Designing CASTOR: Canada’s flagship space telescope
Dr. Patrick Côté is one of the four National Research Council of Canada astronomers who shared their research during ShadOnline.
Our journey to Arrokoth
Dr. Abedin Y. Abedin is one of four National Research Council of Canada astronomers who shared their research during ShadOnline.
Canada’s contributions to the James Webb Space Telescope
Dr. Chris Willott is one of the four National Research Council of Canada astronomers who shared their research during ShadOnline.
U of A’s newest Schulich Leaders share entrepreneurial drive, passion for solving world’s problems
Six exceptional first-year students begin STEM studies this September with help from one of Canada’s most prestigious undergraduate scholarships. By GEOFF McMASTER Life has been far from easy since Shubhkarman Jaura arrived in Canada from India with his family three years ago. His family was forced to sacrifice to make ends meet, limiting groceries and […]
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 […]