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Whether it’s in books, on billboards, or even on our food labels, graphic design is everywhere! In this hands-on learning experience, learners will be introduced to application called Canva, an online graphic design application that helps designers create beautiful work. Learners with an artistic and creative passion will love exploring their skills in a technological way, and will get to discuss how their favourite logos and images were designed and created! By the end of the workshop, learners will have discovered how to compose elements in visually engaging ways, and experiment with typography and colour theory. Canva’s easy-to-use interface will also encourage them to continue designing outside of the workshop. You will learn how to - Create algorithms in Scratch - Use colour to communicate an emotion or idea - Use symmetry to create balance in my design - Use events to control when things happen in my project - Use loops to make things happen more than once - Use Canva to keep designing, and Scratch to KEEP CODING! Prerequisites: None! This workshop is designed for beginners.

How can you help your children make those challenging transitions in life, especially from elementary school to high school, and from high school to college? Join Barbara Coloroso, internationally renowned expert and best-selling author on the subjects of parenting, teaching discipline, bullying, and conflict resolution. She is the next speaker in the Parents as Career Coaches lecture series, and she’ll be in Sudbury talking about how to help your children manage transitions in their lives. Joining Barbara Coloroso will be Catherine Poulton, Cambrian’s Wellness Coordinator. Catherine is a Certified Resilience Trainer, and certified in Applied Positive Psychology. Under Catherine’s leadership as Wellness Coordinator, Cambrian has created a culture of wellness on campus, based on eight pillars: social, intellectual, financial, emotional, spiritual, career, physical, and environmental. Lectures are free and include dinner. Seating is limited and pre-registration is required. Register at https://cambriancollege.ca/events/careercoaches . The Parents As Career Coaches Lecture Series is a presentation of Cambrian College, the Rainbow District School Board, The School College Work Initiative, and the Ontario Post-secondary Access & Inclusion Program.

Are you a girl in Grades 4-7 with a budding love of Science and Engineering? Then join us for the 20th Annual WISE Science and Engineering Olympics. The Olympics are a fun, FREE, full day event for 120 girls in Grades 4 to 7 from Sudbury and surrounding areas. Working in small teams of approximately 5-6 members, students will participate in four separate hands-on experiments from various science and engineering disciplines. Each experiment has its own scoring criteria, based on teamwork, member participation, planning, documentation, ingenuity, creativity, etc. The objective is to present science and engineering to these students in an interesting, fun, stimulating and positive way. At the end of the event, all participants will receive a certificate of participation and medals will be awarded to members of the winning teams. The Olympics start at 9:00 am until 3:30 pm; thanks to our generous sponsors, the event is free and includes a pizza lunch and a snack for all participants. Students requiring a special meal should bring their lunch at drop-off with instructions. This event is part of WISE Sudbury’s continuing efforts to promote and encourage females to consider and pursue careers in science and engineering. Volunteers consist of science and engineering professionals and students from the Sudbury Region