High School Students Compete for $82,500 in Scholarships at Telfer

On November 9th, 2019, 90 students from francophone high schools across Ontario came to Ottawa to participate in the business case competition, Place à la jeunesse at the Telfer School of Management. 

Each year, Place à la jeunesse is organized by Telfer students to introduce high school students to the business world and prepare them for university. At this year’s 16th competition, 30 teams were selected from 90 schools to test their business case skills. The students competed in one of four categories; marketing, accounting, entrepreneurship, or debate. 

The event started the evening before the competition, where Telfer students led workshops on PowerPoint, problem-solving, and presentation skills to coach high school students who had never been in a business environment before. The next day, the teams received their business cases, created solutions, and presented them to the judges. Winners received scholarships to the University of Ottawa from sponsors that added up to $82,500.

Telfer is thrilled to congratulate the winners of each category:

Marketing
1^st place: Emma Iusan, Vanessa St-Denis et Julianne Lacelle from ÉSC L’Escale
2^nd place: Ashley Edouard, Elyse-Anne Bordeleau et Saïma Altimo from CC Samuel-Genest
3^rd place: Kara D’Arcangelo, Chloé Emery et Christian Ricard from ÉSC Thériault

Accounting
1^st place: Marika Brunet, Emma Phillips and Annabel Clément from ÉSC L’Escale
2^nd place: Mélodie Chartrand, Jade Poirier and Julien Lemieux from ÉSCR de Hawkesbury
3^rd place: Alexa Caron, Keenan Roy and Emma Bertrand from ÉSC Thériault
Standout competitor: Marika Brunet

Entrepreneurship
1^st place: Lyra Sheldon, Cameron Chevalier and Mathias Lazure from ÉSC. E.J. Lajeunesse
2^nd place: Alexis Jeaurond, Laurie Boucher and Maxim Sauvé-Rozon from ÉSP Le Sommet
3rd place: Patrick Ibrahim, Simon Willemsma and Cyril Fayek from ÉS Père-René-De-Galinée

Debate
1^st place: Lia Charleois, Cassandra Joly and Catherine Vaillant from ÉSCR de Hawkesbury
2^nd place: Nathalie Shuh, Sarah Clouston and Anne-Sophie Autale from ÉSP. Le Sommet
3^rd place: Delhia Mainville, Kassandra Marleau and Marie Luciani-Grimaldi from ÉSC de Plantagenet

Best Presenters
Marketing: Kara D’Arcangelo
Accounting: Mélodie Chartrand
Entrepreneurship: Maxim Sauvé-Rozon
Debate: Marie Luciani-Grimaldi