Canada’s Cyber Security Challenge
“Uniting students, schools, and sponsors across the nation – representing Canada on the world stage.”
Nationally Recognized
45+ Universities from coast to coast
400+ Students each year
6 Regional Events
1 National Final in Ottawa!
Proven Excellence
Backed by Canada’s top employers and universities!
Canada’s best cyber talent for leading employers.
Representing Canada Internationally
Events 2025:
Warsaw, Poland (ECSC)
Tokyo, Japan (ICC)
Our Latest Event
Cyber*Sci Regional Finals: Nov 22, 2025
Events in: Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver & Atlantic Canada (Halifax)
Latest Winners:
We did it!
CyberSci Regional Finals 2025/26 are in the books!
Events in: Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver & Atlantic Canada (Halifax)
This year’s challenge simulated a major disruption to modern technology, pushing competitors to recover critical systems, analyze network failures, and secure legacy infrastructure under real pressure.
On November 22nd, over 400 students from more than 45 schools battled across 6 regions in Canada’s fiercest cybersecurity competition to prove they have what it takes to help “save our civilization.”
Congratulations to all teams! Canada’s cybersecurity future is in good hands.
Winning Students and Teams in Six Regions
Winners – CyberSci Atlantic Region – November 22, 2025
Winners – CyberSci Montréal Region – November 22, 2025
Winners – CyberSci Ottawa Region – November 22, 2025
Winners – CyberSci Toronto Region – November 22, 2025
Winners – CyberSci Calgary Region – November 22, 2025
Winners – CyberSci Vancouver Region – November 22, 2025
Winning Students from the Top Three Teams In Each Region
ATL-1st “Status 418”
Conrado Boeira, Lauren Galbraith, Skye Kun, Het Soni, Ahmed Alnaamani
ATL-2nd “Status 425”
Adam Dean, Ava Powelson, Colton Burns, Kate Bussey, William Huynh
ATL-3rd “Shell We Hack?”
Will Ross, Maria Lefter, Micah Landry, Charles Robinson, Jacob Pembleton
MTL-1st “Sherbrooke Mon PayUS” with CN
Julien Champoux, Lea Roy, Camil Rondeau, Jonas Lépine, Vincent Bureau
MTL-2nd “HackThePlanETS” with Air Canada
Linden Brochu, Alice Racine, Luka Munger, Massinissa Djellouli, Félix Caron
MTL-3rd “Spyyyy” with Kyndryl
Romain Gardet, Jean-Nicolas Turbis, Gabriel Bouchard, Sophie Goulet, Dimitri Seaborn
OTT-1st “The Off-By-Ones”
Andrew Kloet, Aryan Zafer, Hussein Khatib, Kishaan Gidda, Olivia Brooks
OTT-2nd “Qu4cks”
Nikola Zupancic, Jaedyn Okabe, Thomas Schrappe, Jonathan Lok, Adrian Yanovich Ghitis
OTT-3rd “Qu4cks ext.”
Evan Cook, Daniel Dinari, Daniel Sousa-Dias, Like Wang
TOR-1st “Go Go Squid!”
William Khem-Marquez, Edward Liono Lie, Leo Vu, Tom Philip, Raweeha Fatima Raza
TOR-2nd “MacHackers” with Trend Micro
Jasraj Johal, Viransh Shah, Avyya Singh, Ali Raza, Aryan Mistry
TOR-3rd “AI B2B RaaS” with KPMG
Ahtesham Ulhaq, Alex Zhu, Abraham Siddique, Taha Siddiqi, Evelyn Nesher
TOR-4th “Chicken” with Kyndryl
Vir Chaudhury, Vivian Dai, Nick Ficara, Samuel Martineau, Allen Yang
TOR-5th “Eggggg” with Air Canada
Kyunghan Lee, Dan Chiem, Nicole Cui, Kevin Salapatek, Siracha Adhikari
CGY-1st “MacSec 2”
Charles Christianson, Edzna Castillo, Akmal Jeelani, Zoubere Yusuf
CGY-2nd “Team Ravens”
Liam Major, Christina He, Martin Mosquera, McVeigth Ojeda, Royce Knoepfli
CGY-3rd “MacSec 1”
Dema Gorkun, Rodiney Nsubuga, Tenzin Pyurveev, Lyra Wu, Andrew Numrich
VAN-1st “Maple Bacon”
Lyndon Ho, Sina Mahdavi, Aden Cross, Alexander Shen
VAN-2nd “TrashPandas”
Jessy Chahal, Sebastian Finch, Shadman Hossain, Nina Qiu, Dev Bhojak
MTL-Venue 1
MTL-Venue 2
OTT-Group 1
OTT-Group 2
TOR-Group 1
TOR-Group 2
VAN-Venue 1
VAN-Venue 2
Sponsors:
Thank you to CyberSci Sponsors for Regionals 2025-26!
Schools from Six Regions Participate
International Events:
Congratulations to Team Canada for their Big Win in Europe!
Oct. 5-12, 2024
Still punching way above our weight!
We won the #1 Guest Country spot – again – at ECSC in Turin, Italy.
Oct 27-31, 2024
Team Canada participated once again at the ICC!
International Cybersecurity Challenge in Santiago, Chile.
All teams
Team Canada
Team – Heart
Team Halloween in Santiago
Team – in elevator
Street food vendors
Team at Dinner on Monday
Team at the lookout
Team Captain looking invincible
Team Canada – view of the city
Team hard at work
Team – meeting in a lobby
Our Mission at CyberSci
Improve Canada’s Cyber Skill Level.
Education
Providing hands-on education and work experience for post-secondary students looking to travel, build their networks, and secure gainful employment.
Recruitment
Screening, empowering and delivering top cyber talent to Canadian employers.
Community
Building community relations in localities from coast to coast Increasing recognition of sponsors as leaders in the cyber space.
Industry
Building Canada’s cyber workforce through student competitions, employer recruitment, and sponsor leadership.
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