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Two FTC teams. One school. A growing robotics culture
in North York built by students, backed by partners
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The Program · Outreach · Impact

A young program on the rise.

WLMAC Robotics is the student-run FIRST Tech Challenge program at William Lyon Mackenzie CI in North York, Toronto. 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, from design reviews and fabrication to code sprints and competition strategy. Students graduate with hands-on experience in the same workflow used by real engineering teams.

CyberLyons · #27964

CyberLyons, one of WLMAC Robotics's two competitive FTC teams. It builds, codes, tests, and competes as part of the same student-run program, working through the full FTC cycle of design reviews, fabrication, code sprints, strategy, and competition.

MechLyons · #32514

MechLyons is one of WLMAC Robotics' two competitive FTC teams. It builds, codes, tests, and competes as part of the same student-run program, helping grow a robotics culture at William Lyon Mackenzie CI and across North York.

Outreach

We have reached 200+ middle school students through 4 outreach events and 10+ partner schools. From MSEO 2026 workshops to our Library Open House, Grade 9 Night, and internal mentorship, we are building the local STEM pipeline season by season.

Compete

FTC gives students engineering they can hold, run, and break. Across 6+ competitions in our second year running, both teams test months of build work, strategy, driving, coding, and iteration against top teams in the region.

Why Partner With Us

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. Each tier includes everything to its left, and every partner gets a direct line to the team.

Tier I · Cub · $200-$499

Name on the team website and sponsor wall, recognition in the season recap post, logo on team apparel and jerseys, and name included in season media. A strong entry point for partners who want to support a young program on the rise.

Tier II · Challenger · $500-$1,499

Everything in Cub, plus logo on pit display and printed materials, a dedicated social media post, and an end-of-season impact report showing how your support helped our teams build, compete, and reach students.

Tier III · Lyon Champion · $1,000+

Our flagship tier. Everything in Challenger, plus prominent logo placement on a competing FTC robot, a sponsor showcase invite, and a live robot demonstration at your office, storefront, or activation. Maximum visibility across the season.

How It Works

Reach out and we tailor a package to your goals. Your logo is applied to the robot, apparel, and materials for your tier, your name appears in season media and live events, and an impact report is delivered at season end.

Sponsor Visibility

Sponsors can receive logo placement on a competing FTC robot, team apparel worn at qualifiers and demos, campus and social media visibility, and live robot demos depending on the partnership level. Your brand moves with the team all season.

In-Kind & Parts Support

Donated tools, parts, or services reduce the cash we need to raise. Sponsor a robot bumper, supply parts, mentor a student, or back the whole season. Additional funding means more qualifiers attended and more room to improve both robots.

Season Snapshot

Two active teams. 6+ competitions. A second year running. Here's what our program, outreach, and season look like in action.

FTC Team #32514

MechLyons · #32514

Team Page

MechLyons, one of WLMAC Robotics's two competitive FTC teams. The team builds, codes, and tests through the full FTC cycle of design reviews, fabrication, programming, strategy, and competition.

Display Table

Display Table

Team Page

MechLyons 32514 at William Lyon Mackenzie CI's course fair, where students see a product of the techniques learned from engineering courses in the school.

Outreach · Event 01

Grade 9 Night

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Introduced robotics to incoming Grade 9 students and their families, reaching 100+ future students. The bot seen in this image was a testing prototype of our chassis

Outreach · Event 02

Library Open House

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A community event where 50+ students built, drove, and programmed real robotics projects. Robotics made tangible for families across middle schools like Dublin Heights, Willowdale, and C.H. Best.

Outreach · Event 03

Mackenzie Science and Engineering Olympics 2026

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The Mackenzie Science and Engineering Olympics brings over 30 middle schools from across Toronto to compete in science and STEM mini-olympics. Over 100 students got their first taste of FTC-style engineering at MSEO 2026.

Outreach · Event 04

NYCH Yorkdale Workshop

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Partnered with the New York Community House at Yorkdale, this hands-on workshop introduced 60+ students to robotics and engineering. Attendees worked on engineering projects involving arduinos, wiring, and programming to understand how engineering works in real applications like traffic lights and electric motors.

Competition

Feb 2026 Qualifier · Toronto

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Both CyberLyons and MechLyons competed at the February 2026 Toronto qualifier, testing months of build work, strategy, driving, code, and iteration on the field.

Get In Touch

Help build something that lasts. Sponsor a robot bumper, supply parts, mentor a student, or back the whole season. Tell us what you can contribute and we'll match it to the right tier of recognition.

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