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Four Faculty of Engineering students are one step closer to seeing their business idea come to life. After winning the 2022 Entrepreneurial Idea Competition, they are going home with funds to invest in their start-up dreams.

Charles Blouin (BASc 2013, MASc 2016) and Dominic Robillard (BASc 2011), who cofounded Tyto Robotics, have won the Outaouais’ regional innovation prize from Quebec’s order of professional engineers. The Ordres des ingénieurs du Québec awards this prize to Quebec companies that innovate and contribute to improving quality of life.

As the world emerges from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, many are asking how Canada can use its recovery as a catalyst to build a more resilient, green, and equitable economy. 

Starting a business can be challenging, but a little support can go a long way.

It may have taken Humam Shwaikh an extra year to complete his double bachelor’s in mechanical engineering and computing technology, but without that added time, he says, he might not have discovered his new passion for entrepreneurship and wouldn’t now have multiple startups under his belt.

Before coming to study at the University of Ottawa, Drew was looking for a university with strong teaching that would offer him memorable experiences outside the classroom. You could say that he got what he was looking for!

It takes a village to raise a startup.