Our 2025/26 Season Registration is Now OPEN!
Are you a girl who is ready to change the world?
Be part of the change! Technovation Girls is a free, 12-week program that equips girls and gender diverse youth ages 8-18 with the skills to become tech entrepreneurs and leaders. With the support of volunteer mentors, students work in teams to code mobile apps or AI solutions that address real-world problems they've identified.
Learn more about Technovation at technovationchallenge.org
Waterloo Chapter overview
Women in Computer Science (WiCS) Outreach oversees the Waterloo Chapter of Technovation Girls, which supports teams in the beginner (8-12), junior (ages 13-15), and senior (ages 16-18) divisions. The chapter includes students from Cambridge, Elmira, Guelph, Kitchener, London, Stratford, Waterloo, and their surrounding townships.
For more details, please download our Technovation Girls Info Package.
Technovation Girls was such a meaningful experience. It helped us turn our idea for Serenaid into something real, while also showing us the importance of teamwork, research, resilience, and innovation.
November 29th: Technovation Mini-Hackathon!
Join us for Waterloo Chapter Technovation Mini-Hackathon! This mini-hackathon is open to girls and gender-diverse individuals aged 11 – 18 interested in tech entrepreneurship. During this day-long event participants will form teams, identify a problem related to the UN SDGs, design a tech-based solution, and pitch their idea to a panel of judges.