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)