Innovation Challenge

Think outside the box

If you have at least one friend and a smart phone that can take amateur video, you can put your creativity to work in NAIT’s Innovation Challenge and have a lot of fun doing it.

The Challenge gives you the opportunity to experience some of the creativity associated with being an entrepreneur, collaborate under time and resource constraints, and pitch an idea in an engaging way.

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How does it work?

Teams are tasked with taking an everyday object  and transforming it into something of greater value – whether that value is economic, environmental, or social. So, your idea could potentially turn into a lucrative commercial enterprise, or a way to solve a significant social problem.

Learn more about the Innovation Challenge

2025 Winners - presented by Raptor Mining

First place, $1,500 prize:  Room4Change

  • Pamela Huynh (Business)
  • Frank Pfister (Business)

Second place, $1,000 prize: E-Media

  • Adrian Amon (Radio and Television)
  • Clayton Foisy (Radio and Television)
  • Jeremy Russo (Radio and Television)
  • Kelsey Kliparchuk (Radio and Television)

Third place, $500 prize: Bulk and Bloom

  • Vanessa Sueppmayer (Digital Media and IT)
  • Omon Anyanwu (Digital Media and IT)

2024 Winners 

  • First place:  Team Vortex Dynamics: John Nasitem & Hunter Dufault 
  • Second place:  Team Bio Driveway: Carri St. Pierre, Marie Grabowski, Neza Benedicto
  • Third place: Team CompoCity: Angela Ryl & Karlene Guy 

 

2023 Winners

  • First place:  Team Innovait: Yash Verma and Pamela Huynh
  • Second place:  Team Indigo: Karlo Escallon, Ana Matallana, and Tania Lievano
  • Third place: Team Mic and Vic: Mikayla Balfour and Victor Castellon Bonilla

 

2022 Winners

  • First place:  Team DarkRed Media: Niki Kearl and David DesJarlais
  • Second place:  Team EspresSEO: Caitlin Kamminga and Mandeep Panesar
  • Third place: Team MK Media:  Kris Smylie and Michelle Ramoutar

 

2021 Winners 

  • First place:  Team Select Start: Real LaFrance, Niki Kearl and Katherine McDougall
  • Second place:  Team LATAM: Rodrigo Dominguez-Burich and Pablo Garcia Vega
  • Third place: Team Freedom:  Shane Bowzaylo and Carly Orton-Rogers

 

2020 Winners

  • First place:  Team CHP  – Marcel Figueiredo Araujo and Jaafar Alkhayr Allah  
  • Second place:  INNOFLUX – Jonathan Mui and Denise Bermjo 
  • Third place: Team Quadsquad – Arth Soni, Raj Shah and John Hodgins 

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