Category: Campus

Last year, within a week of being founded, the Vanier Tech Club saw one of its teams win the Université de Montréal hackathon. The club has since sent its members to various hackathons around Montreal with varying success and was finally able to come back to where it all started on the weekend of February 24th and 25th. This year, the VTC sent three teams to the UdeM hackathon, joining another team from Vanier that was formed independently of the club. They were confronted with the challenge of programming an…

On February 28, Vanier hosted a winter carnival during the Universal Break. The carnival consisted of a traditional Québécois Folk dancing and music show in the student mall, where all students were welcome to join and learn how to folk dance. Free Maple Taffy was also being served on the Vanier Front Lawn. And finally, a special Cabane à Sucre menu was also being served at the cafeteria especially for the events. The events gathered a huge number of students and were a great way for them to experience folk…

Catherine Fournier, the youngest person to currently sit as a Member of the National Assembly of Québec and the youngest female to ever be elected to the body, came to Vanier College on February 28 to give a lecture on youth engagement in politics. She was elected to the National Assembly in a by-election on December 5, 2016. She currently represents the south-shore electoral district of Marie-Victorin as a member of the Parti Québécois. She called on the youth to engage in politics and change things for the better because…

Soon to be celebrating one year of existence, the Vanier Tech Club sent two teams to MariHacks on Sunday February 11th, held at Shopify’s downtown Montreal offices. This was the first ever hackathon open only to CEGEP and high school students in Quebec. 35 teams of programmers worked furiously for 12 consecutive hours trying to turn their ideas for websites and applications into reality. Many came in with little to no programming experience, and were able to benefit from a great learning experience thanks to their teammates and the dozens…

On January 26, Zenith Ismaeel Neyaz, Benjamyn Upshaw-Ruffner, and Gerald Nino received the VCSA Student Involvement Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to full-time students at Vanier College who were involved in the VCSA community. They received a certificate and a $500 scholarship in a ceremony that was held in the VCSA office. All the three volunteers have dedicated their time during the fall semester in 2017 to get involved in their community. Gerald Nino who is the photo club president worked on having the art exhibition in Jake’s. He is…

Just dance. Gonna be ok. Do do da da. Just dance.    The MC got the event started with some inspiring words: “No excuses, no limits”. He says it motivated him, and I am paraphrasing, in his dark days. The rules were simple: voice your likes or dislikes on the dancer performing. All the dancers had unique dance styles. For example, the first dancer  had tricks up his sleeve, the second had robotic dance moves. One dancer who had  crutches stood on them and performed tricks on them. And that was just the beginning of the event. Break-dancing is self-expression…