Awards

SIFE Ryerson has grown tremendously over the last four years to produce national award winning programs that impact the local and global community. We have developed long term partnerships to ensure the sustainability of our initiatives. In the 2009 – 2010 program year, SIFE Ryerson had 124 active members who ran 8 programs, 47 projects in over 61 countries, and produced over $3.3 million in new economic opportunity.
Awards received by SIFE Ryerson in the last five years include:
2009 – 2010
2010 SIFE ‘Most Enterprising Campus in Canada’ National Champion
2010 HSBC Financial Education Challenge National Champion
2010 RBC Blue Water Pilot Challenge National Runner-up
2010 Scotiabank Go Green Challenge National Runner-up
2010 SIFE Green Challenge Regional Champion
2010 HSBC SIFE Financial Education Challenge Regional Champion
2010 TD SIFE Entrepreneurship Challenge Regional Runner-up
2010 Canadian Urban Institute award
2008 – 2009
2009 HSBC Financial Education Challenge National Champion
2009 SIFE National Runner-up
2009 TD SIFE Entrepreneurship Challenge National Runner-up
2009 Walmart SIFE for the Greener Good Challenge Pilot Competition Runner-up
2009 Campus Administration of the Year – Ryerson University
2009 HSBC Financial Education Challenge Regional Champion
2009 TD SIFE Entrepreneurship Challenge Regional Champion
Dennis Mock Leadership Award – Prem D’mello, StartMeUp Ryerson Program Director (2007 – 2008)
Award of Merit for Contribution to Student Life – Andrea Belvedere, SIFE Ryerson President (2007 – 2009)
Ryerson University Experiential Teaching Award – Professor Steven Gedeon, SIFE Ryerson Faculty Advisor (2005 – Present)
2007-2008
2008 TD SIFE Entrepreneurship Challenge National Champion
2008 SIFE National Runner-up
2008 TD SIFE Entrepreneurship Challenge Regional Champion
2008 HSBC SIFE Financial Literacy Challenge Regional 2nd Runner-up
ACE Project Management Bursary – Malcolm Bastien, Web Developer (2006 – 2008)
ACE Project Management Bursary – Andrea Belvedere, SIFE Ryerson President (2007 – 2009)
Dennis Mock Leadership Award – Patrick Collin, SIFE Ryerson President (2005 – 2007)
2006 – 2007
2007 SIFE National Semi-Finalist
2007 HSBC SIFE Financial Literacy Challenge Regional Runner-up
ACE Canada Student Leader of the Year Award – Patrick Collin, SIFE Ryerson President (2005 – 2007)
Futures Fund Leadership Award – Patrick Collin, SIFE Ryerson President (2005 – 2007)
2005 – 2006
2006 SIFE National Finalist
Most Improved Team
Team Leadership Founder’s Bursary – Patrick Collin, SIFE Ryerson President (2005 – 2007)





