Lifts
Sept. 25–27, 2026 at uOttawa
Get unstuck faster by helping each other.
Lifts rewards hackathon teams for helping other teams get unblocked, with evidence behind every point.
How it works
Join your team
Use the invite code from the organizers and list what you can help with.
Post a blocker
Say what's broken, add tags, and share what you already tried.
Another team helps
They get a private thread to chat, share code, or meet at your table.
Confirm it's fixed
The helpers show what they did. Your team confirms it or sends it back.
Helpers earn points
The helping team gets points and a line on its contribution receipt.
How points work
Points go to the helping team, once per blocker, and count per pair of teams across the whole event, in either direction.
- 1st fix
- 20
- 2nd fix
- 5
- After that
- 0
Helping a new team always starts at 20. Messages, time spent, and reopened blockers never earn points.