Jennifer Turliuk

Jennifer Turliuk

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  • Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship Graphic

    Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship

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    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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    Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile

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    Mountain View, California, United States

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    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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    Kingston, Ontario, Canada

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    Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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    Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graphic

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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    • Awarded Dean’s Fellowship and Ida Green Fellowship for world’s oldest mid-career master's degree in management and leadership
    • TA, Climate & Energy Ventures class (60 spinout companies, $1B+ raised)
    • Managing Director, MIT Energy & Climate Hackathon
    • Focus areas: Energy, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, quantum computing, software architecture
    • Cross-registered student, Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, MIT Media Lab, MIT Civil and…

    • Awarded Dean’s Fellowship and Ida Green Fellowship for world’s oldest mid-career master's degree in management and leadership
    • TA, Climate & Energy Ventures class (60 spinout companies, $1B+ raised)
    • Managing Director, MIT Energy & Climate Hackathon
    • Focus areas: Energy, artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, quantum computing, software architecture
    • Cross-registered student, Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, MIT Media Lab, MIT Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Awarded a certificate of completion for the Leading Green Growth: Economic Strategies for a Low-Carbon World Program, April 2024, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Executive Education.

    Leading Green Growth is an application-based on-campus executive education program developed by Harvard Kennedy School faculty. Under the direction of faculty chairs Ricardo Hausmann and Daniel Schrag, participants gain a foundational understanding of decarbonization and its…

    Awarded a certificate of completion for the Leading Green Growth: Economic Strategies for a Low-Carbon World Program, April 2024, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, Executive Education.

    Leading Green Growth is an application-based on-campus executive education program developed by Harvard Kennedy School faculty. Under the direction of faculty chairs Ricardo Hausmann and Daniel Schrag, participants gain a foundational understanding of decarbonization and its economic impact - and acquire the essential tools and knowledge to anticipate new trends, remain competitive, and achieve prosperity in a low-carbon future.

    The program gathered peers from around the world to analyze what the global energy transition to a low-carbon future means for us, discussed the emerging green technologies that are reshaping the economic landscape, and examined the key drivers of project success in green growth including how to lower capital costs and fund a green growth agenda.

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    Activities and Societies: Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition, Queen's Commerce Outreach, Creo, Salsa and Tango Dancing, DJing

    • Graduated with Honors
    • Awards: D.I. McLeod Dean’s List Scholarship, Thomas Nugent Memorial Award, Case Awards, Academic Entrance Scholarship

    Extracurricular Activities:
    • Conducted independent research, co-wrote an article on marketing to millennials with marketing professor Ken Wong (member of the Marketing Hall of Fame), and presented findings at a research conference.
    • Placed 2nd in Latin MOOT Corp Competition (international business plan competition in Brazil for MBA…

    • Graduated with Honors
    • Awards: D.I. McLeod Dean’s List Scholarship, Thomas Nugent Memorial Award, Case Awards, Academic Entrance Scholarship

    Extracurricular Activities:
    • Conducted independent research, co-wrote an article on marketing to millennials with marketing professor Ken Wong (member of the Marketing Hall of Fame), and presented findings at a research conference.
    • Placed 2nd in Latin MOOT Corp Competition (international business plan competition in Brazil for MBA students) while an undergraduate student.
    • Served as Co-Chair for Queen’s Entrepreneurs’ Competition, Canada’s largest international undergraduate business plan competition, establishing partnerships with Dragon’s Den & National Post and securing funding and judges.

  • Completed online course - Policy Design and Delivery: A Systematic Approach. This course is part of the Public Leadership Credential at Harvard Kennedy School.

    From the course description: This course will equip you to design, analyze and recommend policies that create change in the world. You will learn essential techniques and frameworks while working on real policies from around the world and a personal policy challenge of your own choosing. This course will empower you to design…

    Completed online course - Policy Design and Delivery: A Systematic Approach. This course is part of the Public Leadership Credential at Harvard Kennedy School.

    From the course description: This course will equip you to design, analyze and recommend policies that create change in the world. You will learn essential techniques and frameworks while working on real policies from around the world and a personal policy challenge of your own choosing. This course will empower you to design policy solutions to help create the type of world in which you want to live. The course follows a “policy design arc” that begins with tools for identifying the roots of a policy problems and then designing an effective policy. You will learn how to compare different policy options, consider the tradeoffs of each one, and then succinctly recommend the option most likely to succeed.

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    Terra.do Learning For Action (LFA) is a 12-week intensive 120-hour climate education and solutions bootcamp training, instruction, and collaboration on the foundations of climate science, government policy, and technical and business solutions.

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    Activities and Societies: This online course explores tech stacks crucial to climate tech, showcasing the role of software engineering in tackling climate change: public climate-relevant data sources, energy modeling, and software/hardware interfaces. We learned how these are applied in key climate tech industries like renewables, battery energy storage, and electric transportation, melding software engineering with climate change solutions.

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    • A program created by NASA and Google founders, featuring renowned faculty such as Vinod Khosla and Jean-Michel Cousteau.
    • Selected from 3000 applicants as 1 of 80 students to participate in the program, which focuses on using cutting-edge technologies to address global challenges such as poverty, water cleanliness, and global education.
    • Earned a scholarship for $20k+ and won an Android app challenge, receiving $2k.

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    Activities and Societies: Shadow, Interviewer, and Self-Starter

    • Chosen as 1 of the top 6 finalists from hundreds of applicants to shadow angel investor/founder of 500 Startups.
    • Built a self-education program involving learning at 5+ companies (Kiva, Causes, Ashoka, Stanford d.school, Launchrock, Dojo).
    • Orchestrated interviews with the founders of Airbnb, Square, Getaround, and other companies and investors for career advice and salient insight into the business world.

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Licenses & Certifications

Volunteer Experience

  • MIT Energy & Climate Club Graphic

    Managing Director, MIT Energy and Climate Hackathon

    MIT Energy & Climate Club

    - Present 7 months

    The climate and energy hackathon at MIT brings hundreds of students from across the nation together to work on real climate challenges with real companies (previous sponsors: Google, Crusoe, Schneider Electric, McKinsey Sustainability, Foothill Ventures and more). If you're interested in having MIT students work on a problem important to your company / the climate, send me a DM or email ([email protected]). We're looking for potential challenge partners/sponsors for this year's hackathon.

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    Vice President, Climate and AI

    MIT Climate and Energy Prize

    - Present 4 months

    The MIT Climate & Energy Prize competition seeks to move the world closer to net zero carbon emissions by empowering ambitious entrepreneurs to solve the world’s most difficult climate-related challenges.

    It is the largest and longest-running competition for student-led climate & energy startups in the world. Since its founding in 2007, the MIT Climate & Energy Prize has received more than 850 applications, offered world-class mentoring to over 280 teams, and granted more than $3.5M in…

    The MIT Climate & Energy Prize competition seeks to move the world closer to net zero carbon emissions by empowering ambitious entrepreneurs to solve the world’s most difficult climate-related challenges.

    It is the largest and longest-running competition for student-led climate & energy startups in the world. Since its founding in 2007, the MIT Climate & Energy Prize has received more than 850 applications, offered world-class mentoring to over 280 teams, and granted more than $3.5M in non-dilutive cash prizes. Teams compete for $100,000+ in prize money and have access to mentoring and other resources.

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    Screening Committee Member

    MIT Water, Food, & Agriculture Innovation Prize

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    Mentor

    MIT Climate and Energy Prize

    - Present 11 months

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    Mentor

    Techstars

    - Present 1 year 4 months

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    Member, Professional Advisory Committee

    Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto

    - Present 6 years

    Invited to join the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) Professional Advisory Committee, advising on the future of education alongside leaders from Microsoft, Pearson, RBC and more.

    The OISE Professional Advisory Committee is a group of 15 executive leaders who are invited to come together to engage in facilitated discussion curated to purposefully challenge thinking about education across all sectors (K-12, PSE, Workplace). These are professionals who are leading…

    Invited to join the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) Professional Advisory Committee, advising on the future of education alongside leaders from Microsoft, Pearson, RBC and more.

    The OISE Professional Advisory Committee is a group of 15 executive leaders who are invited to come together to engage in facilitated discussion curated to purposefully challenge thinking about education across all sectors (K-12, PSE, Workplace). These are professionals who are leading initiatives in these sectors and who have a keen interest and passion for talent and education (nationally and internationally). These individuals are typically VP and above and are currently from organizations like: CAMH, RBC, Tangerine, World Vision, MetLife, Four Seasons, TELUS, TDSB, etc... OISE looks to this group of professionals to actively challenge their education assumptions as they look to redefine models (operational, financial, talent) for continuing education and introduce new opportunities for education/talent programs and collaborative partnerships.

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    Mentor

    Founder Institute

    - Present 3 years 5 months

    • The Founder Institute is the world’s largest idea and launch stage startup accelerator. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 150+ cities and 50 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 2,000 companies, that have collectively raised $500MM in venture funding across an estimated portfolio value of $15B billion, and created over 20,000 new jobs.
    • The organization's mission is to “Globalize Silicon Valley” and build sustainable startup ecosystems that will create…

    • The Founder Institute is the world’s largest idea and launch stage startup accelerator. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 150+ cities and 50 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 2,000 companies, that have collectively raised $500MM in venture funding across an estimated portfolio value of $15B billion, and created over 20,000 new jobs.
    • The organization's mission is to “Globalize Silicon Valley” and build sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide. The program offers a founder-focused startup environment, mentorship from renowned CEOs, fundraising opportunities, and shared equity upside among all participants in the companies formed. The program identifies high-potential entrepreneurs using predictive social science testing, and then guides them through weekly company-building sessions featuring a network of over 7,500+ CEO Mentors. All program stakeholders, including the participating founders and CEO Mentors, share in the equity generated by companies formed in the program.

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    Board Member

    Geneva Centre for Autism

    - 1 year

    The Geneva Centre for Autism is a mid-sized not-for-profit agency that is an international leader in the development and delivery of clinical intervention services for people on the autism spectrum and their families. The GCA also runs specialty programs such as respite services, Winter Break, March Break and Summer camps.

    The Centre also runs a renowned Training Institute that provides in-person and online training to people within the broader autism community, including educators…

    The Geneva Centre for Autism is a mid-sized not-for-profit agency that is an international leader in the development and delivery of clinical intervention services for people on the autism spectrum and their families. The GCA also runs specialty programs such as respite services, Winter Break, March Break and Summer camps.

    The Centre also runs a renowned Training Institute that provides in-person and online training to people within the broader autism community, including educators, medical professionals, post-secondary students, police officers, and the parents and caregivers of children and youth on the autism spectrum.

    Elected to the Board of Directors of the Geneva Centre for Autism. Assigned to the Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee

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    KidCoach

    Future Possibilities For Kids

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    Children

    The mission of Future Possibilities For Kids is to inspire and empower children, ages 9-12 years old, from diverse, under-served Canadian communities to practice Possibility Thinking and to become leaders by creating meaningful Goals of Contribution, both now and in the future.

    Ready, Set, Goal! is a 6 month leadership development program that matches Kids with KidCoaches who help them plan and implement a community goal project. Through weekly 30-minute phone calls using a guided…

    The mission of Future Possibilities For Kids is to inspire and empower children, ages 9-12 years old, from diverse, under-served Canadian communities to practice Possibility Thinking and to become leaders by creating meaningful Goals of Contribution, both now and in the future.

    Ready, Set, Goal! is a 6 month leadership development program that matches Kids with KidCoaches who help them plan and implement a community goal project. Through weekly 30-minute phone calls using a guided activity book, KidCoaches support Kids in building confidence and practicing Possibility Thinking, all while creating greater community awareness and social responsibility.

    Join me! KidCoach volunteers support the growth and leadership of Kids from underserved communities. This remote opportunity allows you to tap into your own inner Kid, in a fun and guided volunteer experience. As you receive support from the team and the extended volunteer community, you can enhance your own listening and coaching skills, while you guide a Kid towards becoming an Agent of Change in their community through the Ready, Set, Goal! program.

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    Board Member

    Entrepreneurs'​ Organization Toronto

    - 1 year

    Board Member, Entrepreneurs' Organization Accelerator Toronto

    Entrepreneurs’ Organization is a high-quality support network of 14,000+ like-minded leaders across 61 countries that helps entrepreneurs achieve their full potential through the power of life-enhancing connections, shared experiences and collaborative learning. EO helps leading entrepreneurs learn and grow through peer-to-peer learning, once-in-a-lifetime experiences, and connections to experts. I was selected for the Board…

    Board Member, Entrepreneurs' Organization Accelerator Toronto

    Entrepreneurs’ Organization is a high-quality support network of 14,000+ like-minded leaders across 61 countries that helps entrepreneurs achieve their full potential through the power of life-enhancing connections, shared experiences and collaborative learning. EO helps leading entrepreneurs learn and grow through peer-to-peer learning, once-in-a-lifetime experiences, and connections to experts. I was selected for the Board of the EO Accelerator Toronto chapter; we held board meetings quarterly and advised on strategy and growth for the organization.

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    Co-Chair

    Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition

    Co-Chair: Led 16-member committee of Canada’s largest international undergraduate business plan competition ($25K in cash prizes). Personally secured $42K of sponsorship, repeated in-kind media sponsorship from the National Post, a partnership with CBC’s The Dragon’s Den (Canada’s most-watched TV show), and a ‘dragon’ from the show (Brett Wilson) as a keynote speaker. Implemented elevator pitch competition.

    Judge Coordinator: Researched and secured 30 entrepreneurial CEOs and business…

    Co-Chair: Led 16-member committee of Canada’s largest international undergraduate business plan competition ($25K in cash prizes). Personally secured $42K of sponsorship, repeated in-kind media sponsorship from the National Post, a partnership with CBC’s The Dragon’s Den (Canada’s most-watched TV show), and a ‘dragon’ from the show (Brett Wilson) as a keynote speaker. Implemented elevator pitch competition.

    Judge Coordinator: Researched and secured 30 entrepreneurial CEOs and business leaders as final round judges, including the founders and/or CEOs of Air Miles, UBS, Red Flag Deals, and more.

    Publications Coordinator: Helped create advertisements, delegate handbooks and signage for competition. Secured $18K of in-kind media sponsorship from the National Post

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    Managing Director

    MIT Energy & Climate Hack

    - Present 7 months

Publications

  • Article: How I Figured Out What to Do With My Life

    Forbes

    One of Forbes Greatest Hits (with over 1 million views), on the Forbes Most Read and Top Trending Stories for over a week, featured on Linkedin Today, and reprinted by New York’s daily newspapers, Business Insider and Vault.

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  • Book: How to Figure out What to Do With Your Life (Next)

    Dundurn Press

    “An amazing and brilliant instruction manual on how to find purpose, build a career, and live a life of fulfillment.” – Deepak Chopra

    A surefire guide to planning your next career move and discovering the job you really want.

    Jennifer Turliuk was dissatisfied in her corporate job, so she quit. But she had no idea what to do next. After university, she, like so many graduates, focused on just getting a job rather than figuring out the career she really wanted.

    Instead of…

    “An amazing and brilliant instruction manual on how to find purpose, build a career, and live a life of fulfillment.” – Deepak Chopra

    A surefire guide to planning your next career move and discovering the job you really want.

    Jennifer Turliuk was dissatisfied in her corporate job, so she quit. But she had no idea what to do next. After university, she, like so many graduates, focused on just getting a job rather than figuring out the career she really wanted.

    Instead of getting another degree or going back to school to change her career path, Turliuk embarked on a “self-education journey,” interviewing and shadowing some of the world’s leading professors, founders, and investors from Silicon Valley companies such as Airbnb, Square, and Kiva. What she discovered was not only a way to find out what she really wanted to do with her own life, but also a career-design process that would help others do just the same.

    Turliuk’s career-prototyping framework uses tested strategies and exercises, including quantified self, design thinking, and lean methodology to help everyone from recent graduates to mid-career workers looking for a change. Let this book be your guide to finding a satisfying and passion-driven career that is right for you.

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  • Contributor

    MAKE Magazine

    Articles include 7 Cornerstones of Making with Kids (MAKE Magazine print issue Volume 40), How to ReMake the World by Making with Kids, and Two Maker Moms Discuss the Importance of Making for Kids

  • Future-transforming ideas: inroads into fashion

    Strategy Magazine

    Selected to write about a new idea for September 2014 print issue. Wrote about “The closet of your dreams”

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  • How Millennials Think about Choosing a Drug Store

    Teva Online for Business

    An article that was co-written with Ken Wong, marketing professor at Queen’s University and member of the Canadian Marketing Hall of Fame. As part of an independent study with him, Jennifer also wrote other blog posts that offered insights to marketing professionals about how to market to millennials most effectively, demystifying which trends relating to consumption habits are actually relevant to this age group and how they can be successfully applied to marketing strategies.

    Other authors
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  • Inside Singularity University

    Venturebeat

    Acted as correspondent at Singularity University’s Graduate Studies Program for Venturebeat

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  • Post: A Day with the CEO of Kiva, Matt Flannery

    Women 2.0

    Jennifer wrote an article about one of her shadow experiences as part of her ‘Startup Shadow’ project, which involved shadowing and interviewing many prominent founders and investors in Silicon Valley.

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Honors & Awards

  • 2016 Board of Governors' Honorary Degree

    Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning

    Awarded 2016 Board of Governors' Honorary Degree (Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning) for contributions to society

  • Alumni Hall of Excellence Award

    Hillfield-Strathallan College

  • Duke of Edinburgh Awards

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    Bronze, Silver, and Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards. Gold presented by Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex

  • EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award Nominee

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  • Editor’s Choice Ribbon, Maker Faire

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    Maker Faire New York 2014

  • IEEE Toronto Outreach Award

    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Toronto

  • Juror, TO Tech

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    TOTech Top Contributor of 2014 Nominees Selection

  • Jury Captain, Core77

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    Jury Captain of Open Design Category, Core77 Design Awards 2015

  • Latin MOOT Corp Competition - Second Place

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    Outstanding Presentation Award and 2nd place in Latin MOOT Corp Competition (international business plan competition in Brazil for MBA students) while an undergraduate student.

  • Maker Faire - Blue Ribbons

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    Maker Faire Bay Area 2014
    Maker Faire Rome 2013 (x 3)

  • Marc Kielburger Award

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    Hillfield-Strathallan College’s 1st Marc Kielburger Award

  • Max Rotman Humanitarian Youth Award

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  • Millenium Excellence Award

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    Awarded to 1,000 students across Canada on the basis of leadership, community involvement, innovation and academic achievement

  • Next Founders Participant

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    Selected to participate in Next Founders program (affiliated with Next 36)

  • NextGen in Franchising Competition - 1st Place

    International Franchising Association

    1st place, NextGen in Franchising Competition (400 applicants), International Franchise Association Conference. Selected by CEOs of College Pro and Anytime Fitness to advance to top 3, then selected as 1st by votes from 4000 conference attendees.

  • Nominated as a pioneering woman in tech

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    Ada Lovelace Day 2014

  • Queen's University Scholarships

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    -Queen’s University Thomas Nugent Memorial Award: For entrepreneurial endeavors and strong academic achievement
    -Queen’s University D.I. McLeod Dean’s List Scholarship
    -Queen’s University Academic Entrance Scholarship

  • Queen’s School of Business Outstanding Achievement in Communications Workshops

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  • Singularity University Scholarship Recipient

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    Selected from over 3000 applicants as one of 80 students (from 36 countries) for NASA’s Singularity University Graduate Studies program and granted scholarships

  • Startup Chile Entrepreneur

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    1 of 154 selected from 650 applications to be part of Startup Chile, a 6-month business incubator program run by the Chilean government granting $40K in equity-free capital

  • TELUS Pitch Community Impact Award

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  • Wendy’s Classic Achiever Scholarship Award

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    Awarded to 210 students from 12,000 applicants across Canada based on demonstration of excellence in academics, extracurricular activities and community service

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Spanish

    Limited working proficiency

  • French

    Limited working proficiency

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