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A. Computational Thinking and Making Connections

Lenny and Lexie

Lexie’s Holiday Wish List

Hands-on Activities

Try this fun board game that develops your unplugged coding skills.

Portrait de Madu Kingsley

Madu Kingsley

Career Profiles

Manager, Digital Platform

I manage a diverse team of cross-functional software developers.
Jim Wei tenant un drone

Jim Wei

Career Profiles

Associate GIS Analyst

I use online mapping software and programming skills to help solve real-world problems in the environmental and health industries.
Allison Guitor

Allison Guitor

Career Profiles

Researcher - Antibiotic Resistance

I study antibiotic resistance, which is what makes bacteria able to live in the presence of antibiotics.
Portrait de Nishant Pillai

Nishant Pillai

Career Profiles

Cybersecurity Director

I help organizations protect their computer and networking systems from potential hackers and cyberattacks.
Andrew Brereton travaillant à l'ordinateur

Andrew E. Brereton

Computational Scientist

I write code that teaches computers how to design new drugs.
Ray Hyde

Ray Hyde

IT Manager, Customer Experience

I oversee the day-to-day operation of our IT infrastructure in support of the offshore oil platforms and our local office.
Diya Isac

Diya Isac (she/her)

Career Profiles

Software Lead - Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls Team

I give technical guidance to develop software for features that make the car move and stop.
Joshua Walton derrière le volant d'un véhicule à l'essai.

Joshua Walton

Operations Leader, Vehicle Testing

I oversee the day-to-day operations of GM’s testing facility to make sure our vehicles can withstand the most extreme cold weather conditions.
Umar Siddiqi

Umar Siddiqi

Cyber Security Sales Engineer

I work with TELUS's corporate customers to identify any gaps related to their cybersecurity practices.
Astronaut cartoon

Can you program Dot to get back to Earth?

Hands-on Activities

Using Scratch, create a program that will get Dot back to Earth.

Colourful 3D shapes

Can you debug these 3D shapes?

Hands-on Activities

Using cubes, build a 3D shape based off of pictures taken from different perspectives.

Graph paper with pencil crayons

Can you code a program with graph paper?

Hands-on Activities

Create a code to travel from the start square to the end square of a graph paper or draw a picture.

Illustration of the Earth

Summer Symposium Series: Climate Career Resources

Backgrounders

A career focused on climate change and sustainability would let you help people by working to help solve the biggest problems of our time.

Working at laptop with stethoscope on desk

Summer Symposium Series: Health Sciences Career Resources

Backgrounders

A career in the health sciences would let you help people directly in a very 'hands-on' way!