Day: March 3, 2016

UBC Computer Science Tech Trek!

Neeru Parmar

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Grades 10 – 12 are welcome to join us for cutting edge presentations from our top-notch faculty and exciting industry leaders. Attend an interactive university lecture, visit our labs for demos and hands-on activities!
Grades 8 – 9 are invited to spend the morning with our computer science experts. Learn to program or take your skills to the next level with games, robots, challenges, and more!
Guest Speaker’s include: Electronic Arts, Pixar, Google, Microsoft, and more!
Great Prize Giveaways!
To register visit our website or contact us at tech-trek-info@cs.ubc.ca for registration details!

McMaster University Engineering Physics 2016 Summer Internship!

Neeru Parmar

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McMaster University is offering a $2500 scholarship value for a  six week internship in Engineering Physics. Interns will be mentored by Engineering Physics faculty members and graduate students. As an intern, you will obtain hands-on experience in state-of-the-art research laboratories. If you are interested in science, technology, engineering, and/or math, visit: http://engphys.mcmaster.ca/hs-internship/
Application deadline is MAY 31/16, please note your application will require a two-minute Vimeo video demonstrating an experiment that explains a physics concept you learned about either in school or that you’ve encountered in real life.
*the McMaster website hasn’t been updated to reflect 2016 dates, please proceed with your application anyway, or if you need any help, please see Ms. Parmar*

Vancouver International Children Festival

Neeru Parmar

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Volunteer at the Vancouver
International Children’s Festival
Granville Island • May 30 to June 5, 2016!

In May, the south end of Granville Island transforms into an exciting world of performances and activities, dedicated to “creative fun”. To make everything run smoothly, the Festival
needs 1200 volunteers to help with Arts Activities; Ushering & Gate-keeping; Hosting & Info; Traffic; Sales; Administration; Crew Support; Pre-Festival Assistance.
Looking for a challenge? We need work experience & career prep student volunteers to take on weeklong key positions and to help weekdays – when our Festival site is filled with school
children & pre-schoolers! Volunteer Info at www.childrensfestival.ca

If you are interested in this amazing opportunity, please see Ms. Parmar for application as soon as possible !

Capilano Suspension Bridge Park – Summer Employment Opportunities

Neeru Parmar

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Capilano Suspension Bridge Park is hiring for summer… great place to work !!

It may feel early, but they are already started to look towards the summer and start the hiring process for the bridge. They currently have almost all our positions posted up on the Capilano Group website, www.Capilanogroup.com and these positions include:

• Entry Level Food & Beverage Positions (Logger’s Grill Team Member & Café Team Member)
• Entry Level & up general positions (Park Hosts, I spent the majority of my work at Capilano in this position as well as supervising this department)
• Nature Guides (For those students comfortable speaking in front of larger groups (5-40 people)
• Guest Service Agents (For students with a bit of experience working with guests)
• Retail Sales Associates (For students with a bit of retail experience)
• Parking / Shuttle Team (Can be entry level, but looking for strong communicators for this position)

The real summer business kicks off as soon as the school is out for the summer, which makes it an ideal option for summer employment for the students.