With summer fast approaching, the employees of Vigilant Global find themselves in the preparation stages of one of the biggest athletic fundraising activities in the Montreal area: the Ride to Conquer Cancer. An annual event, the Ride profits the Segal Centre for Cancer at the Jewish General Hospital and involves two days of cycling through the Quebec countryside. Riders leave from…
After 6 simultaneously stressful and fantastic weeks of robot building, the students at LaSalle Community Comprehensive High School, their Vigilant Global mentors and their pet robot Sonic Howl made off for their first competition in Oshawa (Ontario) for the weekend of March 9th. Despite several last minute mishaps and adjustments, the team made it to…
We are very proud of the way things have been going for Vigilant since the beginning of 2013. We have made our way to several Top Employer lists, including Top 20 Employers of Montreal, Top 50 Small and Medium Business Employers and today, Top Employers of Quebec. These awards are the best recognition we could…
LCCHS and Vigilant are as of now in Oshawa, Ontario, playing a series of matches that will seal their fate for the competition. The mentors and kids arrived Wednesday night, and worked hard all of Thursday to prep the robot for the series. Some modifications were suggested by the judges, and some were decided upon…
Yesterday marked the beginning of the second week of the FIRST Robotics build period, set in motion by the launch event that occurred on Saturday January 5th. That morning, NASA announced the nature of this year’s FIRST challenge to the thousands of kids waiting on tip toes for the competition to begin. The challenge, titled…
Today was the annual RBC Challenge at Place Ville-Marie, an event whose greater purpose is to raise funds for the Centraide (a local charity focused on helping the less fortunate of the Greater Montreal region) and whose lesser purpose is to get people excited about breaking personal records. The challenge involves a relay race between…
On Saturday August 18th, Maisonneuve park played host to passionate families and friends who gathered to participate in the “Three, 2, 1 Go!” race, in order to raise awareness and funds for kids and adults affected by Trisomy 21. For those who may be unaware, Trisomy 21 is another name for Down syndrome, so called…
Several of us took a trip to Pierre Bédard Park for an archery lesson with ARTAM this past saturday. What a challenge! Archery is definitely not an easy sport. It takes lots of strength to pull back the bowstring and hold the bow steady, and it definitely takes skill to find the best way to aim….
Sometimes one wonders if there is anything Google cannot or will not do. The multi-million dollar giant has proven that its interests are not solely financial in its most recent endeavor: that of launching a website meant to become the most extensive catalogue of languages currently at risk of extinction. The Endangered Languages Project uses…