But, we’re also more than just a hackathon. As a student-run organization, our mission is to empower students of all experience levels and backgrounds with the mentorship and resources to turn their ideas into reality. Join 3,000+ students from all around the globe to build an incredible project in just 36 hours – online! We’ll handle all the details so it’s easy for you to dream big and build.
Prizes
Hack the North 2020++ Finalists
The finalists of Hack the North 2020++!
Judging Type: Live Demos on Discord
Best Use of CockroachDB
Build your hackathon project on CockroachDB's open-source and indestructible SQL database. Use CockroachDB in your hack for a chance to win an iPad mini for each team member.
Judging Type: Devpost Submissions
Best Use of Voiceflow App
Submit a project that uses Voiceflow (https://voiceflow.com) – explain how Voiceflow helped to achieve the goal of your project. The team with the best use case will receive a Voiceflow swag pack, including Alexa/Google devices and Voiceflow company swag.
Judging Type: Devpost Submissions
Dropbase API Prize
A Sony XM4 Noise Cancelling Headphones will be awarded to each member of the team that makes the best use of the Dropbase API to build innovative ways to send, share, and/or centralize CSVs and Excel files. For Hack the North, Dropbase will release the first version of the Dropbase API that allows developers to programmatically ingest files, apply preset data preparation steps, and load them up to a live database.
Judging Type: Devpost Submissions
Facebook API Prize
Facebook will be hosting a "Best Facebook API" contest. Build your project around any Facebook API, and you could win a Portal or other prizes.
Judging Type: Devpost Submissions
Ubisoft Hackers NEST API Challenge
Each member of the winning team will be awarded a $500 prize. Use our custom Ubisoft Hackers NEST API to demonstrate your abilities as a game developer and take us on a journey! Please visit our virtual booth and attend our workshop to learn more about the API and get access to the key!
Judging Type: Devpost Submissions
IBM API Prize
Prizes will be awarded to the team that uses IBM Cloud in the most meaningful way. The members of the winning team will each receive an IBM Swag Package + surprise add-on!
Judging Type: Live Demos on Hopin
Vonage API Prize
A Nanoleaf Shapes Mini Triangle Smarter Kit will be awarded to each member of the winning team for Best Use of Vonage API. Vonage is a cloud communications platform that allows developers to integrate voice, video and messaging into their applications using their communication APIs. So whether you want to build video calls into your app, create a Facebook bot, or build applications on top of programmable phone numbers, Vonage has got you covered. To find out more about how to get started, attend our workshop or go to https://developer.vonage.com/.
Judging Type: Devpost Submissions
Azure Champ Prize - Hack for Good
The Azure prize is awarded to the team that makes the best use of Azure during this hackathon. The primary requirement is that your hack project includes Azure in some way. Microsoft will award the winning team with the following:
Each member will receive: Xbox Game Pass Ultimate & Linkedin Learning Membership
As a team: $1,000 USD to be donated to an approved charity of their choice to support our joint initiative – social good!
For more information, go to https://aka.ms/hackwithazure
Judging Type: Devpost Submissions
Hootsuite API Prize
A Raspberry Pi 4 will be awarded to each member of the winning team who makes the best use of the Hootsuite API to improve how we communicate in today's connected world. Additionally, the winners will have the opportunity for a virtual meet-and-greet and Q&A with our CTO, Ryan Donovan, and receive an invitation to interview for our upcoming software developer co-op roles. Please request access to our API ASAP by following steps here: https://developer.hootsuite.com/docs/setup-an-app
Judging Type: Devpost Submissions
Best Use of Google Cloud
Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful compute, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Each winning team member will receive a Google Branded Parkland Academy Backpack.
Judging Type: Devpost Submissions
Best Domain Name from Domain.com
Register a .tech, .space, or .online domain name using Domain.com during the weekend. Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. Each winning team member will receive a PowerSquare Qi Wireless Phone Charger and Domain.com Backpack.
Judging Type: Devpost Submissions
Best Hardware Hack Sponsored by Digi-Key
Using your preferred hardware or hardware emulator, build a hack for your chance to win a Grove Beginner Kit, with Arduino Uno R3 included. We select two winning teams for this category. Each winning team member will receive a prize!
Judging Type: Devpost Submissions
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Henry Shi
Co-founder and CTO, SnapCommerce
Qasar Younis
Chief Executive Officer, Applied Intuition
Mohit Cheppudira
Principal Engineer, Cloud Security, Google
Chris Bryson
Angel Investor & Startup Coach
Eric Diep
Founder, A Thinking Ape Entertainment
Linden Tibbets
CEO, IFTTT
Steve McCartney
Board Director and Advisor to Tech Companies
Hongwei Liu
CEO, Mappedin
Eric Migicovsky
Partner, Y Combinator
Joost Ouwerkerk
Co-Founder and Head of Platform Engineering, Hopper
Alex MacCaw
Co-founder and Chairman, Clearbit
Leo Polovets
General Partner, Susa Ventures
Yitong Zhang
Staff Product Designer, Coinbase
Michael Gibson
Partner, 1517 Fund
Danielle Strachman
Partner, 1517 Fund
Ellen Chisa
Founder, Dark
Gregory Koberger
Founder, ReadMe
Andrew Miklas
Partner, s28 Capital
Valentin Tsatskin
Senior Full-stack Engineer, Layer 6
Jonathan Norris
Co-Founder & CTO, Taplytics
Luke Iseman
Entrepreneur
Jen Dewalt
Founder, Zube
Evan Stites-Clayton
CEO, Black Lotus Inc.
Deon Nicholas
Founder & CEO, Forethought AI
Dhananja Jayalath
Co-Founder, Athos
Patrick Hannigan
Co-founder and CTO, Hive.co
Alexis Smirnov
Chief Technology Officer, Dialogue
Chris Best
Co-founder and CEO, Substack
Ali Partovi
CEO, Neo
Shirley Miao
Software Engineer, Figma
Bogdan Knezevic
Program Lead, Toronto, Entrepreneur First
Nicolas Zuluaga
Software Developer, KPMG
Luba Yudasina
Co-founder, Loka and Founder, Life of Luba
Daryna Kulya
Co-Founder, OpenPhone
Tanner Philp
Head of Corporate Development and Operations, Kik Inc.
Vishal Mathur
Product Manager, Microsoft
Tiffani Ashley Bell
Founder & Executive Director, The Human Utility
Tyler Campaigne
VP Engineering, Vidyard
Sean Young
Senior Product Manager, BrainStation
LP Maurice
CEO & Co-founder, Busbud
Nima Vaziri
Senior Software Engineer, Machine Learning at Farfetch
Ann Makosinski
Inventor & Speaker
Sunil Sharma
Managing Director, Techstars Toronto
Liam Horne
Co-Founder, L4
Adam Wootton
Staff Software Engineer, Taplytics
Jacob Willemsma
Founding Engineer, Lunchclub
Phil Rivard
Director of Ventures, NEXT Canada
Jordan Jocius
Director, Waterloo-Toronto Corridor, Founder Institute
Victor Vucicevich
Product Manager, Taplytics
Jake Cooper
Founder, Railway.app
Judging Criteria
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Wow factor
Does the project stand out? -
Technical difficulty
How technically complex is the project? -
Originality
Is the project new or unique? -
Design
Is the project easy to use and polished?
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