Initiatives

2026 Competition Finalists

Watch the finalists' compete live on March 6th, 2026, from 11:15 am - 5:00 pm at the Lethbridge Polytechnic.

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View the finalists' submissions below.

Student Stream Finalists

OSAGE: Open Source Automated Genome Engineering

Open Source Automated Genome Engineering (OSAGE)

Abby Giacchetta

Seth Barrios, Rental Unit Cleaning

Rent Ready

Seth Barrios

Young man standing in front of a cattle ranch

Huroca Inc.

Emilio Hurtado

About Us

Southpaw Rescue

Gavin Warmink

Tent labelled "Park My Pet" with a dog in a kennel. There's another dog owner speaking to the tent's representative.

Park My Pet

Patricia Wannamaker

Presentation title slide with the title "Indigenous and Rural Centered Health"

Indigenous and Rural Centered Health

Keely Koch

 

Community Stream Finalists

Text overlaying man with small backpack "Most comfortable ruck on the market"

RUCK IT

Andrew Kolasko

Title presentation "Bear Vice"

Bear Vice

Colton Vanhooren

Presentation title page

Anandi Botanicals Inc.

Annie Ray

Prairie Sun Farms Lethbridge Alberta

Prairie Sun Farms

Kirk Boehmer

Title slide for Magnificent Workwear

Magnificent Workwear

Ikeoluwa Oluwabiyi - Olusanya

 

Student Stream Round 1 Submissions

Portrait of a young woman

Peace by Piece

Shalom Okwuosah

OSAGE: Open Source Automated Genome Engineering

Open Source Automated Genome Engineering (OSAGE)

Abby Giacchetta

Moon Shade Entertainment, Co founders: Myst and Nessa

Moonshade Entertainment

Jay Bloomfield

Seth Barrios, Rental Unit Cleaning

Rent Ready

Seth Barrios

Third Space

Third Space

Divya Pateliya

Presentation put over a zoom video

CircadiaWell

Yagika Kaushik

NeuroStim presentation title slide

NeuroStim

Maryam Kia

Group photo of diverse students

African Diaspora Cultural Community

Jeff Gitau Muchina

Bulletin

Bulletin

Danielle Wintrip

Research CANnext Title Slide

Research CANnect

Jordan Caetana Dudley

Young man standing in front of a cattle ranch

Huroca Inc.

Emilio Hurtado

About Us

Southpaw Rescue

Gavin Warmink

Selfie reel of a woman speaking

Alberta Ai & Robotics Academy

Patience Saiki

Tent labelled "Park My Pet" with a dog in a kennel. There's another dog owner speaking to the tent's representative.

Park My Pet

Patricia Wannamaker

Two girls facing the camera, with subtitles from left t right, "Alison Castillo, Abby Byers"

Artica Agency

Alison Castillo

Presentation title slide with the title "Indigenous and Rural Centered Health"

Indigenous and Rural Centered Health

Keely Koch

Presentation title slide "THE HALT APP"

Halt

Ilijah Dumali

 

Community Stream Round 1 Submissions

young man in bow tie and vest

RENEW

Dillon Blake

Man outside in warm sweater

Thunderbird Farms Ltd.

Daniel McGinnis

 

 

Text overlaying man with small backpack "Most comfortable ruck on the market"

RUCK IT

Andrew Kolasko

Title presentation "Bear Vice"

Bear Vice

Colton Vanhooren

Man standing in a workshop with arms crossed across his chest

Electricity-Generating Shoe Insoles

Abdella Osman

Woman in front of a white background

NeuroDomains - A Multidomain Cognitive Training App for Midlife Brain Health

Behroo Mirza Agha

Woman with pink glasses in front of a home wall

Ikkinaa'pssii Soul Healing

Billi-J Heavy Shields

Presentation title page

Anandi Botanicals Inc.

Annie Ray

Omo Oba Arts & Entertainment Inc. Title Presentation Slide

Omo Oba Arts & Entertainment Inc.

Adedeji Bowoade aka Omo Oba

Prairie Sun Farms Lethbridge Alberta

Prairie Sun Farms

Kirk Boehmer

Man in a pink button up and black jacket

New Ultra violet sterilizer device for water purification

Serhiy Shulha

Man in front of a white wooden wall

Cancer Courage

Steve Pedersen

Title slide for MEDUPHI presentation slide

Meduphi

Humyra Tasneem

Title slide for Magnificent Workwear

Magnificent Workwear

Ikeoluwa Oluwabiyi - Olusanya