Scholarship funding is available for a 3 week summer camp in Artificial Intelligence to select Indigenous and Black young women in the community. Please see details below:

Invent the Future 2023

Invent the Future is Canada’s first and only three-week summer enrichment program focused on bringing Artificial Intelligence (AI) expertise, community, and mentorship to trans and cisgender women, non-binary and Two Spirit students in Grade 9-12. This year’s program will run synchronously from July 10-28, 2023 with some asynchronous activities taking place a week before. Check out last year’s program schedule using this link.

Date: July 10-28, 2023*

Time: 9 am-12 pm PST

Delivery: Online via Zoom

Student: Trans and cisgender women, non-binary and Two Spirit students in Grade 9-12

*Please note, accepted students will complete a pre-program Python workshop from July 4th to 7th. The learning materials will be delivered online synchronously and asynchronously. 

Program website: https://www.sfu.ca/fas/invent-the-future

Application link: https://coursys.sfu.ca/forms/apsc-sfu-invent-the-future-student-application/

General admission deadline: March 27, 2023 @ 11:59pm PST

Program Fee: Waived for eligible Indigenous and Black youth through the CIFAR Inclusive AI Scholarship upon acceptance to the program. Laptop loans also available if needed.

If you have any questions about the program, please feel free to contact our amazing Outreach Programs Coordinator, Eva Yap at sacoord@sfu.ca.

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