Date: December 8, 2021 & March 3, 2022
Time: Morning Session – 9:30 am – 10:45 am PST | Afternoon Session – 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm PST
Location: Virtual
Over 5,000 B.C. high school students participated in JABC TechWorks during the 2021-2022 school year.
41 industry speakers donated their time to speak to youth about the many different tech-related career opportunities that existing in B.C. rapidly growing tech sector.
Representatives joined us from the following companies:
Accenture
Amazon Web Services
Ballard Power Systems
Best Buy Canada
Borealis AI
Bunker Digital
DXC Technology
Dyspatch
Finning
Kids Shield Services Inc.
MDA Space
Ocean Data Sciences
Plurilock
Polar Asset Management Partners
RaceRocks3D
Redbrick
Sage Canada
SAP
Seoladair Consulting
Sony Pictures Imageworks
We were also joined by special guest speakers:
Benjamin Preisner, Marathon Runner, RBC Olympian; Len Pierre, Consultant, Indigenous Cultural Safety & Humility, Fraser Health Authority; Sonia Singh, Director of Sales – ISV/DNB, Amazon Web Services; Andrew MacLean, Educator, Vancouver Island School of Innovation & Inquiry