Schedule - 2027
Hybrid sessions
We continue to run our Technovation Girls Toronto chapter in a hybrid format this season. We plan to hold weekly sessions virtually, to go over curriculum content, and biweely sessions on the ¹û½´ÊÓÆµ campus (formerly Ryerson) to allow our GTA teams to work together in person.
We will run the virtual sessions on Thursday evenings and in-person sessions on select Saturday mornings. We post the dates and topics in the schedule below and update any changes to the schedule as soon as they are confirmed.
To ensure cyber safety, we provide workshop details and links only to students and mentors who have registered with our chapter.
Curriculum and rubrics
We will be following the . Note that there are changes to the program for the 2026 season. The reflect the changes. Returning girls should be sure to check what has changed.
Our schedule will include topics covering the various aspects of the Technovaiton curriculm:
Ideation and design thinking 
Ethics and impact 
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Artificial intelligence (AI) ï•„
Entrepreneurship 💼
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Toronto schedule
Our chapter sessions align with the Technovation Girls global curriculum, with a focus on the junior and senior divisions. Invited speakers will cover most of the topics. Participants registered with our chapter will receive details about attending the sessions, including links to join the virtual meetings.
For security purposes, session links and details will not be posted on this public site.
We are currently recruiting speakers and finalizing the schedule. The order of topics could change according to speaker availablity. If there are any changes we will update the schedule as soon as we have confirmed the changes.
| Curriculum reference units | Date |
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| in person | Program Launch (10 am - 1 pm) - welcome, ideation headstart and team-building |
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| 1 | virtual | Introduction Identifying problems  Solving problems with technology  Generative AI tools   Team formation |
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| 1 | virtual | Exploring mobile and web app builders  ´¡±ô²µ´Ç°ù¾±³Ù³ó³¾²õ&²Ô²ú²õ±è; Team formation |
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| 2 | virtual | Researching problems  Partnering with organizations  Selecting a problem  AI overview and finding patterns  Team formation |
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| 2 | virtual | Identifying solutions (from unit 3)  Coding events and blocks  Web apps  |
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| 3 | virtual | Responsible research and innovation  Market research 💼 Coding conditionals  |
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| in person | Team time with mentors | ||
| 4 | virtual | Minimum viable product  Engage and act  Coding components  |
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| 4 | virtual | Lean canvas overview (senior division) 💼 Debugging your code  AI datasets  |
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| Catch-up break - no workshop | |||
| 5 | virtual | Paper prototypes  Planning your project  Coding variables and lists  |
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| 5 | virtual | Train your AI model ï•„ Web apps using AI models ï•„ Adding generative AI to your app ï•„ |
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| in person | Office hours and team time with mentors | ||
| 6 | virtual | Outreach to users (junior division) 💼 Ethics: an ongoing process  App examples  |
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| 7 | virtual | Business model and financial planning (senior division) 💼 AI software options  Coding: storing data  |
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| in person | Midseason showcase! | ||
| 8 | virtual | Outlining your technical and pitch videos  User adoption plan (junior division) 💼 Coding APIs  |
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| March Break - no workshop | |||
| 9 | virtual | Record pitch & technical videos  | |
| in person | Office hours and team time with mentors | ||
| 10 and 11 | virtual | Edit pitch & technical videos  Learning journey |
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| 12 | virtual | Submitting to the competition Preparing a live pitch presentation  |
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| in person | Office hours and team time with mentors | ||
| Submission deadline (8 pm EDT) | |||
| in person | Live pitch event |