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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The following provides some information and links on two competitions that may be of interest. Both involve the creation of ideas and development of projects.
There are some tangible prizes and great opportunities for making industry connections and gaining some substantial recognition and maybe even getting an internship.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://zoho.email-view.eu/ocgeturl/13ef.4aba358de?l=08839861-df15-11e9-b37c-52540063e0e7&m=087f79b0-df15-11e9-b37c-52540063e0e7&h=4353ce8d8261ba6e7140834abfedbbaea3341d9329cc15217b6bb3217c462a5a" target="_blank" title="http://bit.ly/ai4impact">AI
Societal Impact Challenge</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ITAC, Microsoft and RBC welcomes students to work hand in hand on projects that have a beneficial impact on our society using AI and new technologies.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- All paid trip to Toronto for the finals hosted at MaRS Discovery District
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Cash awards
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Internships at ITAC, Microsoft and RBC!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">More info: <a href="http://bit.ly/ai4impact">http://bit.ly/ai4impact</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://zoho.email-view.eu/ocgeturl/13ef.4aba358de?l=08839863-df15-11e9-b37c-52540063e0e7&m=087f79b0-df15-11e9-b37c-52540063e0e7&h=4353ce8d8261ba6e7140834abfedbbaea3341d9329cc15217b6bb3217c462a5a" target="_blank" title="http://bit.ly/HEREMapathon">Mapathon
Map your World</a>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">HERE Technologies welcomes participants to visualize data on topics that matters for our society or for the business world. A couple of examples of datasets that
could be illustrated; climate change progression, immigrations patterns or public transportation accessibility.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Prizes include:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Cash awards
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">- Mentorship with mapping and data experts
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">More info: <a href="http://bit.ly/HEREMapathon">http://bit.ly/HEREMapathon</a>
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