FIRST Tech Challenge · William Lyon Mackenzie CI · North York, Toronto
Built from scratch.
Two FTC teams. One school. WLMAC Robotics designs, machines, codes, and drives competition robots entirely student-run. We're looking for partners who want in early.
CyberLyons FTC Team · Est. 2024
MechLyons FTC Team · Est. 2025
2
Competitive FTC teams, one school
200+
Students reached through outreach
3
Partner schools across North York
6+
Competitions in our second season
$10k
Season budget, fully itemized below
A young program on the rise.
WLMAC Robotics is the student-run FIRST Tech Challenge program at William Lyon Mackenzie CI. Two seasons in, we field two competitive teams, build robots from scratch, and run STEM outreach across the region. FTC turns a school year into a full engineering cycle: design reviews, fabrication, code sprints, competition strategy. Students graduate having shipped real hardware.
The robots, the outreach, the budget: everything on this page was planned and executed by students. The school hosts us; sponsors make the season possible.
We compete in FIRST Tech Challenge, the international robotics league where teams of students design and build 18-inch robots to play a new game each year. Matches are won in alliances, seasons are won in the shop.
CyberLyons
Our founding team. CyberLyons set the program's standard: build it yourself, test it until it breaks, and show up ready to compete.
MechLyons
Our second team, proof the program is growing. Same shop, same standards, double the students who get to build, drive, and compete every season.
Outreach
200+ students reached through six events and three partner schools: our Science and Engineering Olympics, the Library Open House, Grade 9 Night, and community workshops across North York. We're building the local STEM pipeline season by season.
Competition
FTC gives students engineering they can hold, run, and break. Across 6+ competitions in our second year, both teams tested months of build work, strategy, driving, and code against the region's best.
What sponsors actually get.
We treat sponsorship like a partnership, not a donation. Your brand moves with the robot, the team, the school, and every event we touch, from a 1,400-student campus to community demos across North York.
Your logo on a competing robot
Premium placement on a machine that gets photographed, filmed, and inspected all season, on the field and in the pits.
Worn by the team
Logo on team apparel at every qualifier, demo, and workshop. Hundreds of students, parents, and engineers see it up close.
Campus & social reach
Visibility across a 1,400-student school, three partner schools, and an Instagram that grows with every build.
Sponsorship tiers
Tier I
Cub
$200 – $499
- Name on team website and sponsor wall
- Recognition in the season recap post
- Logo on team apparel and jerseys
- Your name in season videos and social posts
Tier II
Challenger
$500 – $1,499
Everything in Cub, plus:
- Logo on pit display and printed materials
- A dedicated social media post
- End-of-season impact report
Flagship
Tier III
Lyon Champion
$1,500+
Everything in Challenger, plus:
- Prominent logo on a competing robot
- Sponsor showcase invite
- Live robot demo at your site
No corporate logo has ever been on these robots — the founding-partner spots are still open. Every tier includes all lower-tier benefits, and every partner gets a direct line to the team. In-kind counts: donated parts, tools, machine time, or services offset the cash lines below at equal value.
Where the money goes.
Our season runs roughly $10,000 CAD across CyberLyons and MechLyons. Here's the whole thing, every line of it. Donated tools, parts, or services reduce required cash. Additional funding means more qualifiers attended.
Two teams. Six events. A second year running.
Here's what the program, the outreach, and the season look like in action. Every photo below is our own students, robots, and events.
Both teams brought robots to the field, putting a season of shop work under real match pressure.
#32514 ready for DECODE, the 2025-2026 FTC season game.
Where 1,400 students see what the school's engineering courses can build.
Introduced robotics to 100+ incoming students and their families with a driving prototype.
50+ students built, drove, and programmed real robotics projects, with families from Dublin Heights, Willowdale, and C.H. Best.
Our school's olympics (MSEO) drew 30+ middle schools from across Toronto. Over 100 students got their first taste of FTC-style engineering.
60+ students built Arduino projects: wiring, programming, and real applications like traffic lights and motors.
Elementary students getting their first hands-on taste of engineering and STEM.
Hands-on robotics and STEM experiences brought to local students.
Help build something that lasts.
Sponsor a tier, supply parts, mentor a student, or back the whole season. Tell us what you can contribute and we'll match it to the right recognition.
Prefer email?
hello@wlmacrobotics.caWhat happens next
- We reply within a few days with a season overview.
- You pick a tier, or an in-kind contribution of parts, tools, or time.
- Your logo is on the robot, the jerseys, and the wall before the first qualifier.
How payment works
Cheque or e-transfer, whichever suits you, and we put every agreement in writing before anything is due. In-kind parts, tools, and services count at equal value.
Find us
William Lyon Mackenzie CINorth York, Ontario, Canada
Instagram · @wlmac.cyberlyons
wlmacrobotics.ca
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