Awards and recognitions
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause, who at best knows achievement and who at the worst if he fails at least fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
- Theodore Roosevelt From a speech given in Paris at the Sorbonne in 1910
Recognitions
- Winner of the Toastmasters Improvisation District Public Speaking Contest (2007) as well as the local chapter's 'Best Overall Speaker' award (2007)
- Recipient of the Leadership Award by the Multiple Sclerosis Society (2006)
- Selected participant in the highly exclusive Governor General Leadership Convention (2004)
- "Best Business Potential" for Eurekium's mobileSapiens software at the GIGA IT Demo Showcase (2001)
- Winner for Eurekium Innovation at the Pierre Péladeau's Bursary Competition (2000 - 2001)
- Bursary winner of 10 000$ for Ensigna.com Entrepreneurship center's "idea to project" competition (1998)
- Bursary winner of 12 000$ for vexNet Entrepreneurship center's "idea to project" competition (1999)
- Second place for Ensigna.com's business plan at Forces Avenir (1999)
- Finalist for Ensigna.com's business plan at Concours Entrepreneur BDC (1999)
- Bursary winner for Ensigna.com's business plan at Quebec Entrepreneurship National Competition - university category, individual (1998-1999)
- First place, individual speaker in the Canadian Engineering Competition (1999)
- Bursary winner in the International Bacc. program at Jean-de-Brébeuf (1995)
- Winner of the Gerry Weiner Leadership and Community Award (1993)