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'''VanHacks''' is an annual [[hackathon]] that is part of Vancouver Startup Week.<ref>{{cite web|author=Daily Hive |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-startup-week-2019 |title=Here's everything you can expect at Vancouver Startup Week |publisher=Daily Hive |date=2019-07-18 |accessdate=2020-06-02}}</ref> The focus of the hackathon is creating solutions for local non-profit organizations from the [[Vancouver]] area over the course of 36 hours.<ref>{{cite web|author=Canadian Business |url=https://www.canadianbusiness.com/innovation/vanhacks-2016/ |title=Vancouver's tech startups are hosting a charity hackathon | publisher=Canadian Business |date=2016-03-02 | accessdate=2020-06-04}}</ref> Sponsors of the event have included [[KPMG]], [[Best Buy]], [[Slack (software)]], [[Lighthouse Labs]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Lighthouse Labs |url=https://www.lighthouselabs.ca/blog/vancouver-s-future-forward-tech-community-startup-week-in-a-nutshell |title=Vancouver's Future-Forward Tech Community: Startup Week in a Nutshell |publisher=Lighthouse Labs |accessdate=2020-06-02}}</ref> [[Nespresso]], and [[Red Bull]].
==History==
VanHacks was created in 2016 by TTT Studios.<ref>{{cite web|author=Global News |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/2559959/vancouver-hackathon-looks-to-create-tech-solutions-for-local-charities/ |title=Vancouver hackathon looks to create tech solutions for local charities |publisher=Global News |date=2016-05-05 |accessdate=2020-06-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Daily Hive |url=https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vanhack-hackathon-vancouver/ |title=VanHacks hackathon aims to find tech solutions for local charities |publisher=Daily Hive |date=2017-12-19 |accessdate=2020-06-03}}</ref> The event did not run in 2017. In 2018 and 2019 VanHacks partnered with Vancouver Startup Week,<ref>{{cite web|author=T-Net |url=https://www.bctechnology.com/events/event.cfm?id=5033 | title=Vancouver Startup Week 2019 | publisher=DigiBC | accessdate=2020-06-03}}</ref> and served as an official hackathon for the week long event held in September.
The 2018 and 2019 versions of the event were held at the TEC Hub<ref>{{cite web|author=BCIT |url=https://www.bcit.ca/cas/computing/techub.shtml | title=BCIT Downtown Campus TEC Hub |publisher=BCIT |accessdate=2020-06-02}}</ref> at the downtown campus of [[BCIT]] (British Columbia Institute of Technology).<ref>{{cite web|author=BCIT |url=https://commons.bcit.ca/news/2019/09/vanhacks-for-social-good-at-bcit/ |title=VanHacks at BCIT: Tech Solutions for Social Good |publisher=BCIT |date=2019-09-18 |accessdate=2020-06-02}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|https://vanhacks.com/}}
* [https://vanstartupweek.ca/ Vancouver Startup Week]
* [https://ttt.studio/ TTT Studios]
[[Category:Hackathons]]