Digital Innovation Challenge Case Competition
Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three teams
Interested in digital innovation?
Whether your background is in business, data analytics, engineering or computer science, this competition is a great opportunity to put your skills to the test.
Why join?
- Apply what you’ve learned in classroom
- Add unique experience to your resume
- Push yourself outside your comfort zone
- Compete in a fast-paced, collaborative setting
What to know:
- Preliminary round: virtual
- Final round: in-person
- Training sessions provided — no experience needed
- Open to all undergraduate and graduate students from any discipline or institution
- Teams of up to 4 people
2026 competition winners
1st Place
RedLine Digital: University of Calgary
Team members: Amani Juma, Brandon Bradbury, Mankarman Ghuman, Taimur Rizwan
2nd Place
The Phoenix, York University
Team members: Aditi Adkar, Sahithi Unkili, Vrushti Trivedi, Zena Bamboat
3rd Place
Achievers, Corvinus University of Budapest
Team members: Anastasiia Zolotareva, Diana Kurmantayeva, Dorina Kis, Szonja Livia Gal
2026 participating schools
The Haskayne School of Business welcomed 51 participating teams for the 2026 Digital Innovation Challenge from the following schools:
- Bishop’s University
- Bucknell University
- Carleton University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Corvinus University of Budapest
- Dalhousie University
- Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- IE University, Imperial College London
- John Molson School of Business (Concordia University)
- McMaster University
- Mount Royal University
- NAIT
- Northeastern University
- Ontario Tech University
- Queen’s University
- SAIT
- Toronto Metropolitan University
- University of Alberta
- University of British Columbia
- University of Calgary
- University of Guelph
- University of New South Wales
- University of Ottawa
- University of Prince Edward Island
- University of Toronto – Rotman
- Vellore Institute of Technology
- Western University
- Wilfrid Laurier University
- York University
2026 competition photos
The Steve and Tina Wilson Family Foundation
The Steve and Tina Wilson Family Foundation made a generous gift to the University of Calgary in 2022 to support student skill development and digital innovation programs. With the funding, we launched the Digital Innovation Challenge.
Steve Wilson
"We are proud to support future leaders who use innovation and critical thinking to create lasting, positive change in their communities, and we look forward to seeing their ideas come to life."
—Steve Wilson