The winners of Impact Microcredit 2010 have finally been announced! First and foremost, we would like to say how proud we are of each and every team that took part in the competition. They have completely blown us away. We received amazing final reports and witnessed some amazing business ideas thrive.

There are three teams that we would like to recognize as our grand prize winners in the competition:

Studentawards.com National Champion Award

Burnarby North Secondary – Burnaby North Secondary, British Columbia
Emily Chou, Elysia Gunn, Jory Wong

The team held a 10 day online art sale for emerging artists to sell their artwork, different forms of artwork including photography prints, custom art commissions, drawing, painting, and canvases. The team also held a Fill-A-Bag $10 Vintage sale in which customers could fill a bag with vintage item

College Pro National Scholarship Award

Lord Byng Secondary School – Vancouver, British Columbia
Tina Yuan, Carrie Cheung, Shingly Lee, Emily Lu, Vivian Cheung

The team transformed paper into intricately designed origami roses and also held a rose-themed arts nights.

Encounters with Canada Award

Steveston-London Secondary School – Richmond, British Columbia
Rachel Wong, Cherrie Lam, Annie Cheng, Jessica Yeung

The team sold generic pre-designed, design-your-own, and custom-made pin-back buttons. They also created a contest for students to design their own pins and awarded the individual whose pin designs sold the most.

We would also like to give recognition to some honorable mentions:

Moscrop Secondary – Burnaby, British Columbia
Jennifer Liu, Marina Tam, Asuka Takahashi, Karen Wu, Alice Li

Guelph Collegiate and Vocational Institute – Guelph, Ontario
Matthew McLeod, Vigne Sridharan, Hillary Conway, Clinton Chan

Windmere Secondary School – Vancouver, British Columbia
Chanel Ly, Alivia Ma, Jennifer Luo

We wish the best to all competitors in their future entrepreneurial endeavors! We also want to give thanks to our amazing sponsors consisting of our Title Sponsor of Studentawards Inc., our Supporting Partners of College Pro, Irfhan Rawji, Encounters with Canada, and our Media Partner of GlobeCampus.

With more initiatives then ever before, Impact is excited to present our upcoming lineup for 2010.

1. Impact Innovate (March 6)
   Impact Innovate 2010 will be a one-day discussion about innovative thought and the entrepreneurial spirit. You will gain critical new skills, ponder provoking ideas and meet your future business partners. 
    
2. Impact Microcredit (Spring)
   Impact Microcredit is Canada’s biggest high-school social entrepreneurship competition, reaching students in hundreds of schools across Canada and raising tens of thousands of dollars to worthy charities.
    
3. Impact Apprentice (Summer)
   Impact Apprentice is a real-life, challenging, hands-on competition that will test the business smarts and wits of Canada’s top entrepreneurial-minded students.
    
4. Impact Expo (Fall)
   Taking place in University of Waterloo, the Impact Expo is a conference attracting over 2000 students featuring case study competitions, keynote speakers and more.
    
5. Impact National Conference (Fall)
   Recognized as Canada’s Premier Youth Entrepreneurship Conference,  the Impact National conference attracts 500 of the top high school and post-secondary students from across Canada.
    
6. Impact Connect (Year-round)
   With a focus on connecting students interested in entrepreneurship with the industry leaders who can inspire them, the Impact Connect team will be organizing entrepreneurship competitions, networking events, and seminars throughout the year.
    
7. I Am My Ambition (Year-round)
   Exposing an interview series aimed at highlighting ambitious and successful entrepreneurs, philanthropists and politicians to shed light on their starting up stories, and transfer lessons learned through experience while emphasizing immediate action. 
    
8. Youth Canada (Year-round)
   Youth Canada is the top online resource for Canadian high school students to find insight and opportunities to further enrich their lives.
    
9. Impact.org Network (Year-round)
   The Impact.org network strives to build an online and in-person community around Impact’s people, programs, and partners.
    
10. Impact Speakers’ Bureau (Year-round)
    More information coming soon! 

Stay tuned for an exciting year!