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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

Vigilant Global Among Top Quebec Employers 2013

by Adelaide Z  |  March 15, 2013 Vigilant Global Among Top Quebec Employers 2013

Montreal, QC – March 11, 2013 – Quebec’s daily French newspaper La Presse today announced its top employers in Quebec and has once again included Vigilant Global in the ranks for 2013. The results of this top employer list are based primarily on an employee engagement survey, which is evaluated... 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

Vigilant Global among top 20 employers in Montreal for 2013

by Adelaide Z  |  February 6, 2013 Vigilant Global among top 20 employers in Montreal for 2013

MONTREAL, QC – February 6, 2013 – For the consecutive second year, Vigilant Global, a Montreal-based R&D and IT firm specializing in high-performance systems, joined the ranks of employers gracing the Montreal’s Top 20 Employers list. The 100-employee firm also made the list last year, with... 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

Vigilant Global Among Top 50 Best Small and Medium Employers in Canada

by Adelaide Z  |  December 5, 2012 Vigilant Global Among Top 50 Best Small and Medium Employers in Canada

Montreal, QC – December 5, 2012 – Vigilant Global was once again named among the Best 50 Small and Medium Employers in Canada. Vigilant Global placed 11 out of 50 small- to medium-sized businesses from across the country and is only one of a handful of Quebec-based companies on the list. “Our... 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