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Girls and science, now that's a pair that can’t be beat! The Science Centre has put together an amazing event that puts a women’s spin on science and tech. Join us for a full day of networking and interactive activities designed to show you that you too are made for a career in science and tech! An opportunity to dive into the fascinating careers of women in , biology, engineering, ecology and more! Come meet women of science with riveting stories to tell about their career paths who are just waiting to hear your questions. Young boys are welcome too!

 

Funds raised by this special event will go the Montréal Science Centre Foundation. Group rates not available for this event.

Access to all Science Centre exhibits included: Dinosaurs Around the World, Our Climate Quest, Explore, Fabrik, Mini Mondo, Humain

An exciting program featuring more than 30 activities:

• An exclusive talk by aerospace engineer Farah Alibay
• Special presentation of Spot the Robot Dog
• A Career space with more than 15 exhibitors
• Engaging workshops
• Science and tech demos
• Screenings of Indigenous short films
• Contest: Win a private meeting with Farah Alibay!

 

Detailed schedule is available here.

 

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Virtual Extraordinary Talk by Aerospace Engineer Farah Alibay

10am to 11:15am (in French, SOLD OUT) and 12pm to 1:15pm (in English) – For audiences 10 and up

Just barely 34 years old, Farah Alibay already boasts of a brilliant career in the field of aerospace engineering. Farah was in fact the one who got to pilot the rover Perseverance as part of NASA’s 2020 Mars mission. That’s quite an achievement for a young girl who grew up in Joliette, Québec! Did you know she almost decided not to apply for the job? Farah will talk to us about her accomplishments, but also about second-guessing herself. She will also share stories about her career path to help young girls realize that you have to dare to dream!
Both talks will take place after panel discussions featuring Manon Yelle, Senior Manager, architecture solutions at Amazon Web Services(AWS), and Rivellie Tchuisseu, D. student in environmental sciences at UQAM.

Seating is very limited. Buy your tickets now!

 

Special Presentation of Spot the Robot Dog

At 2pm, 3pm and 4pm – For all audiences

Watch Boston Dynamics’ Spot the Robot Dog wander around and showcase tricks as led by Québec-based company Oseada. Spot is the top dog on the world market and is much more than just an electronic pet. It can search and find objects and even safely collect data. Come shake its paw and watch it work!

 

Career Space

10am to 5pm

Environmental science, programming video games, aerospace engineering, artificial intelligence… Many women have joined and made careers in these state-of-the-art fields. Want to meet some of them? They will be on site and ready to tell you about their work and why they love what they do. Who knows? You might just walk away with some fresh new career dreams!
Explore fascinating careers and participate in all sorts of interactive activities:

• Manipulate a real brain
• Watch Indigenous Short Films
• Manufacturing of hydroalcoholic gel
• Program the movements of a rover
• And more!

 
You can also have fun with the AWS team taking part in four astonishing activities:
 Try simultaneous translation using AI

• Play “Win, Lose or Draw” using AI
• Make a bracelet with your name written in binary
• Create a work of art with LEDs and electrical circuits
• Try simultaneous translation using AI

 
Exhibitors:  Aéro Montréal, the Canadian Space Agency, Amazon Web Services, CCTT Optech, University of Sherbrooke’s research chair on women in science and engineering, (Comité sectoriel en chimie), Cégep André-Laurendeau’s department of physical engineering technology, the Faucon-Éduc program, Génome Québec, La Baleine Nomade, The Neuro (Montréal’s Neurological Institute-Hospital), L’Oréal Canada, the Department of National Defence, Petits entrepreneurs, Pharmabio Développement, Ubisoft Education, Wapikoni

 

Workshops

Specific times (see schedule)

Pull up your sleeves and join us for hands-on workshops where you can manipulate, taste and build all sorts of things! Workshops are about an hour long. A fun opportunity to learn and use your hands to play with science.

Balm Making Workshop led by Coopérative Incita - For audiences 5 and up
                        
Molecular Gastronomy Workshop led by Les Neurones atomiques - For audiences 7 and up
 
Robot Building and Programming Workshop led by Robotique Zone01 - For audiences 10 and up
 

Special Demos in the Exhibition Halls

10am to 5pm

Learn about rapid prototyping and careers in engineering with Place for You – led by OIQ (Québec’s order of engineers)
Fabrik exhibition hall – For audiences 8 and up
 
DNA Necklace Making led by UQAM’s Faculty of Science
Human exhibition hall - For audiences 8 and up
 
Interactive Carpet for the Little Ones hosted by UQAM’s Faculty of Science
Human exhibition hall - For audiences 2 and up

Take part in a real scientific study on body equilibrium led by Professor Mariève Blanchet, a childhood sensorimotor development researcher at UQAM’s Faculty of Science. 
Human exhibition hall - For all audiences
 
Freshwater Science Board Games hosted by UQAM’s Faculty of Science
Explore exhibition hall – For audiences 10 and up
 
Pyro Fireworks Show hosted by Science Centre educators
Explore exhibition hall – For audiences 8 and up
 
Insect Terrarium presented by UQAM’s Faculty of Science
Mini Mondo exhibition hall – For audiences 4 and up
 
Hands-on Fossil Gallery hosted by UQAM’s Faculty of Science
Dinosaurs Around the World exhibition hall - For audiences of all ages

 

CONTEST

Win free tickets & a private meeting with Farah Alibay!

Would meeting Farah Alibay be a dream come true for you? Here’s your chance to sit with her and ask her your questions during a private meeting. Enter your email by noon on February 1 and you could win one of two prize packages* that include:

• a private meeting with Farah Alibay*
• access to the Women and Girls of Science event at the Montréal Science Centre*
• access to all exhibition halls during the February 11 event*
• tickets to Farah Alibay’s special talk (in English or in French)*
• an autographed book by Farah Alibay

* For a maximum of five people. View complete contest rules.

The contest is over, thank you for your participation!