The Power and Wonder of STEM in Children’s Stories
By Yasmin Ranade
The books bridge technology, whimsy, representation. We roll by the motto: ‘Childhood is magical, technology is whimsical, representation is monumental!’
Category: Women & Tech
National Virtual STEAM Camp Launched to Engage Canadian Teens in Tech
By Yasmin Ranade
IBM Canada, along with its ten partners, delivered its first national Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) virtual summer camp for students entering grades 7 – 12 this fall. Access was free and more than 3,000 teens participated from 9 provinces, which demonstrates a good appetite for STEM learning in Canada.
Edmonton Woman to Represent Canada at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards
By Yasmin Ranade
After beating out students from all over Canada to win the national championship, Ghalia Aamer, a University of Alberta undergraduate student will be representing Canada with her start-up, TalkMaze, at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA).
Canadian Engineering Students Earn Accolades for Real-World Solutions
By Yasmin Ranade
The James Dyson Award invites entrants to design something that solves a problem. Its goal is to celebrate, encourage and inspire the next generation of design engineers.
The Tech Nose: Sniffing the Air with Technology to Detect COVID, Track Humans, Check Animals
by Lee Rickwood
Canadian technologists and researchers are among those developing techniques and technologies to sample the air for signs of disease, infection, even endangered animal species.
Pandemic Hits Women Hard; Female Entrepreneurs Strike Back with Ownr-ship Support
by Lee Rickwood
As important as Canadian women entrepreneurs are important to the country’s economic success, women still face unique and systemic barriers to starting and growing a business, and they remain underrepresented in the economy – pandemic or not.
IT Training for Indigenous Women Launches at University College of the North with Help from HP
by Lee Rickwood
“What the North lacks in IT, we make up in potential waiting to be discovered,” said Rob Penner, project leader on a new high tech installation at the University College of the North, where Penner is Associate Vice‐President of Community and Industry Solutions.
Silicon Valley Values: New Book Looks at Technology Cost, Price, Value, Worth
by Lee Rickwood
There’s real societal value in the how and why of human communication; there’s clearly lots of corporate value in setting rules that influence and govern how we communicate.