YCN Student Awards

What is York Capstone Day?

Capstone Day is an annual showcase, at which students from any Faculty at York can present their completed capstone and pre-capstone projects and compete for awards. This is a great opportunity for students to showcase their project experience and develop professional skills to enhance their career readiness. To further recognize student accomplishments, we have awards for students to compete and win prizes!

BEST Lab Award

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The prize will be presented to the team whose project demonstrates an exceptional innovativeness and inventiveness, impact in addressing an important societal issue, and the viability of the project.

Open to final year students who are graduating in 2023 only.

Office of Sustainability SDG Award

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This award will be granted to an individual or team that have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to advancing the UN SDGs in keeping with York University’s SDG Challenge as outlined in the current University Academic Plan.

Office of Alumni Engagement Award 

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Alumni Engagement Award: Award is focused on alumni who have demonstrated an extraordinary level of commitment or projects that have engaged or improved the lives of York University alumni.

Alumni EDI Award: This award will be presented to the alumni mentor or team whose project demonstrates an exceptional commitment to advancing equity, diversity and inclusion in alignment with priorities identified by York University. Open to final year students who are graduating in 2023 only.

YSPACE Awards

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YSPACE General Innovation Award: The award will be presented to the team whose project demonstrates an exceptional commitment to promoting innovative sustainable technologies, ensuring equal and universal access to information and financial markets, bringing prosperity, creating jobs and making sure that we build stable and prosperous societies across the globe. 

YSPACE ELLA Award: The award will be presented to the team whose project demonstrates an exceptional commitment to the reduction of gender inequality gap for women in entrepreneurship.

YSPACE Black Entrepreneurship Alliance Award: The award will be presented to the team whose project demonstrates an exceptional commitment to creating accessibility and inclusion of Black founders within the entrepreneurial ecosystem or addressing systemic and institutional racism faced by Black founders contemplating entrepreneurship.