Youth Innovation Showcase

The Youth Innovation Showcase encourages youth to explore creative ways to solve everyday challenges, and to see how your theoretical solutions can become real-world change. These young innovators come face-to-face with industry and academic leaders to pitch their great new ideas and inventions, get feedback from experts in the field, and find out where a career in STEM can take them. 

Sponsorship opportunities include:
Presenting | Region | Gold | Silver | Academic | Bronze | Supporter

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Let's Innovate! Podcast

Bi-monthly podcast episodes where we speak to youth, industry and academia and meet STEAM thought leaders, to uncover the passion behind the great ideas and science, technology + innovation in current events.

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Sweatin' For Science

Join us from May 1 to May 31! Participants from the corporate STEM community across BC + Yukon join and commit to “gettin’ their sweat on” while tracking their fitness activities, to raise awareness to + funding for increased access to science, technology and innovation education programs for youth, so all youth with a passion in STEM can have the opportunity to pursue their interests.

Sponsorship opportunities include:
Presenting | Region | Gold | Silver | Academic | Bronze | Supporter

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We love working with partners to create meaningful opportunities. Have ideas? Let's talk. If we can make it happen, we will.

Have Questions? Contact:
abrownsmith@sciencefairs.ca
Alyssa Brownsmith
Strategic Partnership Manager

Our programming includes: 13 annual Regional Science Fairs, annual Youth Innovation Showcase, Let's Innovate! Podcast and our annual fitness fundraising + awareness campaign, Sweatin' For Science. 

The purpose of the Tech Leadership Committee is simple: Collaboration + Knowledge Sharing Across Industries 
The ecosystem; academia, industry and education/career-focused youth organizations are interdependent. We succeed in our communities, in our province+ territories and as a country when our youth are set up for success from the start and see value and opportunities when pursuing education + careers that excite them to not only sustain but continue to grow our region's economies. Let's start the conversations!

This is an open call for applications. 

• Time commitment: Min 1.5h/qrtr 
• The term of your appointment will be for one year beginning in November 2021.
• Eligibility: open to:
  • Academic community
  • Science, Tech + Innovation industry
  • Executives/experts
  • Live in communities across BC + Yukon
  • Traditional + non-traditional industries
  • Disrupters who want to make a difference in how youth explore future career opportunities

Primary Goal:  

• Meet quarterly (November, February, May, August)  - Currently Virtual
• Discuss best practices, concerns, and industry insights to current and future opportunities in Science, Tech and Innovation in BC + Yukon
• Identify current success models or concerns in access to opportunities for youth to pursue Science, Tech and Innovation  
• Champion Science, Tech + Innovation opportunities in BC + Yukon
• Support youth pursuits in Science, Tech + Innovation across BC + Yukon
• Shape future programming + seek collaborative ways to support each other's initiatives, where appropriate.
• Work to reduce/remove barriers for youth to access opportunities in BC + Yukon (financial, education, resources)

Secondary Opportunity with Science Fair Foundation BC:

• Where interest/need exist, the opportunity to share your knowledge, connections and time by joining a sub-committee that will be determined (for example: Events; Strategy + Communications; Programming, Mentorship + Career- Prep and Networking + Revenue Development)

Perks May Include:

• Opportunity; 'Let's Innovate!' podcast speaker
• Opportunity; Science Fair and/or Youth Innovation Showcase judge 
• Future program/workshop speaker/facilitator
• Application to apply for Science Fair Foundation BC Board of Directors seat

Have Questions? Contact:
abrownsmith@sciencefairs.ca
Alyssa Brownsmith
Strategic Partnership Manager