Cambrian College students earn second place at hackathon competition

A team of three Cambrian College students has earned a second-place finish at a hackathon challenge focused on the defence industry.The students were competing in the 2026 Red Team DefTech Hackathon Series in Ottawa, which is part of Canada’s National Defence-Tech Innovation Challenge. Cambrian was the only college team in the competition. The rest of the competitors were university students.In the hackathon, students tackled a real-world defence procurement issue — develop a secure