{"id":39089,"date":"2017-10-24T05:55:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T09:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=39089"},"modified":"2017-10-23T15:39:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-23T19:39:08","slug":"technogirls-high-school-bound-females-love-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/technogirls-high-school-bound-females-love-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"Techno Girls encourages females entering high school to love &#8216;tech&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Techno Girls was created by former Huntsville High School (HHS) student Julia Drewery in hopes of improving the proportion of female students taking an interest in computer science.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started the program four years ago to encourage girls to pursue careers in programming, engineering and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) careers in general,\u201d says Drewery. She then expressed her disappointment that she is now in her second year of chemical engineering at Lakehead University and her classes are still over 80 per cent male-dominated.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>Although Drewery has graduated from HHS, her project carries on and a yearly Techno Girls event is still held at the high school.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, HHS teacher Ian McTavish invites female elementary students to come to the school and learn about computer science. \u201cWe&#8217;re very excited about all the progress we&#8217;ve seen,\u201d says McTavish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTechno Girls works by teaching girls the basics of programming, robots and the statistics of girls in the tech industry,&#8221; Drewery explains. &#8220;By teaching them, we hope to put the girls in a position of leadership. In the past, girls have even designed their own apps and then we had a competition to show off the different creations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Drewery believes that by teaching the girls the basics of computer technology, it will inspire them to have positive goals and initiatives surrounding women in the tech world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s Techno Girls event had some amazing mentors to assist and demonstrate what women can do in tech,&#8221; adds McTavish. The mentors were Elizabeth Celentano from Kimberly-Clark and Kate Boyko from Inspire Tech Canada.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s \u2018Head Techno Girl\u2019, grade 11 student Keira Brisebois, is a prime example of how the program works. When she was in grade eight, Keira participated in the very first Techno Girls meet up. Now, she is not only the co-captain of Huntsville High\u2019s robotics team, but has also competed at the provincial championship level.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"modern-quote full\"><p>After attending the event in grade eight, I knew I would love tech. So when I started grade nine I met all the robotics team and kept coming every year. When Mr. McTavish first told us that not many girls were in the tech industry I wanted to change that. I want to go to school for genetics so Techno Girls has been an amazing learning experience for me.<cite>Keira Brisebois, Head Techno Girl<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For this year&#8217;s annual meeting, the Techno Girls wanted to try something a little different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had a few different activities,&#8221; says Brisebois. \u201cThe night started off with a talk from our mentors, Elizabeth Celentano and Kate Boyko. The talk focused on statistics of girls in the tech industry, what they can do to get involved and develop tech-related skills. We then showed the girls how to use \u2018skill robots\u2019 in a demonstration. Finally, we had a film screening of Hidden Figures, a film about the struggle of women in technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHidden Figures was really inspiring,\u201d says Brisebois. \u201cIt made me want to get into tech even more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! 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