Hackathon

• Hackergal extends to Western Canada, encourages girls to explore coding

  A charity that encourages girls to explore opportunities in STEM, coding and computer science announced on International Women's Day that it's expanding across Western Canada.

  Education

  Mar 8, 2021
  
• CODEVID-19 Hackathon unites developers to help solve pandemic problems

  A world-wide hackathon is bringing together brilliant minds to solve problems posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Features

  Apr 12, 2020
  
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• Southern Alberta students get coding at Picture Butte hackathon

  The "Hackathon" hosted by Picture Butte high school, featured a series of challenges that required students in grades seven to 12 to learn code and practice data analysis using information from the City of Lethbridge and Statistics Canada.

  Education

  Feb 25, 2020
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• Lethbridge College researcher wows judges at Massachusetts Institute of Technology competition

  A virtual reality researcher from Lethbridge College is bringing home multiple awards from a global competition at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  Education

  Jan 28, 2020
• Bright minds descend on Western University as Hack Western gets underway

  Participating teams will be tasked with bringing a unique project idea to life in only 36 hours.

  Tech

  Nov 22, 2019
• Robot that identifies intruders wins San Francisco hackathon for Alberta student

  A team led by a University of Alberta student took home three top prizes at a 24-hour hackathon in San Francisco with its roving security robot.

  Education

  Apr 5, 2018
• Students ‘hack for change’ during 24-hour marathon event at McMaster

  'Hack for change' was the theme of DeltaHacks, a 24-hour marathon hacking session held at McMaster University over the weekend.

  Education

  Jan 28, 2018
• Vancouver hackathon looks to create tech solutions for local charities

  It's not how everyone would want to spend their weekend, but about 90 people signed up for a hackathon that would have them coding for 28 consecutive hours to help local charities.

  Mar 5, 2016
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• ‘PeaceGeeks’ in Vancouver hold hackathon to develop refugee app

  Some of Vancouver's most tech-savvy are hunkering down this weekend, trying to come up with solutions to help some of the world's most vulnerable.

  Features

  Nov 29, 2015
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• 48-hour hackathon invites techies to create apps with government data

  Hacking into government data isn't usually considered a good thing, but for 48 hours this weekend, there's an open invitation at CODE 2015.

  Canada

  Feb 20, 2015