The 2014 edition of Place à la jeunesse was a great success! On November 15, 2014, students from 14 French-speaking high schools across Ontario competed in the final round of this prestigious academic competition held at the Desmarais Building at Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa. This competition hosts 90 participants who showcase their analytical and communication skills. Every year, Place à la jeunesse declares three winning teams in each academic stream: accounting, marketing, entrepreneurship, and debates. Each participant of these winning teams, as well as the best presenter of each stream receive one of the forty scholarships up for grabs, that amount to a total of $82,000.

The competition provides the participants with the necessary competencies and the confidence to succeed in the world of business. “We are involved with Place à la jeunesse since our own participation back in high school, in 2008. Every year, we were proud to be part of this competition that touched us personally. This event is an unforgettable experience that most certainly pushed us to study at the Telfer School of Management! Our goal every year is to pass on that same passion onto the leaders of tomorrow.” said the Co-Presidents of the 11th edition, Frédéric Desnoyers and Dominic Franchi.

Every year, numerous partners help shape the success of this event. Place à la jeunesse 2014 wishes to thank them for their great generosity:

  • University of Ottawa
  • Telfer School of Management
  • Jeux du commerce Ottawa
  • Ministry of Education of Ontario
  • Student Federation of the University of Ottawa
  • Conseil scolaire de district catholique de l’Est ontarien
  • Deloitte LLP
  • SME Business Appraisers
  • Conseil scolaire catholique Providence
  • Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario
  • DocUcentre
  • Conseil des écoles catholiques du Centre-Est
  • BDO Canada LLP
  • Kyalis Group Inc.
  • Marcil Lavallée
  • i-tag Promo

Here are the winners of Place à la jeunesse 2014!

Accounting

1st Place – Scholarship of $5,000

École secondaire régionale de Hawkesbury :

  • Claudia Murray
  • Nicholas Séguin
  • Sandrine Pageau

2nd Place – Scholarship of $1,000

École secondaire catholique de Casselman: 

  • Alexandre Bisson
  • Ariane Parisien
  • Philippe Laflèche

3rd Place – Scholarship of $500 

École secondaire catholique Cité des Jeunes:

  • Andréanne Fraser
  • Jacob Mongenais
  • Rémi Dumais

Entrepreneurship

1st Place - Scholarship of $5,000

École secondaire catholique Garneau: 

  • Marc-André Arsenault
  • Nadia Hiebert
  • Patrick Buffett

2nd Place – Scholarship of $1,000

École secondaire publique Gisèle-Lalonde:

  • Jean-Luc Martineau
  • Mohan Aubeeluck
  • Nathan Liang

3rd Place – Scholarship of $500 

École secondaire catholique L’Escale: 

  • Antoine Cantin
  • Joshua Boyle
  • Mikaël Gaumond

Marketing

1st Place – Scholarship of $5,000 

École secondaire Étienne-Brûlé: 

  • Mukund Mauji
  • Nader Allam
  • Vlad Cojanu

2nd Place - Scholarship of $1,000

École secondaire catholique L’Escale:

  • Isabelle Charette
  • Jacob Racine
  • Pascale Rioux

3rd Place - Scholarship of $500

École secondaire catholique de Hearst:

  • Alex Dalcourt
  • Jean-Philippe Dumais
  • Sabrina Mastelloto

Debates

1st Place – Scholarship of $5,000 

École secondaire catholique de Casselman: 

  • Joël Charbonneau
  • Katia Ranger
  • Nathaniel Quenneville

2nd Place – Scholarship of $1,000 

École secondaire publique Le Sommet:

  • Alex Hazan
  • Emmanuelle Lamonico
  • Sébastien Sauvé

3rd Place - Scholarship of $500

École secondaire catholique Garneau:

  • Élisabeth Bruins
  • Maxim Bourgeois
  • Vanessa Bournival

Best Presenter

Accounting - Scholarship of $1,000 

  • Claudia Murray, École secondaire catholique régionale de Hawkesbury

Marketing - Scholarship of $1,000 

  • Jérémy Proteau, École secondaire publique Le Sommet

Entrepreneurship - Scholarship of $1,000

  • Jean-Luc Martineau, École secondaire publique Gisèle-Lalonde

Debates - Scholarship of  $1,000

  • Alex Hazan, École secondaire publique Le Sommet