Students from the UPEI faculty of business recently competed in the Enactus Canada Regional Exposition, which was held virtually this year due to COVID-19 restrictions.
The Enactus UPEI team participated in three categories and took home hardware in each.
Students submitted five-minute video presentations for each challenge, narrated by two students from the team. The results were announced in a live stream hosted on Enactus Canada’s Facebook page.
Enactus UPEI was named runner up in both the Scotiabank Climate Change Challenge and the Scotiabank Youth Empowerment Challenge, each of which earned the team a $1,000 prize. The team was named second runner up in the TD Entrepreneurship Challenge, earning a $500 prize.
Enactus UPEI is preparing to compete again, this time at the national level in early May.
The team is preparing a twelve-minute video showcasing all aspects of its Bury and Bloom project, which was founded in 2018.
Bury and Bloom is a student-owned, non-profit company that makes and sells greeting cards with seeds embedded in the paper. The cards are created using wastepaper from the university. A portion of the company’s revenue is directed toward an educational component, in which the students involved visit elementary classrooms to teach children about the importance of the environment.
Daniel Timen, co-president of Enactus UPEI, said the project has something to offer to students from all disciplines.
“It has been a phenomenal learning opportunity to work together with engineering, biology, computer science and more students as one big team.”
Team member Ashley Doucette said Enactus UPEI continues to grow Bury and Bloom, while supporting the personal and professional development of its students.
“We have made a huge impact on our community, which we plan to continue in the years to come.”
Enactus UPEI was named the society of the year by the UPEI student union. The student union also named Doucette executive member of the year for her work with Enactus UPEI.
Timen was awarded the Founder’s Bursary by Enactus Canada.
Enactus UPEI received funding for the second consecutive year from 3M.
The club also became a resident of the Charlottetown StartUp Zone, which gave students access to resources such as sales coaching, marketing events and workshops.
Enactus is an international organization committed to shaping generations of entrepreneurial leaders passionate about advancing economic development, and social and environmental responsibility. Each club uses the power of conscious capitalism for positive change and rallies students who see business as a way to address social issues. Enactus teams create and implement community-empowerment projects and business ventures in communities coast to coast. Enactus Canada has 75 academic institutions and more than 3,500 participating students.
