{"id":42,"date":"2020-10-21T17:35:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T17:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/?p=42"},"modified":"2020-10-21T17:37:22","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T17:37:22","slug":"technovation-girls-the-worlds-largest-global-tech-entrepreneurship-comptetition-for-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/2020\/10\/21\/technovation-girls-the-worlds-largest-global-tech-entrepreneurship-comptetition-for-girls\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you a girl interested in a global tech entrepreneurship competition?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Technovation Girls is the world&#8217;s largest global tech entrepreneurship competition for girls* age 10-18 . Technovation GirlsBC is the chapter ambassador of the province of BC. All events and workshops under the Technovation GirlsBC program are offered collaboratively by <strong>UBC Geering Up and SFU Applied Sciences Outreach.<\/strong> Due to the pandemic, we&#8217;ll be running our events and workshops virtually for the 2021 competition.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be running\u00a0two info sessions about the competition\u00a0where students, parents\/guardians, teachers, and mentors\u00a0can sign up to learn how they can participate in the program and how they will be supported by us throughout the program. Please see details below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Upcoming info sessions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the Technovation Girls 2021 competition, please feel free to sign up for one of our info sessions. Please note that these sessions are targeted towards potential and returning\u00a0participants of the competition.\u00a0The same information will be presented at\u00a0both\u00a0sessions so you will only need to sign up for one. Before signing up for our sessions, please remember to review our community guidelines for virtual programming attached with this email.\u00a0There will be a mentor-only info\u00a0session so stay tuned for more info!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Info session #1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Date: Nov 5 (Thursday)<\/p>\n<p>Time: 4:30-5:30 pm<\/p>\n<p>Sign-up link:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/websurvey.sfu.ca\/survey\/385422481\">http:\/\/websurvey.sfu.ca\/survey\/385422481<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Info session #2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Date: Nov 12 (Thursday)<\/p>\n<p>Time: 4:30-5:30 pm<\/p>\n<p>Sign-up link:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.geeringup.ca\/events\">www.geeringup.ca\/events<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Community Guidelines are attached <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/technovation-girlsbc_-virtual-community-guidelines\/\">HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Official flyer is attached <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/central-science\/technovation-girlsbc\/\"><strong>HERE.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you wish to receive future emails from us about Technovation Girls, please fill out this form: <a href=\"http:\/\/websurvey.sfu.ca\/survey\/385454681\">http:\/\/websurvey.sfu.ca\/survey\/385454681<\/a>\u00a0If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to\u00a0contact <a href=\"mailto:info@technovationbc.ca\">info@technovationbc.ca<\/a> or me directly via\u00a0this email.<\/p>\n<p>Best,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Eva Yap, M.Sc., M.Ed. (She\/Her)<\/strong><br \/>\nCoordinator, Outreach Programs<br \/>\nSimon Fraser University | Faculty of Applied Sciences\u00a0| ASB L9007<br \/>\n8888 University Dr., Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6<br \/>\nT\u00a0: 778 782 5068\u00a0|\u00a0E:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:sacoord@sfu.ca\">sacoord@sfu.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You may also contact Ms. Falsetto at laida.falsetto@burnabyschools.ca or B307 with questions.<\/p>\n<p>Keep learning,<\/p>\n<p>LF<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Laida Falsetto<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Technovation Girls is the world&#8217;s largest global tech entrepreneurship competition for girls* age 10-18 . Technovation GirlsBC is the chapter ambassador of the province of BC. 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