Shad2019 Mehak Dhaliwal reflects on her Shad and FIRST Robotics Canada experiences and shares how she is making STEAM more accessible with non-profit, SPARK.
Shad2021 Azaria shares how her beading business connected her to a supportive community in Saskatchewan, her First Nations roots —and eventually to like-minded peers across the country during the Shad program.
Design thinking, mentorship, teamwork. Get a glimpse of our signature real-world design challenge and discover the building blocks that turn ideas into solutions, strangers into teammates, and Shads into innovators.
Curious about this year’s real-world design challenge solutions? From an eco-friendly fertilizer to an educational app to a liquid waste absorbing tablet, three Shad teams shared their innovative ideas with us.
Mira Buckle, Mehak Dhaliwal, and Jaden Lawen are all 2021 recipients of the TD Scholarship for Community Leadership.
Each day at Shad brings new speakers, workshops, and hands-on STEAM learning – so what does a typical day look like? Get the inside scoop on Shad2021.
Shad Canada finds new ways to connect Canada’s brightest young minds
Shad Memorial takes summer school to a whole other level Fifty-six high school students from across Canada have been selected for Memorial University’s cohort of the annual Shad program. For four weeks in July, these bright minds are provided with a pre-university experience and take advanced lectures and enrichment opportunities in entrepreneurship and STEAM (science, […]
Students from across Canada come together online for a month of STEAM programming and activities Shad Mount Allison has returned to the University for another year. Part of a nationally-run non-profit organization, Shad is a month-long program for Grade 10 and 11 students, hosted at university campuses across Canada. The program focuses on university-level STEAM […]
High-achieving high schoolers from across the nation will dive into Canada’s fresh water woes this week, hoping to find solutions allowing residents to be “more respectful” of the essential resource. This month, 1,100 Grade 10 and 11 students will gather at universities across Canada – including 60 working virtually at Western University – for Shad2021. […]
In one month, students from across Canada will go from strangers to teammates in Shad’s real-world design challenge, where their #STEAM4Good solutions will help Canadians treat fresh water with respect.
Five students at the Near North District School Board are taking part in what’s described as a highly acclaimed summer enrichment program. The Shad program is designed for well-rounded and academically successful secondary school students. Those accepted include Kaitlyn Bertrand, Jack Mah and Victoria Jones from Chippewa Secondary School and Alyssa Jolliffe and Megan Lee […]
