List articles with tag education

The ups and downs of Sonic Howl in 2014

by Adelaide Z  |  April 8, 2014

The 2014 Montreal regional final was one of controversy, utter jubilation, and eventual heartbreak. Sonic Howl was among the best scoring bots in the competition and a force to be reckoned with thanks to a crafty team who both built and powered the bot to the semi-final round. The team had some... read more

Vigilant Global Sponsors Concordia Engineering and Commerce Case Competition

by Adelaide Z  |  March 14, 2014

Vigilant Global and Concordia University have a habit of partnering up to support education. The Vigilant Global endowment fund ensures deserving international graduate students can focus on their studies. While the university’s business school and engineering faculty are the happy recipients of... read more

Vigilant Global adopts four Montreal-area schools

by Adelaide Z  |  October 1, 2013

Vigilant Global donated some much needed new books to four Montreal-area public schools this week through the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation and their ‘Adopt-A-School’ program. The schools will all receive the books for their library with the goal of replace aging and outdated books, many of... read more

Vigilant Global sponsors TedX Montreal 2013

by Adelaide Z  |  August 26, 2013

Do you know TED? More specifically, do you know TED Talks? Ted talks is a nonprofit organization devoted ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’. TED Talks bring together some of the world’s most mesmerizing thinkers and present a topic for no longer than 18 minutes. The conferences typically happen on the West... read more

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

Career fair season is here

by Adelaide Z  |  September 26, 2012

First stop as we kick-off the new school year: Toronto for the New Grad Expo. The fall edition of the expo was just as busy this time around as in February except we came fully prepared with more fellow Vigilant employees to handle the massive crowd of 5000 eager fresh-faced graduates. We met... read more