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
Vigilant Futures sponsors TEDx Concordia C'était un démarrage rapide pour un samedi, mais ce fut une journée incroyablement intéressant. Université Concordia de Montréal a accueilli plus de 500 personnes de tous horizons de la vie le 19 Février pour son événement TEDx organisé indépendamment. Le... 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 et de reconnaissance des Sciences et Technologie) Robotique a lancé son projet de 2011 en Amérique du Nord le samedi et au Québec, le lancement a accueilli quelque 300 élèves du secondaire dans et autour de la région de Montréal. Vigilant Futures, comme l'année dernière,... read more
Youth Fusion announced it raised over $1 million for their projects in 2011 during an event that attracted over 250 business leaders, community members, and students, and held at Montreal’s City Hall a few weeks ago. With the help of their partners, among them Vigilant Futures, the funds raised... read more
Every year LaSalle Community Comprehensive High School holds a canned food drive around the holidays to benefit those facing a tough holiday season. This year’s canned food drive happens to be today, with our city streets filled with snow, several more cm continuing to fall, with city crews out... read more
Youth education is a subject dear to Vigilant Futures. A recent article in La Presse discussed ways of improving public school/education in Quebec to counter some of the highest drop-out rates in the country. It outlines eight ways to help high-school students stay in school including increasing... read more
We’ve always been involved with our community in one way or another, but last year, we decided to focus our efforts on promoting youth education in and around the Montreal community. Since then, we’ve partnered with local charities, like Youth in Motion, and schools that promote higher education... read more
Vigilant Futures aimerait diminuer le stress financier de l'université pour les étudiants des cycles supérieurs et a annoncé aujourd’hui un partenariat avec l’École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) pour la création d’une bourse de 3, 000$ à l’intention des étudiants des cycles supérieurs en génie... read more