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Experience Ventures: Challenges & Hackathons

Students

Experience Ventures Hackathons and Challenges let students think like entrepreneurs, leading, experimenting, and driving innovation, within existing companies.

Through partnerships with local businesses, startups, and community organizations, Humber and Guelph-Humber students gain unique, work-integrated learning experiences that build professional skills and open new career pathways.

Open to all disciplines, these opportunities help you apply your knowledge in real-world settings. Some events may also offer cash prizes or other incentives!

Students can participate in one of two exciting formats:

  • Challenges – Take part in a multi-week experience (up to 40 hours) where you’ll work in teams to develop thoughtful, complete solutions to real-world business, social, or community issues.
  • Hackathons – Join a fast-paced, high-energy event (up to 16 hours) where you'll rapidly generate innovative solutions to real challenges presented by companies and organizations.

Eligibility

  • Open to current Humber and University of Guelph-Humber students
  • All programs and disciplines are welcome
  • No prior entrepreneurial experience needed — just curiosity, creativity, and a willingness to collaborate

Interested?

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Register for AchievaFlow Hackathon 

Partner With Us

Are you a local business, startup, or community organization with a real-world challenge to share? We’re always looking for partners to co-create meaningful learning experiences. Collaborate with Humber and Guelph-Humber students through Hackathons or Challenges and gain fresh insights, innovative ideas, and future-ready talent.

Interested? Reach out to us at cfe@humber.ca to explore partnership opportunities!

Faculty

If you’re a faculty member interested in bringing Experience Ventures Hackathons and Challenges into your classroom, we’d love to collaborate with you. These hands-on opportunities let students from any discipline think like entrepreneurs and develop real-world skills by working with local businesses and startups. Connect with us to learn how to engage your students in these innovative, work-integrated learning experiences.

Equity and Diversity Statement

The Longo CfE’s dedication to promoting diversity in our teams includes a commitment to ensuring every cohort accurately reflects our community, welcoming folks of all gender identities, sexual orientations, races and ages, and actively creating space for marginalized change-makers and under-represented disciplines.

All creators, entrepreneurial thinkers, and leaders are encouraged to apply.