What is Hackathon?
Hackathon 2025 is a student innovation competition promoting creativity, entrepreneurship, and problem-solving. Students from diverse backgrounds collaborate on real-world challenges with guidance from mentors and technical experts. Solutions are judged by a panel of investors, partners, and specialists. Winners receive prizes and may qualify for applied research investment opportunities.
Where It All Began
Seneca Hackathon began in July 2020 as a response to COVID-19, uniting students to tackle pandemic challenges. Its success transformed it into an annual event addressing society's most pressing issues.
Inspiration from the Past
Discover a showcase of innovative ideas from our previous hackathons. Here, you'll find the themes, challenges, and the creative teams behind groundbreaking projects that tackled complex problems. Dive into this section for inspiration and a glimpse into the exciting world of our past hackathons!
Housing Hackathon 2024
Focused on housing challenges, bringing together innovators to develop creative, sustainable solutions. Participants collaborate in teams with expert mentorship, presenting their ideas to a panel of industry specialists.
Thinking North Smart Cities Hackathon
Focused on developing innovative solutions for smart cities, bringing together technology and urban planning to create more sustainable and efficient urban environments.
Sustainability Hackathon 2022
Focused on creating sustainable solutions for environmental challenges, this hackathon brought together teams to develop innovative approaches to conservation and ecological preservation.
COVID-19 Business Response Hackathon
Focused on developing solutions to help businesses adapt and thrive during the pandemic, focusing on digital transformation and resilience.
Digital Health Hackathon
Focused on innovating healthcare through technology, bringing together healthcare professionals and developers to create solutions for modern health challenges.
Who are we?
Our Vision
Empowering innovation, fostering collaboration.
Our Mission
Uniting talents with a shared passion.
Our Commitments
To Participants: Deliver innovative, impactful hackathon experiences.
To Organizers: Set new standards for hackathon excellence.
To Staff: Build a community dedicated to learning and growth.
Our Manifesto
- • Diverse: Teams thrive on diversity for better outcomes.
- • Inclusive: Open to all programs and experience levels.
- • Fun: Creativity, networking, prizes, and swag.
- • By Students, For Students: Top learning experiences.
- • Market Value Accelerator: Build resumes, ace interviews, gain credentials.