Choosing courage over comfort: Shad alum talks resilience, family and climbing Kilimanjaro
When Maria Muiruri started her climb of Mount Kilimanjaro, she knew it would be a gruelling trek to the top. What she didn’t know was the hardest part would be coming down. At an elevation of 5,756 metres—less than 150 metres from the summit—Maria twisted her ankle on the rocky terrain. She realized that after […]
Community Changemakers: Reflections from TD Scholarship Recipients
When Alisha Haseeb, Jordan Classen, Eunice Pu, and Sabrina Mogus, got the call this spring that they had earned a TD Scholarship, they felt excited, humbled, inspired, and grateful to have the opportunity to continue doing the work in their community that they feel so passionately about with new financial, and mentor supports. Every year, […]
Doctor and Healthcare policy maker talks the importance of diverse teams
As the Regional Medical Officer of Health for Nova Scotia’s Central Zone, Dr. Catherine Brown understands the importance of having a diverse and creative team working together to solve health problems facing her community.
Paper Crane Studio Takes a Gaming Approach to Helping Youth Tackle Mental Health Challenges
Get a roomful of Shad Canada participants together four months after their July immersion and even if it’s a Zoom room there is a general chatter that arises, with a fresh outbreak of smiles with each new face that pops on screen. One feels almost hesitant to get down to business, and ask them about […]
Joanne reflects on how her Shad month shaped her career and entrepreneurial success
Joanne Sallay, president and CEO of Ontario tutoring service Teachers on Call, credits Shad Canada not only with awakening her entrepreneurial spirit, but with helping her make the connections that led to her entry into the professional world. “Shad was a life-changing and transformative experience. I actually just referred a colleague yesterday for their daughter. […]
Shad Program Director Dr. Osman Hamid on mentorship and championing Black entrepreneurship
With over a decade of experience as a transformational leader, Dr. Osman Hamid’s accomplishments in creating entrepreneurial pathways and mentorship opportunities for marginalized youth is an inspiring story we highlight in honour of Black History Month.
ULethbridge to host students from across country through new Shad Canada partnership
High school students from across Canada will have the chance to participate in a unique summer study program at the University of Lethbridge thanks to a new partnership with Shad Canada — an Ontario-based organization offering experiential STEAM and entrepreneurship learning opportunities. Grade 10 and 11 students are eligible to take part in the STEAM […]
TRU joins Shad program for young leaders
KAMLOOPS, BC – Thompson Rivers University (TRU) has partnered with Shad Canada to give high school students a unique experience that draws on university resources. Shad is an educational opportunity for high school students offered at university campuses across Canada that has been running STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) programs since 1981. As […]
Shad alum, Jackie Han brings mindfulness and meditation through origami
When Jackie Han is practising origami, the art of paper folding, he tunes out everything else and squares his focus solely on the creases and edges of whatever intricate model he is creating. It is this calming, meditative aspect of his hobby that prompted him to teach thousands of others to learn this centuries-old art […]
Future-Ready Learning for the 21st Century
By: Alvina Mardhani-Bayne, PhD, Education and Shad’s Recruitment Manager “It is only by equipping youth for the future that we can transform the future.” UNESCO Part of my calling as an Educator is to, in the words of UNESCO, “equip… youth for the future,” but I often wonder what being “future ready” really means, especially […]
Belonging: Exploring identity and safe environments at Shad
When Sarina Virani applied to Shad she had no idea it would have such an effect on her sense of personal identity and help lead her to her life’s passion in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). As a young Muslim woman of South Asian descent, she was in a small minority in her Calgary school. […]
Robotics, lasting connections and an environmental impact: Q&A with FIRST Robotics competitor, Jocelyn
Little did Jocelyn know that an opportunity to assist a robotics team with their business and marketing needs would lead her down a path to aspire a career in engineering or physics. Now in her final year as Captain of her FIRST Robotics Canada team and one of two FIRST competitors awarded a full scholarship […]
