Community Initiative of the Year

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Community members, groups, service providers, or partners working to provide a high-impact initiative for the community.

Award Category

Community

Selection Criteria

  • Organizers: Organizers can be groups of/individual community members, support organizations, service providers, corporations, startups, etc.
  • Engagement: The event brought together broad members of the Edmonton ecosystem and created a lot of buzz in the community.
  • Innovation: The event centered around promoting local innovation from Edmonton.
  • Content: The event delivered unique and interesting content that promoted or supported the startup community.
  • Must be hosted by an organization, team, or individual based in Edmonton

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Community Initiative of the Year
Award Information

Description

This award recognizes the best, most impactful program, event, or another initiative that contributed to the startup community in a meaningful way. It should reflect the spirit of Edmonton’s startup community and should be focused on bringing together a broad group of individuals for a common purpose.

Eligibility

  • Organizers: Organizers can be groups of/individual community members, support organizations, service providers, corporations, startups, etc.
  • Engagement: The event brought together broad members of the Edmonton ecosystem and created a lot of buzz in the community.
  • Innovation: The event centered around promoting local innovation from Edmonton.
  • Content: The event delivered unique and interesting content that promoted or supported the startup community.
  • Must be hosted by an organization, team, or individual based in Edmonton

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2023 Award Recipient πŸ₯³
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Wyvern πŸŽ‰

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Levven Electronics πŸŽ‰

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Atadel πŸŽ‰

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True Angle πŸŽ‰

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Gail Powley πŸŽ‰

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Paramita Chaudhuri Basu πŸŽ‰

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Keenan Pascal πŸŽ‰

Mentor of the Year

Shaheel Hooda πŸŽ‰

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SamΒ Yasinksi πŸŽ‰

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Startup TNT πŸŽ‰

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Arden Tse πŸŽ‰
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