2026 Awards
Congratulations to all Diamond Challenge Canada 2026 award recipients
Team names within each award category are listed in no particular order.
Team Canada
Canada's top teams advancing to the global stage
Business Innovation Track
AlignA
Coco Chi, Marcus Zhou, Cary (Kaizhi) Zhang, Yuxi (Sesilia) Gu
Questify
Akshat Goenka, Madheswaran Kamal, Vynavin Vinod
My Volunteer Pathway
Angela Kalopisis, Rubab Rizvi
Peripheral
Jonathan Han, Ethan Li, Alice Xin
Finalist — Gold Awards
Top finalists in each innovation track
Business Innovation Track
Vibrant!
Roland Ding, John Zuo
EverMoist
Akshitha Puttur, Izyan Khan, Sai Likhith Mulagundla, Akanksha Bonam
Intelligent Lawn Mower
Shuchang Zhang, Luke Wang, Haoran Zhang, Crenshaw Liu
Nexus
Alex Zhang, Hanson Gu
Spectrum Sports Alliance (SSA)
Ella Feng, Jennifer Kang, Magaret Chen
HydroCure
Shihao Bao, Swetha Subramanian, Fatimah Zhang
ReMIND Pillbox
Grace Liang, Emily Xiao, Aiden Kang, Ashley Park
FlowRing
Rishventh Ramoshan, Keithav Sivashanker
Excellence — Diamond Awards
Recognizing outstanding innovation and entrepreneurial spirit
Business Innovation Track
The FocusFriends Series
Lucia Yao, Gina Qin
ASTA Pen
Andrew An,William Wang
GLance
Junyu Zhang, Kedu Cao, Jiayou Zhao, Zinuo Xiao
OOTD+
Zoe Yu, Audrey Sung, Trisha Feng, Michelle Law
CryoPhase
Veronica Nguyen, Lydia Choi
AeroGuard
Harry Li, Yushan Jiang, ZeKai Lu
Big Easy Button
Jenny Wang, Eddy Jiang, Athena Wu
Lernly
Sunny Lee, Sayaan Murshed, Vaibhav Krishnan, Anagha Krishnan
Dantrix
Vincent Cai, Zhizhou Han,Jiacheng He
Ski Scholars
Cadence Ding, Angel Pan
LinkAge
Sophie Rus, Olivia Guo, Le Anne Du
Computer Vision-Based Rear-Traffic Detection and Alert System for Cyclists
Enzo Chen, Allen Le
Golf Buddy
Dylan Li, Jesse Meng
Automatic defense system for space debris
Gordon Xiaoguo, Jaden Liang, Jason Liu
Diverse Sign Language Companion
Amin Sejiny, Makki Zakri
VoiceLink
Joy Zheng, Kelly Shen
Innovative Wind Energy Solution for Indigenous People in West Coast of Canada
Sun Shine, M. Yu
DragonNet
Kai Yee Li, Felix Bian
PathFindr
Tim Chen, William Chen, Winston Huang, Kevin Zhang
SteadyState
Chris Cheng, Max Wen
Vigilo
Hongyu Lu, Tommy Xu, Ray Liu
EchoPantry
Manny Mei, Anthony Gong
TSS SAFE
Eva Zolfaghari, Sabine Scurfield
TERA
Anna Gong, Yifeng Wei
CMSA - Canadian Muslim Speakers Academy
Fares Elhelali, Jawayria Qasim
BrightStart Fundraising
Josephina Renaud, Olivia Guo
NeuroBridge
Skyler Yoo, Jahanvi Shah
Wear Healix
Maximilian Halbich, Heriakos Teferea
Inspire Awards
Honoring teams with exceptional vision and impact or individual volunteers
Anna Gong, Karl Gong, Alan Wei, Erica Li, Max Li,Jolin Zhao,Meiling Song,Ricardo Hu,Yiqi(Emily) Wu