Canada’s Cyber Security Challenge

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Next Regional Hiring Event
Six Regions:January 15, 2022

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Since 2011

Cyber∗Sci has been building Canada’s cyber workforce through student competitions, employer recruitment, and sponsor leadership.

Education

Providing hands-on education and work experience for post-secondary students looking to travel, build their networks, and secure gainful employment.

Recruitment

Screening, empowering and delivering top cyber talent to Canadian employers.

Community

Building community relations in localities from coast to coast Increasing recognition of sponsors as leaders in the cyber space.

Industry

Improving and promoting the skills of the cyber workforce to meet the growing industry demand in Canada.

Schools

Students

Jobs

Sponsors

Five Years of Sponsorship

 

Schools from Six Regions

 

Regional  ->  National  ->  International Travel

Regional winners travel to Ottawa for nationals. Top national teams represent Canada internationally.
(Prague and Athens 2021, Covid dependent.)

Next Regional Hiring Event
Six Regions:January 15, 2022

Find out more about our program - for Employers, Sponsors and other Partners.

Download Regional Event Brochure

17  Cyber∗Sci  Events 2016 to 2021

Nova Soctia Community College

Halifax

On March 13, 2020 the teams from Dalhousie and NSCC at our final pre-Covid event.  Six other teams from Nova Scotia and New Brunnswick had to cancel the night before.

École de technologie supérieure ÉTS

Montreal

The competitors had to lean-in to the fierce competition.  Et nous avons fait le concours entièrement en français.

Carleton University

Ottawa

The CyberSci mascots look on beside the trophy.  We’ve held CyberSci every year at Carleton since 2016.

York University

Toronto

Partial shot of the lab where CyberSci has been running since 2017.  Many more teams in the area are anxious to compete – we need to take over more rooms.

Airport Security

Calgary

March 2020.  Cancelled.  The Covid lockdown began just five days before the Calgary event.  On a positive note, the airport security lineup (Halifax to Calgary) was short.

Surrey BC City Hall

Vancouver

In 2019 the event was at the new Surrey BC city hall.  Teams came from all over Vancouver area, as well as Victoria.

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson

Mayor Watson has been serving as the Cyber∗Sci Ottawa Honorary Patron since 2016.  Here he is handing out the trophy to the Carleton/Algonquin BIT team.  As usual.

Cyber Journalist Brian Krebs

Brian dropped by the competition at BC Aware Day 2020, and hung out with the students for a couple of hours.  Tom snuck in for the photo op.

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