Shad Stories, Author at Shad Canada

Students get a lesson on strategic thinking from former Disney leader Kenton Low

Shad participants listened attentively as former Disney VP Kenton Low provided tips and tricks to weave the human element into design —a key element for this year’s Shad design challenge.

Shad Canada’s first online program lifts off with a Blue Origin space mission

Student ideas are being launched into space with Blue Origin and Luna Design and Innovation.

Canada’s STEAM and Entrepreneurship program goes online (and into orbit) due to COVID-19

July 16, 2020 – Communitech Necessity is the mother of invention. Nowhere has that been more evident than in the myriad ways we now meet virtually. Businesses and organizations across the world have adapted their services, events and programs to be digital by default. Canada’s UX festival, Fluxible, turned its week-long series of workshops and […]

Shad Canada teams up with Luna Design and Blue Origin

July 14, 2020 – SpaceQ Shad Canada is taking its programming virtual and has partnered with Blue Origin for a 20-day program that includes a spaceflight competition. Shad Canada is a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) and entrepreneurship not-for-profit registered charity for students in grades 10 and 11. Shad Canada programs are usually month-long […]

Coming together to build ShadOnline

With no option but to go online, partners and educators help contribute to a STEAM-filled, virtual Shad experience.

From Shad to leading the development of a groundbreaking COVID-19 test

CEO and founder of Spartan Bioscience shares how his company is leading Canada into the future of DNA testing.

Shad Canada brings Space Exploration online with Blue Origin

Canada’s premier STEAM enrichment program, Shad Canada, is launching a 20-day online program that concludes with a spaceflight competition with Blue Origin.