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From video games to interactive stories, digital media is a powerful way to make your message, cause, or idea stand out in a crowded online world. Canada has become a major leader in the video game industry, yet, like most technology, only a small percentage of games are built by women. In this hands-on, beginner-friendly workshop, you will create a game, quiz, or interactive story using HTML & CSS that's centred on a case, community, or message that you care about while learning critical coding skills. Prerequisites: None! This workshop is designed for absolute beginners!

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

Entrepreneurs are creative problem-solvers. They are always looking for ways to help others and make experiences better, easier, and more enjoyable for everyone. Inspire an entrepreneurial spirit in your young learner through this collaborative learning experience, where participants work together to bring their creative imaginings to life! During this workshop, participants will work in teams to choose a problem they’d like to solve, then brainstorm a startup idea together. Each team will ideate a solution to their problem, then create an online presence for their startup, where they can share their innovative ideas with others. Learners will work together to remix or code their website from scratch in HTML & CSS. We’ll use Glitch to collaborate on our sites and share them with others. At the end of the experience, each team will have a chance to share what they learned, and pitch their ideas to the group. Learners will also leave with a link to their working website, which they can share with family and friends.

Cannabis - A cure-all medicine? A dangerous drug? Cannabis is a fascinating plant with the potential to treat illness but surrounded by myth, legend, hype, stigma, rumour, buzz, gossip, puff and propaganda. In the current climate of expanding roles and cultural acceptance of cannabis, where does the hyperbole stop and facts begin? What are the real dangers of cannabis use? This talk will explore our current understanding of common myths, risks and misconceptions around cannabis. Dr. Marks de Chabris is a Sudbury based physician with a practice focused in Pain Medicine and Addiction Medicine. Graduating from McGill University Medical School in 1988 he was certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada in Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine. In 2009 he concentrated his practice in Pain Medicine and Addiction Medicine as was given Focused Practice Designation by the Ontario Medical Association. Dr. Marks de Chabris has been recognized by the Ontario Superior Court as an Expert in Pain Management and Addiction Medicine. Free admission, space is limited Followed by viewing of BODY WORLDS Rx

Charged and She&Her have joined forces to bring you an evening of tech, leadership and growth! Kendall Tucker, CEO and Founder of Polis, a will be flying in from Boston to share her entrepreneurial journey, discuss how she started and grew her door-knocking app and share how she landed a spot on the Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2017. Join us for an evening of great conversation, delicious food and cold drinks! To learn more about Polis, visit: https://polisinc.com SCHEDULE: Doors open at 6:00 pm Drinks + hors d'oeuvres 6:00–6:45 pm Keynote 7:00–7:45 pm Reception 7:45–9:30 Sponsored by: Maximus Rose Living Benefits Inc. and Studio123

Kids Learning Code is excited to combine the power of play with basic design and programming skills in this hands-on workshop. This experience offers learners the opportunity to create their very own digital games in a super fun environment. Using Scratch, a beginner level programming environment, imagination will come to life in a new and digitally engaging form. Learners will also be introduced to Scratch's amazing online community, sloganed: "Imagine, Program, Share," where they will have the opportunity to upload their game for anyone on the web to download and play! At the end of the workshop, each learner will also have a chance to beta test their game with their peers. Each Gamemaking with Scratch workshop has the same flow, but different activities. Come and create a new game every time!

3 Hour Facebook Biz Intensive: Award-winning small business owner and Facebook ads expert is holding an in-person workshop in Regina on: Wish you could pull back the curtain and understand how to actually make Facebook ads profitable for your business? Want to learn how to reach your ideal customer on Facebook & Instagram? Award-winning small business owner and Facebook ads expert is holding an in-person workshop.

Note: if you are planning on having your child(ren) attend, please confirm their attendance through our EventBrite page at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/future-thought-leaders-workshop-tickets-66569431963?utm-medium=discovery&utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&aff=escb&utm-source=cp&utm-term=listing What does the future of work look like? The Future Thought Leaders workshop is an innovative event organised by the Sudbury Workers Education and Advocacy Centre to recruit youth aged 7-14 to answer that very question. What is unique about this workshop is that the youth - our Future Thought Leaders - are asked to consider not just the workplace, but the conditions for the workers themselves. Will the future of work be one that is fair and equitable for all, with decent wages and benefits? Or are we destined to a gig economy, piecing out our total income through a series of haphazardly paid jobs? An interactive and collaborative experience, the Future Thought Leaders are asked to consider what decent work looks like. Confronted with several scenarios involving common workplace issues, participants work together to imagine what they would like the future of fair and equitable work to look like. Participants will have the chance to foster identified needed skills of the future workplace: imagination and creativity (ie out of the box thinking), teamwork and leadership skills, as well as their critical thinking. In addition, our Future Thought Leaders will learn about workers rights, the history of how these rights were gained, and about current issues in the workplace.