May 2–9, 2025 Online + In-Person Across Canada
A Sustainability-Focused Hackathon for Women in Tech
✨The Toast Dash✨ is the built-for-women hackathon that gives women in tech access to the applicable skills, training and experience to take a business idea from zero to launch in one week.
Whether you're a first-time founder, a developer, or just passionate about climate and community — you're in the right place.
Toast gives women a louder voice in the tech market, so they can build successful careers that suit their lives.
Toast offers women in tech a sense of security and comfort, knowing that they aren’t alone.
Toast focuses on total transparency throughout the placement process, empowering women to earn what they deserve and do work they enjoy.
Over the course of 1 week, participants will have the opportunity to:
Winning teams will be provided a prize package that includes cash & services to help them get their business off the ground
Cash Prizes totalling $5,000
🥇 1st Place: $3,000
🥈 2nd Place: $1,500
🥉 3rd Place: $500
🌱 Redbrick Sustainability Prize — announced at kickoff!
Build, test, learn, repeat — master the feedback loop to evolve your idea into something people actually need.
Identify a real problem, design a solution, and present it in a way that makes people want to say yes.
Get hands-on with no-code platforms, APIs, data visualization, and prototyping tools to bring your ideas to life—fast.
Start Date: May 2
Presentation Date: May 9
Location: Virtual + In-Person
Team Size: 2-4 (Can join as an individual or as a team)
Who Can Join: Open to all non-legacy Toast members
Applications Open: April 14-25