JDC West

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Jeux du Commerce West, JDC West Business Competition or informally, JDC West is an anuual business competition featuring top business schools and students from across Western Canada, as well as the largest undergraduate business competition in Western Canada. The first competition, hosted by UBC, occurred January 20-23, 2006, and attracted over 400 students.

1 Structure
2 Participating schools
3 History of the Games
- 3.1 History of JDC
4 Competition venues
5 External links

[edit] Structure

Each school sends one team of 44 students to participate teams in one of 9 Academic Competitions, 1 Parliamentary Debate, 1 Athletic Competition or 1 Social Competition. Points are awarded and accumulated towards a team being declared "School of the Year".

[edit] Academics

There are 9 Academic Competitions. Each competition has 3 students from each team participating in it. In each case competition participants have a fixed amount of time to review the facts and prepare before presenting to the judges.

Current academic events for JDC West are:

[edit] Debate

Each debate team has 4 students. They have a fixed amount of time to review the proposal before presenting. As it is in parliamentary style, one team is designated Team Government and the other Team Opposition.

[edit] Athletics

Each athletic team has 6 students, with at least 2 female athletes. The first day is round robin, followed by a tournament.

2006: Indoor Soccer (Futsol)
2007: Handball
2008: Dodgeball

[edit] Social

Each social team has 4 students - two males and two females. The social portion of the JDC West competition is arguably the most arduous on its competitors who are on-call for eight social challenges to be completed in less than 48 hours at any time of day or night. These entertaining challenges are known to include athletic, spirit, and food competitions and thus often draw a crowd.

[edit] Additional awards

Additionally, teams are awarded for participation, charity and organizing committee support.

[edit] Participating schools

The following schools have participated in JDC West:

University	Business Faculty Name (if named)
Simon Fraser University
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia	Sauder School of Business
University of Lethbridge
University of Manitoba	Asper School of Business
University of Northern British Columbia
University of Regina	Paul J. Hill School of Business
University of Saskatchewan	Edwards School of Business
University of Victoria

Furthermore, a combined Ontario team made up of Schulich School of Business, Ryerson University Ted Rogers School of Management, and University of Toronto Commerce students participated in 2006 and 2007 and Team REFAEC - comprising of a number of schools from the Original "Jeux Du Commerce" competed in 2006.

[edit] History of the Games

[edit] History of JDC

The original Jeux du Commerce, Francophone for Commerce Games started as a Business Student Competition in 1989 in Eastern Canada by Patrice Bourbonnais, a student at HEC. Jeux du Commerce grew throughout the years and became a one of the largest events hosted by REFAEC. In 2003, Yannick Denis-Trudel, the president of REFAEC at the time had a vision to expand "the games" to the rest of Canada. In an attempt to unify the country under the Jeux du Commerce banner, the took on the task of inviting a group of delegates from across Canada to visit the games and see what they were all about. Students returned to their schools excited, but lacked a bit of direction in terms of establishing the games in their own regions. The year after, Yannick made another attempt to get the rest of Canada excited about the games and created a competing team called "Team Rest of Canada" or "Team ROC". The intention was to allow those visiting the games to actively take part in the games, rather than just watch from the sidelines. Student's went back to their respective schools with an excitement to bring Jeux du Commerce to their respective regions. At Roundtable 2005, one bid to host the event in the Western Region by students from the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia, Co-Lead by Jeff Potter and Nik Laufer-Edel. Another bid was put forth for the Ontario region by Guelph Humber. The Western bid was approved by the presidents of the western business schools of the Canadian Business School Council and allowed JDC West to take it's first steps to be actualized.

In 2006, over 1,200 business students from 13 Eastern universities in Canada chose to compete. 18 years after its inauguration, the JDC has become a prestigious annual event noted for its academic excellence and superior teamwork development. Like JDC West, JDC consists of Athletic, Social, Debate and Charitable components.

Following the success of 'Jeux du Commerce' a desire was expressed to create similar games in Western Canada, ultimately leading to a Commerce Competition on a national scale. The Western Games were dubbed JDC West. JDC West has exemplified professionalism and excellence, while focusing on the unique challenges facing a Western Canadian business student. The academic structure of the competition will be maintained, encouraging students to strive for excellence and professionalism, while continuing the goodwill and good sportsmanship that JDC has been known for.

[edit] Competition venues

Year	Location	Host School	Students competing	School of the Year	Theme	Winning Team Captain
2006	Vancouver, BC	University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business	> 400	University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business	Sustainability	Mike Tung
2007	Vancouver, BC	University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business	> 450	Simon Fraser University	Business Ethics	Jasmine Cumberland & Lejla Pekaric
2008	Lethbridge, AB	University of Lethbridge	> 450	University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business	Managing Responsibly in a Global Environment	Tory Nash