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Sizing up the Competition

In the Innovator Blog's very first entry, I revealed the number of students and teams that registered for the RBC Next Great Innovator Challenge. Since then, a few interested students have written to ask which schools have the most teams registered.

Perhaps they are sizing up the competition, or maybe it’s simple curiosity. Either way, there are probably more of you who would like to know. Following is a list of the twenty schools with the most teams registered in the challenge. The number of teams registered at each school appears in parentheses.

1. University of Toronto (55)
2. University of Prince Edward Island (33)
3. York University (33)
4. McGill University (17)
5. University of British Columbia (14)
6. HEC Montréal (12)
7. University of Waterloo (11)
8. Queen’s University (9)
9. Humber College (7)
10. Saint Mary’s University (6)
11. University of Calgary (6)
12. Memorial University of Newfoundland (5)
13. University of Guelph (4)
14. University of Lethbridge (4)
15. University of Ottawa (4)
16. University of Western Ontario (4)
17. Grant MacEwan College (3)
18. Mount Allison University (3)
19. University of Alberta (3)
20. Université de Montréal (3)

Note: Some teams are comprised of students from more than one school. Totals shown include all teams where at least one team member is a student at that particular school.

Now it’s my turn to be curious. Is your school on the list? Are you surprised by any of the schools that appear? Are there any schools missing from the list that you would expect to see? Post a comment to share your thoughts.

Posted by Nelson T. on November 24, 2006 9:11 PM

Comments (1)

Bill Claxton :

I am surprised at the number of schools that have signed up teams. It always me what people will do to win a prize. Any prize. My guess is that not only is it the students that want to win, it's the schools, that want to claim the prize. Are you offering a trophy to place in the cabinet of the winning school?
RBC should be able to afford one, given their modest profit.

Bill.

Posted by Bill Claxton

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