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 […]
Coming together to build ShadOnline
With no option but to go online, partners and educators help contribute to a STEAM-filled, virtual Shad experience.
From Shad to leading the development of a groundbreaking COVID-19 test
CEO and founder of Spartan Bioscience shares how his company is leading Canada into the future of DNA testing.
Shad Canada brings Space Exploration online with Blue Origin
Canada’s premier STEAM enrichment program, Shad Canada, is launching a 20-day online program that concludes with a spaceflight competition with Blue Origin.
Four Shads are recognized for their community influence
Chinemerem Chigbo, David Chung, Jocelyne Murphy and Nicholas Rampertab have all been awarded the TD Scholarship for Community Leadership.
Shad alum creates COVID-19 kits for the Homeless Community
Aryan Singh’s Goodwill Initiative comes two years after attending Shad, where he tackled tough design problems and learned the importance of walking in someone else’s shoes
Corner Brook youth are getting engaged in municipal politics
June 2, 2020 – Cape Breton Post Most people know Mira Buckle through her involvement in the arts and theatre. But last summer the Corner Brook teen had her eyes opened to a new experience that’s now become a new passion. Buckle, 16, a Level 2 student at Corner Brook Regional High, participated in Shad […]
Shad alum uses collaboration and unity to battle COVID-19
Feeling the glum effects of COVID-19 isolation, Shad1988 Sanjay Vakhil, an engineer at Google, found excitement and hope in a new project – building emergency masks out of snorkel gear.
Transforming Business with CEO and Founder of Tulip Retail
Ali Asaria recalls key moments from Shad and how they helped shape his mindset about business
Student awarded largest Canadian STEM scholarship
May 25, 2020 – Winnipeg Free Press When a private phone number appeared on the screen of Shubhkarman Jaura’s cell phone in mid-April, the Maples Collegiate student almost didn’t pick up. Little did he know, on the incoming line was a scholarship offer for $100,000. Jaura, an 18-year-old Maples resident, answered the call and accepted […]
Timmins teen wins prestigious national award worth $100K
May 13, 2020 – Timmins Today When a Grade 12 student Magalie Durepos-Létourneau learned she won a prestigious national award, she says she couldn’t believe it. Durepos-Létourneau, 17, who attends École secondaire catholique Thériault, has earned the Schulich Leaders Scholarship worth $100,000 to study engineering at McMaster University. … Last summer, Durepos-Létourneau was also a part of the Shad Canada program at Queen’s University. It […]
City Student Receives Huge Scholarship
May 1, 2020 – Country105 A Thunder Bay student is getting a prestigious $80,000 scholarship from the Schulich Foundation. Kiara Bergagnini tells us she is excited to study science at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia.