So for the past few months - each Wednesday - about six to eight Vigilantes meet in the lobby after work and jog through the streets of Montreal. The purpose: train for the Montreal Oasis Marathon. In the lead up to the big event (which happens to be this coming weekend), some members of the... read more
On October 6, 2011 at a banquet for the Quebec regionals, Ernst & Young Canada will award its Entrepreneurs of the Year Award. Gabriel Bran Lopez will receive a special citation as the Social Entrepreneur of the year. This special citation is a unique category among the awards. It’s given in... read more
Youth Fusion announced today something everyone here at Vigilant has known about for a short while! One of our co-founders, Arvind Ramanathan, was appointed a board member on the Board of Directors for Youth Fusion. We’re all pretty excited, especially Arvind. Every Vigilante works with Youth... read more
Speechless, proud and deeply moved is how I left Youth Action Montreal’s Living Your Legacy conference. The line-up of speakers the Youth Action Montreal team presented at the event was truly amazing. It was a day of great Canadians, and some of whom were from Montreal. They had Craig... read more
TOMS Shoes decided April 5th would be a good day for people around the world to commemorate the fact millions of children globally do not wear shoes on a daily basis simply because they don’t have any. Poverty in developing countries doesn’t allow for shoes when food and shelter are more... read more
The day started off with the conclusion of the qualification rounds before lunch and the main event which began at 1:00. As the previous day, the team decided that with the difficulties we had with our arm (although functional and still capable of scoring at the highest level) and with the lack... read more
It's been another long day, albeit a little shorter than yesterday. It was still a good 14 hrs from the time I left this morning to the time I got back to the hotel. The qualifying rounds are largely done and will conclude tomorrow before lunch. Update on our robot: Our hook at the end of our... read more
Day one is done and it had it's ups and downs over the 11 hours we spent at the Mississauga Hershey Center. The status of the Henri-Bourassa robot: the arm is having difficulties due to a combination of design and programming issues. Autonomous mode isn't going to happen. The minibot may or... 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