47 Surrey Schools students selected for summer university STEAM programs with Shad Canada
Forty-seven students from 10 Surrey and White Rock secondary schools will be spending a month at various universities across Canada this summer after being selected for programs with Shad Canada. Hosted in partnership with 20 Canadian universities, Shad Canada is a STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) and entrepreneurship program for students in Grades 10 and 11 […]
Three Grand Erie Students Heading to Shad Summer Program
Three Grand Erie secondary students have been accepted into the Shad summer program, a nationally recognized, competitive program with a focus on STEAM, entrepreneurship, and career exploration. Lotus Drayton, a Grade 11 student at Cayuga Secondary School, and Ashwin Kronwald and Kealan Hill, who are in Grades 10 and 11, respectively, at North Park Collegiate and […]
Wolf Scholars 2026
Three members of our Shad alumni community — Eniola Atoyebi (Shad2024), Daniela Grottoli (Shad2025), and Ifechi Okwuagwu (Shad2024) — have been named Wolf Scholars at the University of Toronto, and we couldn’t be more proud. The Wolf Scholars Program is one of Canada’s most immersive undergraduate scholarship programs, selecting just 16 exceptional incoming students each […]
UGDSB students accepted into Shad program
Earlier this month, Shad Canada announced that four Upper Grand District School Board students have been accepted into the Shad summer program. Shad is a nationally recognized program that has supported Canadian youth since 1981. After going through the application process, students selected for the Shad summer program spend one month at a Canadian post-secondary institution […]
Sudbury-area students accepted into Shad Canada program
Two students from Rainbow Schools have been accepted into the prestigious Shad Canada program this summer. Shivani Iyer of Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School and Amara Wilson-Zegil of Manitoulin Secondary School will join hundreds of secondary students from across Canada to explore the exciting world of STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math, and Entrepreneurship. “Shad provides students with […]
From a Trilingual Childhood to Shad A-Plus: How Shad Alum Chloe Guan Found Her Path Across Arts, Science and the Human Culture
In the winter of 2015, a government document arrived at Chloe Guan’s family apartment in Montréal. The letter was in French. Her parents spoke only Mandarin at home, and English when needed, and Chloe, who had been in Quebéc schools for no more than two years and was still finding her footing, was the only […]
Griffin Seafoot Named Champions of Tomorrow Scholarship Recipient by Papa Johns Canada and the CHL
EDMONTON, Alberta, May 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Papa Johns Canada and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) are proud to announce Griffin Seafoot of British Columbia as the recipient of the Champions of Tomorrow Scholarship. The Champions of Tomorrow Scholarship was created to recognize young Canadians who demonstrate outstanding leadership, character, and a drive to […]
Pitch Ready at 16: How Two Shads Built a Startup Across the Country
Aryan Vemulapalli’s older sister almost didn’t do it. She had studied Computer Science at the University of Waterloo — the safe, expected path, the one both her parents had taken before her. But she had always wanted to build something, and for years she carried that want quietly, wondering if she had missed her moment. […]
Bristol student accepted into prestigious national academy
BRISTOL — Josephine Hatton of Bristol, a Grade 10 student at Pontiac High School (PHS), has been accepted into Shad Canada, a prestigious national program. Shad is a month-long STEAM and entrepreneurship program held each summer on university campuses across Canada. STEAM combines five disciplines: science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics. The program focuses on team […]
From Rocket Boosters to Black Brilliance: Elijah Sagna-Layne’s Mission to Inspire the Next Generation
Elijah Sagna-Layne has lost count of the number of NASA shuttle launches he watched online as a kid, eagerly awaiting his favourite part. Two minutes in, the solid rocket boosters delivered what was the bulk of the thrust crucial for liftoff. Then they detached from the spacecraft after propelling it skyward. Elijah was enthralled. It seems only […]
Black Gold students experience hands on trial of possible careers at U of A event
Students from École Secondaire Beaumont Composite High School and also from New Sarepta Community High School are still talking about the engaging career focused experience they had at the University of Alberta Campus a few days ago. The SHAD Canada Futures Day provided Grade 10 and 11 students with a chance to explore STEAM (science, […]
Student Spotlight: Brandon Rehfuhs Pays it Forward
This Lakehead Leader Award Winner is Someone to Look Up to On the road to success, some people sprint up the corporate ladder, while others extend that ladder behind them, lifting those who need help. Brandon Rehfuhs, a Master of Science in Management student, offers a firm grip for those coming up behind him because […]