SFU’s Faculty of Applied Sciences, in partnership with the Surrey School District, is launching a new tech camp for girls this summer. And now, thanks to a generous donation from one of Vancouver’s well-known tech entrepreneurs, the camp can get bigger and better in the coming years.
Victory Square Girls Tech Camp is running from July 10-14 and 17-21 at two Surrey elementary schools. The program provides girls in Grades six and seven the opportunity to engage in hands-on workshops, develop fundamental computer programming and engineering skills, and build a project to present to a judging panel on the final day of the camp.
“We’ve designed a challenging curriculum that allows the girls to explore topics such as coding, circuits and electronic components,” says Daniela Abasi, manager of outreach programs for the Faculty of Applied Sciences. “Our camp instructors include faculty members, students and graduates from SFU’s computing science and engineering programs.”
This year, the five-day camp is being held at Cindrich Elementary School and Green Timbers Elementary School.
Source: Faculty of Applied Sciences – Simon Fraser University
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