Tackle the world's most pressing issues!
Each year the Jack Rosen Memorial Award Pitch Competition invites Faculty of Environment students to submit an idea (device, process, or method) that could solve, mitigate, or avoid an environmental problem.
Entrants are asked to identify an environmental problem and succinctly explain their proposed solution. Finalists will create a PowerPoint presentation and present their pitch to a panel of esteemed judges for a chance to win a Grand Prize of $3,000 or an Honorable Mention of $1,000. Refer to the presentation_template.pptx for creating your PowerPoint presentation.
Students may enter individually or in teams of up to five. All groups must include at least one full-time undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in the Faculty of Environment. One entry is permitted per student or team.
Learn more about Jack Rosen
Jack
Rosen,
born
in
Russia
and
raised
in
Canada,
was
an
accomplished
businessman.
He
joined
his
late
father,
Israel
Rosen
in
the
family
business,
Rosen
and
Sons,
and
built
it
to
become
one
of
Ontario's
premier
recycling
companies.
One
of
Jack’s
many
accomplishments
was
his
involvement
in
the
creation
and
implementation
of
the
"blue
box"
curbside
recycling
program,
which
is
used
today
for
curbside
recycling
in
millions
of
homes
around
the
world.
For
this
achievement
and
many
others,
he
received
the
first
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
from
the
Recycling
Council
of
Ontario.
Jack
Rosen’s
wife
Honey
and
his
children
Judy,
Shelly,
and
Allan
created
the
Jack
Rosen
Memorial
Award
to
not
only
commemorate
their
late
father
but
to
encourage
the
entrepreneurial
spirit
in
Waterloo
students,
in
hopes
of
finding
innovative
solutions
to
address
environmental
issues.