ULethbridge accueillera des étudiants de tout le pays dans le cadre d'un nouveau partenariat avec Shad Canada
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 […]
Jackie Han, ancienne élève de Shad, apporte la pleine conscience et la méditation par le biais de l'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 […]
Generations of same family are ambassadors for Shad
For Gita Manhas, you could say Shad is all in the family. Her mother, aunt and uncle all attended when they were in high school. Different aspects of Shad resonated with each of them and inspired them, and they all shared their experiences with Gita. It was almost inevitable that she would participate herself. Gita […]
Cells, ion channels and antibodies: Shads probe into STEM research
Shad is a place where experts and experts-in-training connect. Our long-time partnership with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) provides an ideal opportunity to introduce participants to this important national science and technology research organization as well as some of the cutting-edge research that their scientists are doing to move research ahead in areas […]
Shad Canada launches new scholarships for Black and Indigenous youth
Waterloo, ON – Black and Indigenous students now have more opportunities to explore careers in STEAM and entrepreneurship thanks to new entrance scholarships for Shad Canada programs. These awards are specifically for students that have historically been underrepresented in STEAM fields and aim to support and inspire equity-deserving students to enter into STEAM pathways and […]
Smart Shad pose des questions sur l'apprentissage des combustibles en matière de gestion des déchets nucléaires
Before anyone could jump in and say what everyone in the room may have been thinking, presenters from Canada’s Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) just put it out there: “No, real nuclear waste is not glowing green sludge like in The Simpsons.” They followed up with a picture to show that in fact, nuclear waste […]
Une expérience construite par Olivia Ye, étudiante en ingénierie, s'apprête à partir dans l'espace à bord d'une fusée Blue Origin.
An experiment inspired by Silly String and built by a first-year engineering student at the University of Waterloo is scheduled to travel into space today aboard a Blue Origin rocket. Olivia Ye, who is studying mechatronics engineering, was still in high school in her hometown of Newmarket when she participated in an online Shad Canada program two years ago […]
Waterloo student to make history with first Canadian student space flight experiment with Blue Origin
TEXAS — As the seconds count down to launch, Olivia Ye will be holding her breath. Watching from Launch Site One in West Texas, the University of Waterloo mechatronics student will make history on Wednesday when her project becomes the first Canadian student space flight experiment with Blue Origin. The private aerospace company was founded […]
