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WOMEN IN TECH: Q&A WITH Emily Jones Joanisse, CEO & co-founder, Connected Canadians

The latest candidate in our series of Q&As with influential women in the technology business in Canada is Emily Jones Joanisse, CEO & co-founder, Connected Canadians, a nonprofit organization that promotes digital literacy skills amongst seniors and older adults. Name: Emily Jones Joanisse Job Title: CEO & Co-founder, Connected Canadians Years in the Industry: 15+ The Quote That Most […]

Student microgravity experiments in spaceflight competition revealed

Sixty-two microgravity research experiments were designed during ShadOnline, and five have moved on in the race to be flown in space

Texas Instruments brings its hands-on coding workshops to ShadOnline

Hundreds of ShadOnline participants solve coding problems virtually during Texas Instruments’ innovative workshops.

Professors, Canadian Space Agency engineers, and other experts guide Shads through design project mission

Subject-matter experts mentor Shads and provide insight on designing a payload for microgravity

NASA Research Scientist on rerouting her passions and helping astronauts explore space

Darlene Lim reflects on recent NASA field investigations, SUBSEA and BASALT, and what she learned at Shad over twenty years ago

Students get a lesson on strategic thinking from former Disney leader Kenton Low

Shad participants listened attentively as former Disney VP Kenton Low provided tips and tricks to weave the human element into design —a key element for this year’s Shad design challenge.

Shad Canada’s first online program lifts off with a Blue Origin space mission

Student ideas are being launched into space with Blue Origin and Luna Design and Innovation.

Canada’s STEAM and Entrepreneurship program goes online (and into orbit) due to COVID-19

July 16, 2020 – Communitech Necessity is the mother of invention. Nowhere has that been more evident than in the myriad ways we now meet virtually. Businesses and organizations across the world have adapted their services, events and programs to be digital by default. Canada’s UX festival, Fluxible, turned its week-long series of workshops and […]

Shad Canada teams up with Luna Design and Blue Origin

July 14, 2020 – SpaceQ Shad Canada is taking its programming virtual and has partnered with Blue Origin for a 20-day program that includes a spaceflight competition. Shad Canada is a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math) and entrepreneurship not-for-profit registered charity for students in grades 10 and 11. Shad Canada programs are usually month-long […]