Sixty-four students, aged 16 to 17, from across Canada spent the month of July at UPEI, participating in a wide variety of STEAM and entrepreneurship sessions through the 2024 Shad program. 

They attended lectures and labs, primarily provided by UPEI faculty and lab instructors, and participated in other activities such as deep sea fishing and camping. They went on field trips to Greenwich National Park on PEI and to the City of Halifax and the fossil cliffs in Joggins, both in Nova Scotia. They met Dr. Wendy Rodgers, president of UPEI, who addressed the group on July 25.