Technovation Girls is an international technology and entrepreneurship education program that equips young women ages 8-18 with the skills to become tech leaders and entrepreneurs. With support from volunteer mentors, girls work in teams to develop technology projects (mobile apps or AI Prototypes) that address real-world challenges. Girls learn programming basics to develop a working prototype and learn how to pitch and market their app.
Created in Silicon Valley in the United States in 2009, Technovation Girls has reached 100+ countries. The British Columbia Chapter of Technovation Girls has been operating since 2016. Technovation Girls is a program of Technovation, a global nonprofit.
As a Technovation GirlsBC Student (mentee), you will:
- Identify a problem that matters to your community
- Learn to code an app or build an AI Project that solves the problem, and develop other skills along the way!
- Collaborate with peers and learn from industry mentors
* We use the words “girls” and “women” inclusively. All trans*, genderqueer and non-binary folks belong at and are welcome to attend our events.
THE TECHNOVATION JOURNEY
Register for an info session → Create a Technovation account → Submit the Consent Forms → Form a Team → Meet your Mentor → Register for Workshops
Below is the 2023-2024 schedule, register for our workshops as our instructors and mentors guide you along the milestones.
* If you have a boy that is interested in similar programming, we highly encourage you to explore Geering Up and UBC Engineering events. * We use the words “girls” and “women” inclusively. All trans, genderqueer and non-binary folks belong at and are welcome to attend our events.
Reach us at events.geeringup@ubc.ca.
