Our 2026/27 Program Schedule
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September 2026 |
October 2026 |
November 2026 |
December 2026 |
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Youth Programs Schedule Released |
Sat, Oct 24 TBA |
Sat, Nov 7 |
TBA Technovation Waterloo Kick-Off Event Registration Opens |
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January 2027 |
February 2026 |
March 2026 |
April 2026 |
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Sat, Jan 16 Technovation Waterloo 2027 Season Kick-off Wed, Jan 20 Technovation Waterloo Weekly Workshops Begin |
TBA Technovation In-Person Workshop #1 (Saturday) Weekly Technovation Waterloo Online Workshops |
TBA Technovation In-Person Workshop #2 (Saturday) Technovation In-Person Workshop #3 (Saturday) Weekly Technovation Waterloo Online Workshops |
TBA Technovation In-Person Workshop #4 (Saturday) Weekly Technovation Waterloo Online Workshops |
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May 2027 |
June 2027 |
July 2027 |
August 2027 |
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Sat. May 29 (tentative) Technovation Waterloo Regional Pitch Event Second Week of May (Wed) |
Technovation Global Finalist Announcement & Virtual Celebration |
Technovation Girls
Technovation Girls is a program that runs from the fall until the spring and introduces girls and gender-diverse youth to computing via entrepreneurship. Participants identify a problem in their community, learn to create a mobile app or an AI solution to address that problem, and then pitch their work as a business. The Technovation Girls Waterloo chapter supports girls and gender-diverse youth between the ages of 10 and 18.
FLIGHT (Future Leaders Innovating to Go Higher in Technology)
FLIGHT is our youth summer programming that introduces girls and gender-diverse youth aged 13-18 who self-identify as Black or any other underrepresented minority, to tech entrepreneurship by teaching them how to; define a problem, think of a solution, prototype their idea, and pitch their project!
GIRLsmarts4tech
GIRLsmarts4tech is an outreach program aimed at inspiring girls in Grades 6 and 7 to explore technology. GIRLsmarts4tech is a good stepping stone for the Technovation program, though girls can go straight into Technovation.
Resources for GIRLsmarts4tech
A list of resources for young girls and gender-diverse coders, including the Master's in Data Science Ultimate STEM Guide for Kids. The gender gap is slowly shrinking in these fields as more initiatives crop up, including organizations such as Girls Who Code, but since women and gender diverse individuals are still vastly underrepresented, we’ve included STEM activities specifically for girls and gender-diverse youth.