Have you heard of the Canadian Association for Girls in Science (CAGIS)? I hadn’t but am glad that I do know about them now. Caitlyn (and her bro) love all things science. She loves the idea of setting up experiments to see if your theories play out. This tends to make a huge mess in my kitchen, but I try to bite my tongue for the sake of letting these concepts flourish.
Inspired by the dream of Larissa Vingilis-Jaremko when she was just 9 years old, CAGIS is a network of girls, aged 7-16 who like science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and want to learn more. The purpose of CAGIS is to promote, educate and support interest and confidence in STEM among girls. CAGIS chapter members, aged 7-16, meet monthly to explore STEM with fun, hands-on activities led by women and men specializing in many different fields.
CAGIS Vancouver is hosting an open house on Saturday, September 21, 2013, 12 pm to 3 pm, at the Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre, 990 West 59th Avenue, in the Auditorium (Room 202), to promote their organization and recruit new members. They have asked me to help inviting all the local families, especially to those with girls age 7 to 16, to join them for an afternoon of free and fun science activities, as well as to learn about CAGIS Vancouver. They will have five exciting activity stations suitable for the whole family.
Take a moment to check out their Facebook Page for more information. I am going to head there with Caity for sure.
Sounds like fun, too bad I have all boys 🙁 I will share this though and hey head on over fraservalleybeat.com and add the event to our event listing Kerry!
What a great initiative. I wonder if they do these events in the east? Have a great time.
Hi Kerry! This sounds like an amazing opportunity for girls. I do have a little girl, 5, I know she would love STEM, though she’s a little too young yet. We are from Ontario. I would love to know if Ontario has such a thing going. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Sounds like a great event! My daughter would love this.
It sounds like a great program. I wish I was closer