Fanshawe students get ready to compete at OPMC competition

Three project management teams from Fanshawe have qualified for the Ontario Project Management Competition  (OPMC) at Toronto Metropolitan University.

This is Fanshawe’s first time participating in the event, which occurs March 23.

The contest promotes project management competencies and skills, and this year, competitors will be judged on how project management principles are used to plan and execute their project and how it aligns with one or more United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

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Left to right: Leanne Edwards, Kimber-Lynn Ward, and Ellie Maidlow-Whitworth (Missing: Esther Zea Bobadilla). Photo credit: Noah Bailey

In addition, their project must be a unique business endeavour that must be at least two months in length from ideation to delivery.

The Fanshawe teams, made up of students from the Project Management Graduate Certificate Program at the Lawrence Kinlin School of Business, will present two events and one virtual reality program to the judges.

"Our student groups have demonstrated exceptional talent and dedication by securing three out of the 10 available spots in the OPMC,” said Krista Perdikakis, project management professor at Fanshawe. “Their projects reflect the high quality of our program and the expertise of our professors. We are immensely proud of their achievements and confident in their ability to compete admirably among the top colleges and universities in Ontario."

Among the post-secondary institutions competing in Toronto are Durham College, Seneca College, Northeastern University, Algoma University and St. Lawrence College.

There are 17 SDGs that United Nations (UN) members states adopted as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. These SDGS recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must be part of strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, increase economic growth while dealing with climate change and protecting the planet’s oceans and forests.