Applications open September 15!

Join our Ambassadors Team

Applications open September 15!

Join our Ambassadors Team

Shad program director passes torch, new lead to bring ocean focus in 2025

The Shad program has thrived at Memorial for more than two decades. Hundreds of high school students from across Canada gain life-changing experiences during the annual summer educational experience. The program’s success is no accident. Every year leaders, staff, faculty volunteers and others invest substantial time and energy to ensure every Shad student has the opportunity for […]

Shad motivated Fatema to pursue biomedical research

Fatema Riaz loves science. The daughter of doctors, she has watched the positive impact that medicine has on communities, which motivates her own wish to make a difference through STEAM. To reach her goals, she’s sought out opportunities to explore her passions, which led her to Shad in 2023 and to a coveted spot in […]

Introducing Our Newest Board Members: Championing the Next Generation of Leadership

At Shad Canada, our goal is to inspire youth from across Canada to solve problems and influence positive change in the world through STEAM and entrepreneurship. We believe that when young people are empowered to take risks and explore their potential, they go on to impact their communities in meaningful ways and inspire others to […]

McGill’s newest Loran Scholars committed to service

Sadie MacDonnell, Faculty of Science  Sadie MacDonnell was introduced to McGill in July 2023, through SHAD Canada, a non-profit organization that fosters entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership among Canadian high school students. Over the course of the month-long program, MacDonnell fell in love with both the University and Montreal.  “I knew this was where I wanted to spend the next […]

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