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 2008 – 2009 program year, SIFE Ryerson had 104 active members who ran 7 programs, 34 projects and over 80 events that resulted in $10,000,000 in new economic opportunity, impacted over 2,700 individuals and we were active in 15 countries.
Awards received by SIFE Ryerson in the last four years include:
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)
