Terms of Use
League of Innovators
Last updated: August 19, 2026
The short version
This page is the deal between you and us for using our websites. In plain terms: use them sensibly, do not misuse them, and understand that reading our website does not sign you up for a program or make us your advisor.
Nothing here takes anything away from your business. We are an equity-free program. We do not take a stake in your company and we do not claim ownership of your ideas.
Who we are, and what this covers
League of Innovators, a Canadian charity, CRA charity number 836468363RR0001, 100 - 111 5th Ave E, Vancouver, BC, V5T 4L1.
These terms cover three websites we operate:
loi.ac
joinnorthouse.ca
yeyawards.com
When we say “we” or “us” we mean League of Innovators. When we say “the site” we mean whichever of those you are using.
Some things you do through our sites have their own separate terms, including program participation, North House membership, and award entry. Where those apply, they are given to you at the time and they govern that relationship.
Agreeing to these terms
Using the site means you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, please do not use the site.
If you are under the age of majority where you live, you can still use the site. But if you are entering into an agreement with us, such as a program agreement or a membership, we may need a parent or guardian involved.
What these sites are for
They exist to explain who we are, describe our programs and awards, let you apply or nominate, share what our founders have built, and let partners and sponsors get in touch.
Applying is not acceptance. Nothing on the site is an offer of a place in a program, an award, funding, or a guaranteed outcome. Selection is made through our own process and is at our discretion.
This is not professional advice
We publish resources, guides, program content, and founder stories. They are for general information.
They are not legal, tax, accounting, financial, or investment advice, and they are not a substitute for advice from a professional who knows your situation. Please do not make a decision about your company based only on something you read on our website.
If we introduce you to a mentor, a partner, or a sponsor, we are not endorsing their advice or their products, and we are not responsible for what comes out of that relationship.
Our content
The words, images, video, logos, and design on our sites belong to us or to whoever licensed them to us. The League of Innovators name and logo, the North House name and logo, and the Young Entrepreneurs of the Year name and logo are our trademarks.
You can: read it, share links to it, quote short passages with credit, and use anything we have expressly marked as free to use, such as a downloadable template or toolkit.
Please ask first before you: republish a whole page or resource, use our logos, put our name on something in a way that suggests we are involved with it or endorse it, or use founder photos or stories from our sites.
If you are a journalist, funder, or partner and you need assets, get in touch and we will almost certainly say yes.
Your content, and your business
Your business stays yours. We are equity-free. We do not take equity, royalties, or any financial interest in your company as a condition of applying to or completing our programs, or of entering our awards. We do not claim ownership of your idea, your product, your code, your brand, or anything you build.
What you send us. When you submit an application, a nomination, a pitch, a form, or a message, you keep everything you own in it. You are giving us permission to read it, share it internally and with the mentors or judges assessing it, and use it to run our selection and our programs. That is the extent of it.
We do not publish it without asking. If we want to use your story, your photo, your pitch, or your video publicly, we ask you separately and you can say no. That is covered in our Privacy Notice.
Confidentiality, stated honestly. We treat applications as confidential and we require our mentors and judges to do the same. But an application form is not the right place for a trade secret. If you have something you cannot risk being seen, do not put it in an application. Tell us and we will find another way to handle it.
Nominating someone else. If you nominate another person for an award, only give us information you are comfortable telling them you shared, because we will tell them. Do not nominate someone you have reason to think would object.
What you must not send us. Anything you do not have the right to share, anything that infringes someone else’s rights, anything unlawful, and anything harmful to our systems.
Using the site properly
Please do not:
Try to break into, disrupt, or overload the site
Scrape or harvest the site, particularly personal information on our team, founder, and winner pages
Copy the site or a substantial part of it to build something competing
Impersonate someone else, or submit an application or nomination in someone else’s name
Use the site to harass anyone, or to post anything hateful, threatening, or discriminatory
Use any contact form to send unsolicited marketing
If you do any of these we can block your access, and where it is serious, take further action.
Links to other sites
We link out to partners, funders, founder companies, event platforms, and tools. Those sites are not ours, we do not control them, and we are not responsible for their content or their privacy practices. A link is not an endorsement.
Availability
We do our best to keep our sites up, but we do not promise they will always be available or error-free. We may change, pause, or remove any part of them without notice. We are a small charity, and sometimes things break.
Where our responsibility ends
We provide our sites as they are. To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not responsible for loss you suffer because you relied on something on the site, because the site was unavailable, or because of a link we sent you elsewhere.
Nothing in these terms limits our responsibility for anything the law does not permit us to limit, and nothing in them takes away rights you have under consumer protection or civil law where you live.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. The date at the top tells you when we last did. Continuing to use the site after a change means you accept the updated version.
The law that applies
These terms are governed by the laws of British Columbia and the laws of Canada that apply there, and disputes go to the courts of British Columbia.
If you live in another province, this does not remove protections you have under the law where you live, or your right to bring a claim there where the law gives you that right.