On May 15th, 120 students from across the country joined CyberLaunch Academy for exciting Arduino workshops at the CyberSmart 2018 Summit. These determined and cyber-smart students are known as the CyberTitans. Teams of high school and middle school students were competing for two days in Fredericton solving various cyber security challenges. This event was part of larger Canada’s Cyber Security Education Initiative aimed to promoting cyber security awareness among students.

Girl Guides from around the Maritimes visited the University of New Brunswick for a weekend packed full of activities hosted by the Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences and CyberLaunch Academy. This event has the initiative of increasing awareness among young girls about engaging in STEM. As partner co-organizers of this event we had the pleasure of hosting a variety of exciting computer science courses for the girls. The Girl Guides of the Maritimes