Girls For a Change
Technovation Girls is the world’s largest global tech entrepreneurship competition for girls. The program offers girls around the world the opportunity to learn the necessary skills to emerge as tech entrepreneurs and leaders.
Every year, Technovation challenges 10 to 18 year old girls to build a business plan and mobile app that will address a community problem. Since 2015, over 700 girls in Ottawa have participated, competing with girls from over 100 different countries globally.
Working in teams of up to 5 girls, supported by mentors, students go through 4 stages of launching a mobile app startup, inspired by the principles of design thinking:
Ideation – Identify a problem in the community
Technology – Develop a mobile app solution
Entrepreneurship – Build a business plan to launch the app
Pitch – Take the business to market
Learn more about the global challenge
In Ottawa, students may take the program in English, French or for credit. The for credit course is available to students in grades 8-12. You receive a credit for ICS2O.