Reconciliation case competition with a $10,000 prize pool, May 11-14 in Calgary
If you’re an MRU student looking for something genuinely meaningful to do in May, the Seven Generations Challenge runs May 11-14. It’s the first annual edition and it actually started as the idea of an MRU Indigenous student.
What it is: a reconciliation case competition. Teams are 50/50 Indigenous and settler students. You’ll be working alongside students from UCalgary and SAIT, plus Treaty 7 Indigenous youth, on a real challenge grounded in TRC Call to Action 92 and Two-Eyed Seeing.
Why it’s worth your time:
• Full Forward Summit attendance (the conference itself runs $1,500+ to attend)
• Indigenous students get an honorarium from Canada Bridges
• $10,000 prize pool across the teams
• Built with Canada Bridges and the Iniskim Centre, so the structure is the real thing, not a reconciliation theme bolted onto a normal case comp
• Career-relevant in a way most case competitions aren’t. Employers in Alberta are paying serious attention to who can do this work credibly.
Who should apply: students who think in systems, who can sit with complexity, who want to do real work across difference. Any year, any program. Indigenous and non-Indigenous students both encouraged.
Applications close Friday May 8 at midnight: http://mru.ca/sevengenerations
Happy to answer questions in the comments.