Toronto, ON (Wednesday, March 3, 2010) – The 2010 Atlantic Canada Regional Champions of the “Students In Free Enterprise” (SIFE) program and the Student Entrepreneur Program were announced on Friday, February 26th in Halifax at the ACE Regional Exposition, proudly supported by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA).

Post secondary SIFE teams competed in three separate challenges. Please click on the team's name for their individual press release: 

HSBC SIFE Financial Education Challenge
• Regional Champion – College of the North Atlantic – St. John’s
• Regional Champion – Memorial University of Newfoundland

TD SIFE Entrepreneurship Challenge
• Regional Champion – College of the North Atlantic – Grand Falls-Windsor
• Regional Champion – Saint Mary’s University

SIFE Green Challenge
• Regional Champion – Acadia University
• Regional Champion – St. Francis Xavier University

Four provincial champions from Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick competed in the 2010 Student Entrepreneur Regional Competition. Two regional champions were named: 

Student Entrepreneur Competition
• Jason Oakley, student at Memorial University of Newfoundland and owner of RECESS! Media Inc.

• Jeremy Flynn, student at St, Francis Xavier University and owner of Flynnweb

“Year after year our SIFE teams and student entrepreneurs continue to wow us with their determination and dedication at such a young age", explains ACE President, Amy Harder    . “We are thrilled to announce our regional champions for Atlantic Canada – although all who competed should be proud of their accomplishments.”

Regional champions will now move on to the national level of competition, taking place this May 10 to 12 at the 2010 ACE National Exposition in Calgary. This will be the first time in the organization’s history that the ACE National Exposition will be moving from Toronto to Calgary.  

About ACE
Founded in the mid-1980s, Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) is a national, charitable organization that is teaching and igniting young Canadians to create brighter futures for themselves and their communities. ACE delivers a team-based program called Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) and an individual-based program, the Student Entrepreneur National Competition. These programs provide university and college students access to real world experience, through the implementation of outreach projects and business ventures that complement in-class studies. Students involved in ACE make a meaningful contribution to their communities today, and discover their potential to achieve an even greater impact as the leaders of tomorrow. Last year, ACE students created 600 jobs, logged 260,000 volunteer hours, impacted 63,000 people, and generated over $40 million in economic activity. ACE is currently established on over 50 post-secondary campuses across Canada.

Contact:
Jaime Szegvary
Communications Consultant, ACE
416.619.8994
jaime@acecanada.ca