Canadian STEM Students Develop Homegrown CubeSats: Miniature Satellite Technology
by Lee Rickwood
The deadline is approaching for Canadian STEM students to get funding to build homegrown miniature satellites.
Tag: STEM
Dreamer Day Fest Lighting a Career Spark for Girls: STEAM, Trades and Entrepreneurship
By Yasmin Ranade
The Dreamer Day Fest 2022 will run from October 4 – 5, 2022 at the Enercare Centre – Exhibition Place in Toronto. This event will include keynote addresses from high-profile women who are leaders in their fields, including STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math), skilled trades, emergency response, entrepreneurship, and leadership.
Female Gamer Leads Industry Charge in Canada to Ensure Video Game Makers Reflect Their Audiences
By Yasmin Ranade
Female leaders in gaming have a tangible effect on the games that are being developed.
Amplifying Women’s Voices Bolsters Business and Inclusivity in STEM
By Yasmin Ranade
Recruiting women into STEM is often the singular strategy that employers use to ‘tick the box’ for bringing diversity into the tech industry, but are recruitment initiatives enough to make tech inclusive, long-term?
The Knowledge Society: Empowering Canada’s Youth to be ‘Unicorns’
By Yasmin Ranade
In today’s world, if a teenager identifies an interest in a tech career, to be successful in tech at a global level requires an entrepreneurial mindset. Schools have a unique opportunity to adapt to the 21st century and expose teens to new career possibilities in tech, while developing the mindsets to be successful in this new industry,
STEM Scholarships a Woman’s Best Friend, Diamonds Not Withstanding
by Lee Rickwood
Diamond miner De Beers wants to get 10,000 women and girls in STEM and achieve gender parity across its workforce by 2030.
Young Canadian Innovators Battling Climate Change
By Yasmin Ranade
Knowledge Society (TKS) is a 10-month, global innovation program for driven and curious students aged between 13-17. Acceptance into the Calgary-born program, which is modelled after learning environments from Stanford, Harvard, and MIT, is rigorous and only those youth that want to make an impact in the world are selected
International Women’s Day: 7 Women Leaders Changing the Face of Tech in Canada
By Yasmin Ranade
To wrap up our International Women’s Day editorial series that has emphasized this year’s theme, #BreakTheBias, I asked seven women tech executives to share a personal tip to help women advance their leadership skills and entrepreneurial savvy in tech-based businesses.