Connections Engineering Outreach and Queen’s Engineering are committed to breaking down barriers for female identifying and non-binary students in STEM. As part of this commitment, Connections Engineering Outreach has developed a series of programs to build confidence and ignite the imagination of young female identifying and non-binary students interested in STEM. We offer programming for female identifying and non-binary students in grades 1 through 11.
*We welcome all self-identifying female participants including cisgender, transgender and gender-diverse students in STEM.
If you have an opportunity for female youth and are interested in having Connections visit your group to offer a STEM workshop, please get in touch! We are always looking for new partnership opportunities in our community and would love to hear from you.
Email us at: eng.connections@queensu.ca
Connections works with several Girl Guide units within Kingston to deliver workshops throughout the year that align with the Girl Guide requirements to receive their Experiment and Create Badge. This badge is earned through completion of the Science Lab Badge, Design Space Badge, and the Art Studio Badge. The Connections team customizes workshops for the different age groups, including Sparks, Embers and Guides, and provides all supplies and equipment for these workshops.
These workshops are focused on building confidence and problem solving skills and provide a hands-on opportunity for the girls to explore the sciences, discover how the world works, code robots, and design their own instruments.
If you have a Girl Guides unit that is interested in partnering with Connections, reach out to our team today!
In 2024 Connections had the opportunity to lead robotics workshop sessions at the annual Girls Inc Summit, held at St. Lawrence College and hosted by Girls Inc. Limestone. This exciting day hosted 150 students from the Kingston area for a day of activities to build life skills, engage in physical activity, and develop an interest in STEM. During our workshop, students learned how to use block coding to program Lego Spike robots through a series of challenges.
Connections is looking forward to continuing to work with Girls Inc. Limestone in 2025 to provide STEM opportunities to the After School Program, for more hands-on robotics activities!
These workshops are offered at partner schools across Kingston - if your school is interested in hosting Lunch & Learn sessions in 2025, contact our team today!
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Go Code Girl |
Go Eng Girl |
Badge Day |
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Connections hosts Go CODE Girl in partnership with the Ontario Network of Women in Engineering (ONWiE). This free event is open to female identifying students in grades 7 to 11. Go CODE Girl will educate inspire and equip female identifying students with the digital skills, confidence, and resources needed to pursue education in technology, computing, and engineering. |
Connections hosts Go ENG Girl in partnership with the Ontario Network of Women in Engineering (ONWiE). This free event provides an exciting opportunity for female identifying students in grades 7 to 11 across Ontario to learn from women in the engineering profession, academics, and students about the wonderful world of engineering.
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Connections hosts Badge Day in partnership with the Ontario Network of Women in Engineering (ONWiE) and Girl Guides of Kingston. This free event is open to female identifying students ages 9 to 11. Participants must complete all the requirements for this badge through fun and interactive stations facilitated by university staff and students.
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Event Date: February 21, 2025
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Event Date: October 18, 2024
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Event Date: TBD
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