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From program updates to upcoming events, from Shad Decode to community stories, this is where curiosity meets possibility, big ideas take shape, and leadership turns into impact.
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Shad continues to inspire and prepare the next generation of innovative leaders in STEAM and entrepreneurship through our intensive summer program. This summer more than 1800 highly motivated youth joined 26 campuses across the country.
We caught up with Grace from Victoria, British Columbia, and Neel from Windsor, Ontario to hear about their Shad summer, their dreams and ambitions.
Shad is launching a new program for students who are taking action on an idea, initiative, venture or meaningful problem they want to solve. The Founder Pathways Program is helping youth keep building after the summer at Shad by connecting them with am experienced mentor and cohort of entrepreneurial peers.
We are proud to celebrate our partnership with the Canadian Student Leadership Association (CSLA), whose work helps young people across Canada build the confidence and skills to lead in their schools and communities. Our shared commitment to developing curious, engaged, and motivated young people makes CSLA a natural partner for Shad.
Shad participates in CSLA’s regional Horizons Leadership events in schools across the country and leads workshops at the national Canadian Student Leadership Conference.
Applications are open for Shad 2027. If you know a grade 10 or 11 (Secondaire IV and V in Quebec) student who is highly motivated, resilient and community-minded, please share the Shad opportunity with them.
*Early Application Advantage: Students who apply by November 8 will receive their admission decision in the first week of December and, if accepted, secure one of their top 10 campus choices.
The final application deadline is January 6 at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Know a school or group in your community that should be part of the Shad community? Let us know where we should be next.
Reach out to recruitment@shad.ca to book a Shad recruiter in your community.
Congratulations to the 11 Shad alumni named 2026 Schulich Leaders! Each year, the Schulich Foundation awards scholarships valued at up to $120,000 to 100 entrepreneurial-minded high school graduates pursuing STEM studies at 20 partner universities across Canada. Congratulations to: Isabel Berena-Mojica, Aahan Ghode, Esha Gill, Allie Hannah, Chinazam Igwe, Daniel Irumhekha, Gavin Sala, Odysseas Stefanakis, Bill Xu, Sophia Xu and Sarah Ye.
Shad alum and longtime Shad Campus Team Member Rajan Minocha-McKenney has been named a 2026 McCall MacBain Scholar and heads to McGill to study how biomaterials support tissue and bone regeneration.
Tianyu Lin has received a 2026 TD Scholarship for Community Leadership and shares how Shad’s innovation project taught him to understand a problem before jumping to a solution.
Mahika Avhad attended Shad this summer and shares how Shad taught her to embrace imperfection and how she built friendships that she’ll carry with her wherever she goes.
From a Design Challenge team at Shad Dalhousie to co-founding AI startup Hypercars, Michael Deng reflects on why the people you build with matter as much as what you build.
Rep your Shad pride in style! We’ve teamed up with a new Canadian vendor and launched a fresh collection of Shad clothing, featuring new designs alongside some Shad favourites. Whether you’re a current Shad, proud alum, parent or supporter, there’s a new way to wear your Shad connection.
Explore the new collection and find your new favourite Shad gear!
Use our newsletter promo code SHAD2027 for 5% off before November 20. Order now and receive your swag before the holiday rush.
Every young person deserves the chance to explore their potential. Your generosity can help make that possible for a Shad-ready youth whose family is struggling to make ends meet. With your support, a member of the Class of 2027 can discover new passions, build lasting friendships and gain the confidence to shape Canada’s future. Will you be the one to open the door to their next chapter?
60 Shad students spend July at Thompson Rivers University, from camping in Wells Gray to pitching ideas that cut product waste
University of Northern British Columbia offers every Shad participant a $2,500 tuition credit after its first year as a Shad campus
62 Shad students spend July at St. Francis Xavier University designing ways to make everyday goods last longer
University of Alberta hosts 80 Shad students at its Augustana campus for the first time
Sudbury’s Afro Women and Youth Foundation becomes a Friend of Shad partner and brings its Shad information sessions to North Bay and Elliot Lake
69 Shad students try welding, carpentry and design challenges at Red Deer Polytechnic
Grade 11 student Drew Farry grows his interest in electrical engineering after a month at Shad at Red Deer Polytechnic
Khloe Babiy participates in Shad at Red Deer Polytechnic
Gore Bay’s Amara Wilson-Zegil spends July at Shad at the University of Regina and sets her sights on engineering
Odysseas Stefanakis, whose Shad team won top awards for a green energy solution, receives $120,000 Schulich Leader Scholarship at McGill
Youth award recipient Adonia Dunwell heads to Shad at York University
Grayer Parsons heads to Yale after a friend he met at Shad encouraged him to apply
Sarah Ye receives $120,000 Schulich Leader Scholarship to study engineering science at Simon Fraser University