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JDCCENTRAL
JDCCent ral
isthel argests tudentrunbus i
nesss choolcompet i
ti
oninEasternCanada
andat hr
eedayl ongev entthatfeaturesacademi ccompet i
ti
ons,athl
eti
cchallenges,
social
compet i
ti
ons ,aswel l asachar i
tyini
tiat
ive.Ov er300s t
udentsfr
om Eas ter
n
Canada’stopuniversiti
esuni teannuallytopar t
icipat
ei nthi
scompet i
ti
onthatiss ol
el
y
organi
zedbyandf orbus inesss tudents.Eachy ear,adi f
fer
enthostissel
ectedt o
organi
zetheeventandexhi bitt
heirschool/cit
yt otherestofthebus i
nessschool
communi t
y.

JDCCent r
alseekst
oass emblethebes tbus
inessst
udentsthatEas t
ernCanadi an
uni
ver s
iti
eshavetooffer
.Thecompet i
ti
onprovidesst
udentsanoppor tunit
yt o
compet ewitheachotherinall
facetsofbusi
ness,whi
ledevelopingnetworking,cri
ti
cal
thi
nking,andleader
shipskil
l
sast heyprepar
etobeginthei
rcar eer
sint hebus i
ness
world.

HI
STORY
The“JeuxduCommer ce”(Commer ceGames )haswit
nessedtremendouss uccess
si
ncei t
sincept
ioni
nQuebeci n1989.Ov erthecour
seofits21y ear
s,i
thasbecomea
pres
tigi
ousannualeventthatbri
ngstogetherover1200ofthetopbus i
nesss t
udents
fr
om acrossQuebec.Duet othes uccessofJeuxduCommer cei nt
heQuebec,t he
compet i
ti
onbeganit
sexpans i
ont otherestofthecountr
y.In2006,theinaugural
compet i
ti
onoutwestwashel dinVancouv erunderanew name:JDCWes t
.

Aft
erfoursuccessfulyearsinBr i
ti
shCol umbiaandAl berta,thecompetit
iongrew
agai
nandmov edtoOnt ari
of orthefirstt i
mein201 0,wher eitwashostedbyt heTed
RogersSchool ofManagementatRy ersonUniversi
ty.Thes egamescont i
nuedt he
l
egacyofacademi cintegr i
ty
,communi tyresponsibi
li
ty,andcompet i
ti
veex cell
enceset
byit
ss i
stercompet i
ti
ons ,andr anwi t
hgr eatsuccessundert hetheme“ Learni
ngfrom
thepast.Changingfortoday .Gr owingfortomorrow.”

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OMP
ETI
T I
O N
COMPE
TIT
ION
ACADEMI
C
Theacademicport
ionofthecompeti
ti
oncons
istsof7academiccas
ecompeti
ti
ons
andaparli
amentar
y-st
yledebat
e.Teamsof3student
sparti
ci
patei
neachcat
egory
:

ACCOUNTI
NG STRATEGY FI
NANCE MARKETI
NG

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NFO SYSTEMS NEW VENTURE NONPROFI
T DEBATE

ATHLETI
C
Theat hl
eti
cscompeti
ti
onconsist
sas er
iesofsport
ingeventsandphysi
calchal
lenges
thatrequi
reacombinati
onofteamwork,speed,dexter
it
y,andleader
shi
p.Athl
eti
csis
represent
edbyacadr eof6-
10s t
udentspercompet i
ngschool.

SPI
RIT
Thespi
ri
tchall
engepushesstudentteamst obecr eat
ive,energeti
c,passi
onat
e,and
mostofall
,ent
husi
ast
icambass adorsoftheirs
chool s
.T eamsar eputthr
ough
competi
ti
onsli
keacheer-of
fands cavengerhunt,amongot herexci
ti
ngtasks.

SCHOOLOFTHEYEAR
Theteam t
hatperf
ormsbes tover
alli
nacademics,at
hlet
ics
,andspi
ri
tisawar
dedthe
prest
igi
ousti
tl
eof“SchooloftheYear”
.Thi
strophyembodiesexcel
l
enceachi
eved
withi
ntegr
it
yandisas our
ceofpr i
defort
hewi nni
ngschool.

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COMPETE
I
v eyi swithoutadoubtCanada’ sleadingbus i
nessschool .Compet ingagains
tother
univer si
ti
esi nahighl
yv i
si
blecompet iti
onli
keJDCCent ral(pois
edt obecomet he
l
ar ges tbusinessschoolcompetit
ioninCanada)wi ll
s oli
dif
yt hi
ss enti
ment.Aneventof
thiss calewi l
lal
soencouragecasecompet i
ti
onpar t
icipati
oni ngeneral,pr
omotek ey
skillbuil
dingi nar
eass uchaspres entat
ionandteamwor k,andigniteacompet i
ti
ve
spiri
tt hatwillat
tr
actthetopHBAs t
udentstorepresentIveyabr oad.

CONNECT
Thr oughoutHBA1 ,mos tst
udentshav ebeeneat i
ng,br eathing,ands l
eepingIvey.I
t
hasbeenanamaz i
ngexperience,andnow wear ereadyt os hareitwithourexternal
peer s.JDCCent r
al pr
ov i
desamedi um throughwhi chnew cont acts
,relat
ions
hipsand
fr
iends hipsar
eforgedbet weenpeopl efrom all
acrossCanada.Whet heritismeeting
student sfr
om anotherprovi
nce,professorsfrom anothers chool,orbus i
ness
prof essi
onal
s,I
veydel egat
est oJDCCent r
alwillr
epres entthes chool’
sbrandwi th
prideandcont i
nuet obuildI
v ey’
sreputati
ononanat i
onal scale.

CREATE
JDCCent ralboas tsas y
ner gyofacademi c,s port
ing,s ocialands t
ewards hi
pev ents
thatdevelopex cepti
onalskillsetsandchar acter
.Itisanev entwit
hauni ques piri
tof
goodwil
l ands portsmanshi pthatwilll
eaveI veydel egatesr i
chwi t
hknowl edge,s ki
l
ls,
communi tyat ti
tudesandr elati
onshi
pslas ti
ngal if
et i
me.I ns hor
t,JDCCent r
alisan
experi
encet hatwillcont
ribut etocreat
ingf uturebus inessleaderswhot hinkglobally
,
actstr
ategi cal
ly,andcont ri
but etothes ocieti
eswi thi
nwhi cht heyoperate.

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