GLOWS provides the children and youth of today with inspiration to become tomorrow’s engineers, scientists, computer programmers and so much more…
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
GLOWS (Growing & Learning Opportunities With STEAM) provides opportunities to help youth ages 5-19 find inspiration about their post-secondary education in a variety of STEAM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) disciplines.
Programming includes robotics, coding, chemistry, engineering, environmental science, math, arts, technology, physics and biology, among other subjects. GLOWS includes summer camps, RobotGames, the Kootenay Contraption Contest, Girls in Engineering and the Quantum Leaps speaker series.
Upcoming events and programming:
- Kootenay Contraption Contest: Students in Kindergarten to Grade 8 are invited to imagine, design and illustrate a “contraption” that solves a specific problem for a big prize.
- Quantum Leaps: A workshop series to engage girls in grades 10-12 in science, engineering and technology-related post-secondary education and careers.
- RobotGames: Youth from around the region will build, program and deck out their robots to enter RobotGames, a fun and free-spirited event full of prizes.
- Summer camps: A series of camps that will run for one to three days will be organized at MIDAS Lab (Trail) during the summer of 2020.
GLOWS was founded in 2007 by KAST, transitioned to Selkirk College in 2016, then returned to KAST in 2019. Selkirk College and KAST are longtime collaborators with major tech-focused initiatives including MIDAS Lab in Trail, the Web Development Program launching in fall 2019 and a Digital Fabrication Program to be launched in 2020.
