Last weekend, Vigilant Futures was lucky enough to be one of the Gold-level sponsors for Concordia's first time hosting the CS Games. What a weekend! We were surrounded by incredibly talented students from across Canada and the northeastern U.S. Congrats to the team from the University of... read more
Concordia University is celebrating National Engineering Week (March 1-5) and to commemorate the event, engineering students are building a giant structure entirely from K’NEX pieces, as they’ve done for the last several years. This year’s structure is the space shuttle and will be the biggest... read more
It was an early start for a Saturday, but it was an incredibly interesting day. Montreal’s Concordia University hosted more than 500 people from all walks of life on February 19th for its independently organized TEDx event. The theme: Captivating inspiration. More than a few speakers talked... read more
It’s that time of year again when University undergrads in computer science and engineering from across North America converge on a University campus – this year at Concordia – to participate in the annual Computer Science (CS) Games. In true Vigilant style, no computer science and engineering... read more
FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics launched its 2011 project across North America on Saturday and in Quebec, the launch welcomed some 300 high school students from in and around the Montreal area. Vigilant Futures, as last year, is among one of the many... read more
Youth Fusion announced it raised over $1 million for their projects in 2011 during an event that attracted over 250 business leaders, community members, and students, and held at Montreal’s City Hall a few weeks ago. With the help of their partners, among them Vigilant Futures, the funds raised... read more
Every year LaSalle Community Comprehensive High School holds a canned food drive around the holidays to benefit those facing a tough holiday season. This year’s canned food drive happens to be today, with our city streets filled with snow, several more cm continuing to fall, with city crews out... read more
Youth education is a subject dear to Vigilant Futures. A recent article in La Presse discussed ways of improving public school/education in Quebec to counter some of the highest drop-out rates in the country. It outlines eight ways to help high-school students stay in school including increasing... read more
We’ve always been involved with our community in one way or another, but last year, we decided to focus our efforts on promoting youth education in and around the Montreal community. Since then, we’ve partnered with local charities, like Youth in Motion, and schools that promote higher education... read more