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Events
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CareerMash leads a variety of info sessions, panels and workshops on technology career education for students, parents, teachers and guidance counselors. These presentations equip the education community with tools and knowledge for effective exploration of tech-related careers and pathways in Canada.
Recent CareerMash Events
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Pathways 2012 Conference: A Variety of Vintages!
Ontario School Counselors Association (OSCA)
St. Catharines, ON - April 11, 2012 -
Pathways Grade 12 Student Conference
Halton Catholic District School Board (HCDSB)
TBD - April 20, 2012 -
The Spirit of COOPeration Conference
Ontario Cooperative Education Association (OCEA)
Richmond Hill, ON - April 24, 2012 -
ZOOM Career Day: ICT
Business-Education Partnership of Waterloo Region
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Student program at the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN)’s Canada 3.0 conference
Stratford, ON - April 24-25, 2012 -
Professional Development Day – Computer Science
Halton District School Board (HDSB)
Burlington, ON - February 14, 2012 -
Business and ICT Regional Sector Meeting
Dufferin-Peel Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) Ministry Sector
Mississauga, ON - February 16, 2012
CareerMash Youth Tech Jam - April & May 2012
Greater Toronto Area (GTA) high school students created a lot of energized buzz May 11 at a CareerMash Youth Tech Jam on how they imagine technology changing the world and how they might drive that change through a tech career.
You could just feel the energy at the Ontario Science Centre as 200 students capped off several weeks of CareerMash Youth Tech Jams held at seven schools across five southern Ontario regions, reaching 500 students in total. »more
CareerMashup - October 28, 2011
Over 1,500 students and educators from all over the Golden Horseshoe converged on Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall for an interactive Q&A with some of Toronto’s freshest young tech leaders and a technology trade show featuring 50 of Ontario’s most exciting employers and post-secondary programs. See photos of CareerMashup on the CareerMash Facebook page.
CareerMashup Panelists
Farhan Thawar, VP of Engineering, Xtreme Labs
Mentor to Future Tech Superstars
Farhan is Vice President of Engineering at Xtreme Labs, a go-to source for mobile strategies and apps in Toronto and California’s Silicon Valley. He is also the Dean of Extreme University, Xtreme Labs’ intensive 12-week student program that provides guidance, mentorship, and personal networking opportunities to young entrepreneurs.
Earlier in his career Farhan led all-star software teams at Microsoft Canada and the Toronto-based human resources software company I Love Rewards (now called “Achievers”. He took computer science at the University of Waterloo, and an MBA at the University of Toronto Rotman School of Business.
Kunal Gupta, CEO of Polar Mobile
Entrep
reneur Extraordinaire
Polar Mobile, which Kunal launched in 2008 as a university student, puts movies, TV, magazines and newspapers onto smartphones. Polar apps have been downloaded over 10 million times! With clients like CTV, Sports Illustrated, Vogue and the Toronto Maple Leafs, Polar is doing better than ever today.
When Kunal studied software engineering at the University of Waterloo, he loved the technical side of his education but felt he needed lessons in business and leadership. So he started the Impact Entrepreneurship Group, which hosts a ton of conferences, competitions, and campaigns to inspire burgeoning young entrepreneurs.
Martha Garriock, Senior Manager at Cisco Systems
Innovator & Risk-Taker
Martha’s fearless and creative spirit has come in handy more than once. After graduating from Queen’s with a degree in applied mathematics & mechanical engineering, Martha took off for Silicon Valley to work in tech support with Cisco. Her talent and hard work got noticed, and she soon jumped at an opportunity to build a new department at Cisco.
Her current job puts her at the cutting edge of tech. Not only does she envision new strategies and tools for supporting customers online, she also pushes global teams in new directions by driving the adoption of technologies like Cisco’s internal social network, Quad.
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