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Schedule - 2027

Technovation Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ

Hybrid sessions

We continue to run our Technovation Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ chapter in a hybrid format this season. We plan to hold weekly sessions virtually, to go over curriculum content, and biweely sessions on the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ campus (formerly Ryerson) to allow our GTA teams to work together in person.

We will run the virtual sessions on Thursday evenings and in-person sessions on select Saturday mornings. We post the dates and topics in the schedule below and update any changes to the schedule as soon as they are confirmed.

To ensure cyber safety, we provide workshop details and links only to students and mentors who have registered with our chapter.

Curriculum and division rubrics

We will be following the . Note that there are many changes to the program for the 2027 season. The new rubrics reflect the changes.  Returning girls should be sure to check what has changed.

Our schedule will include topics covering the various aspects of the Technovaiton curriculm:

Ideation and design thinking 

Ethics and impact  

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Artificial intelligence (AI)  ï•„

Entrepreneurship  💼

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Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ schedule

Our chapter sessions align with the Technovation Girls global curriculum, with a focus on the junior and senior divisions. Invited speakers will cover most of the topics. Participants registered with our chapter will receive details about attending the sessions, including links to join the virtual meetings. 

For security purposes, session links and details will not be posted on this public site.

We are currently recruiting speakers and finalizing the schedule. The order of topics could change according to speaker availablity. If there are any changes we will update the schedule as soon as we have confirmed the changes.

Curriculum reference units

Date

Format

Topics

  Nov 14, 2026 in person

Program Launch 

- welcome, ideation headstart and team building

  Nov 26, 2026 virtual

Introduction

Ideation

Team building

1 Dec 3, 2026 virtual

Identifying problems ïƒ« 

Solving problems with technology ïƒ« 

Generative AI tools ï•„ ï€„

Team building

1 Dec 10, 2026 virtual

Exploring mobile and web app builders ï„‰

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Team formation

2 Jan 7, 2027 virtual

Researching problems ïƒ« 

Partnering with organizations ïƒ« 

Selecting a problem ïƒ« 

AI overview and finding patterns ï•„

Team building

2 Jan 14, 2027 virtual

Identifying solutions (from unit 3) ïƒ« 

Coding events and blocks ï„‰

Web apps ï„‰

3 Jan 21, 2027 virtual

Responsible research and innovation ï€„

Market research ðŸ’¼

Coding conditionals ï„‰

  Jan 23, 2027 in person Team time with mentors 
4 Jan 28, 2027 virtual

Minimum viable product ïƒ« 

Engage and act ï€„

Coding components ï„‰

4 Feb 4, 2027 virtual

Lean canvas overview (senior division) ðŸ’¼

Debugging your code ï„‰

AI datasets ï•„

  Feb 6, 2027 in person


Team time with mentors

  Feb 11, 2027   Catch-up break - no workshop
5 Feb 18, 2027 virtual

Paper prototypes ïƒ« 

Planning your project ïƒ« 

Coding variables and lists ï„‰

  Feb 20, 2027 in person Office hours and team time with mentors
5 Feb 25, 2027 virtual

Train your AI model ï•„

Web apps using AI models ï•„

Adding generative AI to your app ï•„

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Mar 4, 2027

 

virtual

Outreach to users (junior division) ðŸ’¼

Ethics: an ongoing process ï€„

App examples ï„‰

  Mar 6, 2027 in person Midseason showcase!
7 Mar 11, 2027 virtual

Business model and financial planning (senior division) ðŸ’¼

AI software options ï•„

Coding: storing data ï„‰

  Mar 18, 2027   March Break - no workshop
8 Mar 25, 2027 virtual

Outlining your technical and pitch videos ï€½

User adoption plan (junior division) ðŸ’¼

Coding APIs ï„‰

  Mar 27, 2027 in person Office hours and team time with mentors
9 Apr 1, 2027 virtual Record pitch & technical videos ï€½
10 and 11  Apr 8, 2027 virtual

Edit pitch & technical videos ï€½

Learning journey 

  Apr 10, 2027 in person Office hours and team time with mentors
12 Apr 15, 2027 virtual

Submitting to the competition

Preparing a ive pitch presentation ï€½

  May 5, 2027   Submission deadline
  May 15, 2027 in person Life pitch event