Toronto, ON (Tuesday, March 9, 2010) – The 2010 Western Canada Regional Champions of the “Students In Free Enterprise” (SIFE) program and the Student Entrepreneur Program were announced on Friday, March 5th in Calgary at the ACE Western Canada Regional Exposition.

Post secondary SIFE teams competed in three separate challenges; here are the results for each challenge: 

HSBC SIFE Financial Education Challenge
• Regional Champion – Okanagan College
• Regional Champion – Thompson Rivers University

TD SIFE Entrepreneurship Challenge
• Regional Champion – Brandon University
• Regional Champion – British Columbia Institute of Technology

SIFE Green Challenge
• Regional Champion – Brandon University
• Regional Champion – Okanagan College

Four provincial champions from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia competed in the 2010 Student Entrepreneur Regional Competition. Two regional champions were named: 

Student Entrepreneur Competition
• Justin Kathan student at the University of Manitoba and owner of KuRV Apparel

• Teang Tang student at Athabasca University and owner of Mingle Event Management Inc.

“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 Western 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    

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