SAIT Polytechnic wins Gold at the 2019 Scotiabank Vanier College National Marketing Case Competition

Mr. John McMahon, Director General of Vanier College is pleased to announce that after two days of mounting excitement and imaginative presentations at the Scotiabank Vanier College 2019 National Marketing Case Competition on February 9 and 10, 2019, the first place Gold Award went to SAIT Polytechnic from Alberta. Congratulations to the SAIT Team composed of students Alejandra Ospina, Jordan Archibald and Jonathon Williamson and their Coaches Jacqueline Lyndon and Darrin Ambrose.

The Silver Award went to Algonquin College whose team consisted of Jane Fysh, Alexander Frangione, and Josh Deiter with coaches Bill Garbarino and Jim Neubauer; while the Bronze Award went to Okanagan College composed of Cooper Simson, Nico Dirksen, Nathan Ziebart and their coaches Blair Baldwin and Mark Ziebarth. The three other teams that made it to the finals were George Brown College, Red River College, and Cégep de Drummondville. During the weekend event, twenty-seven teams of marketing students from colleges across Canada had three hours to analyze a real marketing case and present viable marketing solutions before a panel of expert judges.

“The Marketing Case Competition is a perfect example of how a collaboration between Vanier College and an organization such as Scotiabank, the principal sponsor of this event, can create unique learning opportunities for students that motivate them in their educational and career pursuits,” said M. McMahon.

Scotiabank is very proud to be the new principal sponsor of an annual event that allows students, professionals, and mentors to come together and form valuable relationships.

“We continue to be impressed by the young talent this event brings together from across Canada. Several of our employees are not only proud to participate annually as Judges in the Case Competition, but see it as an opportunity to give back to the next generation of Business Leaders. We can truly see this relationship grow even bigger and deeper than ever before,” said Giuseppe Catanzaro, Scotiabank Regional Director, Small Business Development, Quebec and Eastern Ontario Region.

David Moscovitz, the principal organizer of the Scotiabank Vanier College National Marketing Case Competition, was thrilled with this year’s competition. “I am so pleased to see how this event has evolved over the past 14 years. Every year the calibre gets higher and higher and it is wonderful to know that thanks to our new principal sponsor Scotiabank we will continue offering this opportunity to students for more years to come.”

Congratulations as well to the twelve Scotiabank award winners, which represented the four top winners from the three competition divisions on Saturday: Algonquin College, Cégep de Drummondville, Collège Edouard-Montpetit, Collège La Cité, George Brown College, Mohawk College, Collège Ahuntsic, Okanagan College, Red River College, Seneca College, SAIT Polytechnic, and Vanier College.

Scotiabank is the principal sponsor of this competition.