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
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
Grade-school students from two Montreal schools were greeted with a surprise this morning upon getting to school. They were the happy recipients of over 400 books donated by Vigilant Global through the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation. St. Anthony Elementary – in the western part of Montreal –... read more
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
Last weekend the fourth annual Enbridge Ride to Conquer Cancer from Montreal to Quebec City took place during one of the many gloriously beautiful weekends we’ve had so far this summer. The scenery was breathtaking and the ride was epic. The number of riders shattered previous records: 1,956... read more
Tomorrow the Vigilant Global Vigi 4 Cure team sets off for Quebec City on a two-day bike ride through the countryside in an effort to raise funds for cancer research benefitting the Montreal Jewish General hospital. So far, Vigilant’s team has raised over $23, 000 and I’m pretty proud of... read more
Yesterday, my colleague and I took in an IABC seminar at Concordia’s JMSB. The subject: strategic communications with guest lecturer Adrian Cropley – chair of the International Association of Business Communicators and all around world-renowned communications guru. The topic was interesting,... read more
This Saturday, Montreal hosts a TEDx talk at the Monument National and once again, Vigilant Global is sponsoring the event that brings ideas worth spreading to Montrealers. This year’s theme is ‘Extraordinary Insight’. Numerous speakers from North America will converge on our fair city and share... read more
They weren't exactly the easiest six weeks the students at LCCHS had ever experienced. But I think it's fair to say the weekend in Oshawa was worth the six-week effort they put into their robot, especially when it took the field and manoeuvred about - almost - perfectly. The tank treads the... read more
A few months ago, one of Vigilant Global’s co-founders approached the Neuro in an effort to expand Vigilant’s community involvement to include this world class research center. Through a series of meetings about potential collaborations, Vigilant and the team at the Neuro agreed Vigilant’s... read more