We are excited to announce that Black Gold School Division’s third annual ‘Girls In STEM’ Day (https://tinyurl.com/y4oqwuks) is coming up on January 29, 2021. This innovative event engages students in Grades 7-9 in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math-related (STEM) topics and highlights careers in these traditionally male-dominated fields.

This year’s theme is “Pushing the Limits, Like a Girl!” Through hands-on learning experiences and interaction with STEM female role models, the girls will gain confidence in their interests in STEM subjects at a particularly important time in their educational careers.

“We are igniting the spark of curiosity in these young ladies, to imagine a future where they can break down walls and be anything they want to, achieve anything they want to achieve,” said Black Gold teacher and Girls in STEM Day presenter Amanda Green.

This year, we are pleased to invite members of the public to listen in on our keynote speaker, Dr. Shawna Pandya, a Canadian physician, aquanaut, and scientist-astronaut candidate with Project Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere (PoSSUM). Join us at 9 a.m. on January 29 for the live-stream of her talk “Pushing the Limits” on our YouTube Page: https://www.youtube.com/c/BlackGoldSchoolDivision.