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National Canadian Medical Datathon
March 7 - March 8
The National Canadian Medical Datathon is a two-day, beginner-friendly innovation sprint where students from medicine, computer science, engineering, business, public health, and more team up to solve healthcare problems using data.
What happens:
- You’ll work in an interdisciplinary team on a healthcare challenge using a provided dataset.
- Apply your skillset (coding, analytics, design, strategy, research, communication) to explore the data, build models/solutions, and turn findings into something useful.
- Mentors support you throughout (approach selection, troubleshooting, interpretation, and presentation).
- You’ll finish by presenting what you built with a chance to compete against other schools!
Why it matters:
Healthcare is one of the biggest, fastest-moving spaces for technology and data— nd it needs people who can build, evaluate, and communicate solutions responsibly. This event is designed to help you build confidence in:
- working with real-world health datasets + constraints
- applying technical methods (analytics/ML) to messy problems
- translating results into clear, decision-ready takeaways
- collaborating across disciplines (clinical + technical + operational)
Who should join:
- Any post-secondary student who’s curious about healthcare, data, AI/ML, product, design, or innovation
- Beginners welcome (and supported) + experienced folks who want a meaningful problem space
No prior health background required. Coding helps, but it’s not mandatory there are roles for every skillset.
Sign up here: Registration Form