

by Adelaide Z  |  October 22, 2012 The first step on the road to FIRST Robotics

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... read more