Mark Your Calendar for the 2025 Student Case Competition!

Hosted annually, this engaging two-round virtual competition brings together Ontario’s top HR students to solve real-life business and HR challenges.

Competition Overview:
The competition will take place over two rounds:

  • Round 1: March 14, 2025
    Teams will receive an HR business case and have a few hours to analyze the situation, develop a strategy, and prepare a 15-minute presentation outlining their recommendations. A panel of judges, made up of senior HR professionals, will review and score the presentations.
  • Round 2: March 22, 2025
    The top teams from Round 1 will advance to the final round, where they’ll present their refined strategies to compete for first, second, and third-place prizes.

This year, we will only accept one (1) team per school, making spots limited—be sure to register early!

In addition to the competition, Day 2 will feature opportunities for contestants to:

  • Network with peers, senior HR professionals, and HRPA staff.
  • Engage with a special speaker (details to be announced in the new year).

Ready to participate?
To submit a team, click here and complete the registration form.

More information, including the detailed agenda and event specifics, will be shared at the beginning of the new year. Stay tuned!

Coming Soon!

Please note that HRPA reserves the right to modify the event schedule.

Coming Soon!

Please note that HRPA reserves the right to modify the event schedule.

The Student Case Competition is open to all post-secondary HR students. This includes students working towards a:

  • Diploma
  • Undergraduate degree
  • Master’s degree
  • Postgraduate degree
  • One team per school


Both HRPA student members and non-members can enter the competition.


Deadline to register your team is March 3, 2025


Step 1: Gather Your Case Competition Team! Each campus of any university/college across Ontario is eligible to enter up to one (1) team compromised of three (3) to five (5) post-secondary HR students per team. All post-secondary HR students can participate. See Eligibility Criteria tab for more details.

Step 2: Get a Team Coach! Teams must register a faculty member as a Team Coach to participate. As a Team Coach, you’ll get to support your team before the big day so that your students are competition-ready. One Team Coach per Case Competition team. (In other words, a Team Coach cannot represent more than one team.)

Step 3: Register!

A case will be chosen by HRPA and will be revealed to the participating teams on Day 1 of the competition. Teams will be given 2 hours to read, analyze the case, develop a strategy, and create a PowerPoint presentation with answers to the questions. Each team will record a 15 minute video during the 2-hour window.

Each team will record their presentations to be scored based on pre-determined evaluation criteria. Each team member must speak during the recording of their presentation, and if selected as a top 3 team, must speak during the final round, on Day 2, in front of the judges. Teams are encouraged to be creative, organized and use strategic thinking. 

Prizes:

The top three teams, with the strongest presentations, will be awarded first, second, and third place prizes.

  • The 1st place winning team will receive a $200 gift card per student
  • The 2nd place winning team will receive a $150 gift card per student
  • The 3rd place winning team will receive a $100 gift card per student.

  • Apply your classroom knowledge to a real-life business scenario
  • Upgrade your resume with impressive and relevant experiences
  • Get valuable, constructive feedback directly from a panel of Senior HR Professionals
  • The chance to win a gift card of up to $200!
  • Build your confidence in the field of HR
  • Expand your HR network
  • Have fun!

Participating Schools

Algonquin College dark green logo
Canadore College red and white logo
Centennial College green and grey logo
King's West University dark green logo