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Friday 8 March 2019
Monday 28 January 2019
Explore Aviation Summer Camp 2019
Are you a teen who has what it takes to leave ordinary behind? If you do, then NAV CANADA’s Explore Aviation Summer Camp is made for you!
With the success of last year’s inaugural camp, NAV CANADA is announcing the second edition of the Explore Aviation Summer Camp for teens. Last summer, 30 students attended the first edition of the camp and it was an experience they described as “awesome” and “one of the best weeks of my life”.
“For me the interesting part is that you get to see the layers of aviation. We would say ‘there’s the pilot, there’s the person in the tower’ but there’s so many people in between and there’s so many career opportunities. I feel that I can go anywhere,” explained camper Monica Muresan who attended the camp last year."
This summer, 24 young women and 24 young men entering Grade 10 high school (or secondary 4 in Quebec) from across Canada will gather in Cornwall, Ontario. Their mission: one week of learning, fun and friendship with a focus on aviation. This all-expenses-paid camp uses hands-on learning to give you the chance to explore exciting careers that will empower you to soar to success after graduation!
Who can apply: Teens going into Grade 10 or secondary 4 in September 2019
Where: NAV CENTRE, Cornwall, ON, with day trips to Montreal and Ottawa
When: Young women: July 14-19, 2019
Young men: August 11-16, 2019
Cost: No cost to you! It’s paid for by a NAV CANADA bursary, which includes flight, room and board for the week
Why: To inspire you to explore a career in aviation
For more information, click here.
With the success of last year’s inaugural camp, NAV CANADA is announcing the second edition of the Explore Aviation Summer Camp for teens. Last summer, 30 students attended the first edition of the camp and it was an experience they described as “awesome” and “one of the best weeks of my life”.
“For me the interesting part is that you get to see the layers of aviation. We would say ‘there’s the pilot, there’s the person in the tower’ but there’s so many people in between and there’s so many career opportunities. I feel that I can go anywhere,” explained camper Monica Muresan who attended the camp last year."
This summer, 24 young women and 24 young men entering Grade 10 high school (or secondary 4 in Quebec) from across Canada will gather in Cornwall, Ontario. Their mission: one week of learning, fun and friendship with a focus on aviation. This all-expenses-paid camp uses hands-on learning to give you the chance to explore exciting careers that will empower you to soar to success after graduation!
Who can apply: Teens going into Grade 10 or secondary 4 in September 2019
Where: NAV CENTRE, Cornwall, ON, with day trips to Montreal and Ottawa
When: Young women: July 14-19, 2019
Young men: August 11-16, 2019
Cost: No cost to you! It’s paid for by a NAV CANADA bursary, which includes flight, room and board for the week
Why: To inspire you to explore a career in aviation
For more information, click here.
Tuesday 8 January 2019
TU20 Cup - Inspiring the Next Generation of Youth & Technology
Create a product. Pitch to Judges. Sell your vision.
The TU20 cup is back! Join us for Halton’s most exciting student tech entrepreneurship competition of the year put on by Silicon Halton’s Tech Under Twenty. The TU20 Cup is a multi-month event focused on motivating youth to get involved with technology and business. Teams of 2-6 students will work with the help of a mentor to innovate a solution using technology relating to the yearly theme, in advance to the day of the event.
The event takes place on March 2, 2019, 10:00am – 4:30pm
For more information, visit: https://techundertwenty.com/tu20-cup/
Tuesday 27 November 2018
Tech Under Twenty University Guidance Series
Silicon Halton’s Tech Under Twenty (TU20) University Guidance Series is starting in December, and is going to be about CS, not business. The dates for the sessions are: December 10th with University of Toronto, and December 23rd with University of Waterloo.
We think that this series will be very valuable for business and STEM classes and we would appreciate if you could relay the information to your students and post the information on your google classrooms, announcements and websites. You can find more information on our website at https://techundertwenty.com/university-guidance/ and sign up there. We encourage you to listen to one of the episodes we posted on the website to get a sense of what it is like!
We think that this series will be very valuable for business and STEM classes and we would appreciate if you could relay the information to your students and post the information on your google classrooms, announcements and websites. You can find more information on our website at https://techundertwenty.com/university-guidance/ and sign up there. We encourage you to listen to one of the episodes we posted on the website to get a sense of what it is like!
Wednesday 31 October 2018
App Design Competition - Active Mental Health Initiative
The Hamilton Chapter of "Active Mental Health Initiative" (AMHI) is organizing a symposium called "Apps, Activity and Wellbeing Interdisciplinary Symposium” in collaboration with w. Booth school of Engineering, McMaster University at CIBC Hall, McMaster on November 24, 2018 from 11am to 4pm. The vision of the Symposium is to spread awareness of the role of physical activity in promoting mental health.
In addition, we are holding a competition for high school and university students, in which they have to come up with an innovative idea of a smartphone application on physical activity, which would be sustainable in promoting behaviour change based on the people’s perception of positive mental health with physical activity. For instance, take a happy face selfie after physical activity and the happy face shows up as a reinforcer before the reminder for physical activity next day. It will encourage the high school students to use their creativity to come up with different ideas for apps involving physical activity, human touch and behavioral change. This competition is an initiative to promote physical activity and mental health via technology.
The competition will be online and the registration forms are out. Deadline has been extended to Nov 10, 2018. All high school students are eligible to apply. They can apply in a team of 2-5 using the google form link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8dF2pZUQrd0bAi-Asgisg9XR3J7HvaXf2aexkxx-IWwNNxw/viewform
They can also register at www.activementalhealthinitiative.com
Once they register and pay the registration fees of $10/team, they will be emailed the app competition package with all the details of the competition. Judges will be renowned Faculty from McMaster. All participants will present their idea at the symposium and awards will be presented there. The awards include $100(First award),$50(second place) and $25(Third place). In addition, there will be bonus prizes and all participants will receive a certificate of participation from w. Booth school of engineering. If you have any questions, email me at ishaan228@gmail.com
More info is available here.
In addition, we are holding a competition for high school and university students, in which they have to come up with an innovative idea of a smartphone application on physical activity, which would be sustainable in promoting behaviour change based on the people’s perception of positive mental health with physical activity. For instance, take a happy face selfie after physical activity and the happy face shows up as a reinforcer before the reminder for physical activity next day. It will encourage the high school students to use their creativity to come up with different ideas for apps involving physical activity, human touch and behavioral change. This competition is an initiative to promote physical activity and mental health via technology.
The competition will be online and the registration forms are out. Deadline has been extended to Nov 10, 2018. All high school students are eligible to apply. They can apply in a team of 2-5 using the google form link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd8dF2pZUQrd0bAi-Asgisg9XR3J7HvaXf2aexkxx-IWwNNxw/viewform
They can also register at www.activementalhealthinitiative.com
Once they register and pay the registration fees of $10/team, they will be emailed the app competition package with all the details of the competition. Judges will be renowned Faculty from McMaster. All participants will present their idea at the symposium and awards will be presented there. The awards include $100(First award),$50(second place) and $25(Third place). In addition, there will be bonus prizes and all participants will receive a certificate of participation from w. Booth school of engineering. If you have any questions, email me at ishaan228@gmail.com
More info is available here.
Monday 22 October 2018
The University of Toronto High School Design Competition (UTHSDC)
The University of Toronto High School Design Competition (UTHSDC) is a one-day design competition for high school students; the goal of this competition is to engage and inspire students interested in learning more about engineering, while gaining some practical design experience.
Date: Sunday, November 27th, 2016
Time: Please check in at 8:30 a.m.; the event concludes at 5:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided.
Location: Bahen Center for Information Technology
Who: Grades 9–12
Cost of registration: $15.00 per person (includes building material costs)
Participants will compete in teams of 3-5 to conceptualize, design, build, and communicate a solution to a real world engineering design challenge in a ‘hackathon’ format.
The Judging Teams will consist of professors, recent engineering graduates, and professionals currently working in industry.
In addition to the design competition, you will have the opportunity to:
For more information and to register, click here.
Date: Sunday, November 27th, 2016
Time: Please check in at 8:30 a.m.; the event concludes at 5:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided.
Location: Bahen Center for Information Technology
Who: Grades 9–12
Cost of registration: $15.00 per person (includes building material costs)
Participants will compete in teams of 3-5 to conceptualize, design, build, and communicate a solution to a real world engineering design challenge in a ‘hackathon’ format.
The Judging Teams will consist of professors, recent engineering graduates, and professionals currently working in industry.
In addition to the design competition, you will have the opportunity to:
- Attend a keynote design presentation from esteemed University of Toronto Engineering Faculty
- Attend an “engineering opportunities” fair at lunch with student groups from U of T Engineering & industry
- Meet an array of current engineering student “mentors” from all disciplines. They are on call to answer any and all questions you may have related to studying engineering at U of T!
For more information and to register, click here.
Friday 28 September 2018
SHAD Valley 2019
The application for SHAD 2019 is officially open and is due by November 19. A PDF version of the brochure is also available.
Here is a quick summary of what students should expect with SHAD:
- High potential students spend July living at a university while engaging in hands-on learning in STEAM & Entrepreneurship
- SHAD looks for grade 10, 11 or 12 students who are: involved in their communities, creative & keen learners
- A range of bursaries are available, ensuring the program is accessible to students with demonstrated financial need. Last year, we awarded over one million dollars in bursaries and scholarships. The cost of the program should not be the reason a student does not apply!
Join the SHAD Network of over 17,000 alumni, and enjoy the lifelong benefits of the SHAD Fellow designation, which is recognized and valued by university admissions and scholarship providers.
PS – What kind of student is SHAD look for? Watch this video on the value we place on diversity & inclusion in our application review process.
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