Schedule - 2026
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 Toronto Metropolitan University 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 Saturdays. 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 Technovation Girls curriculum (external link) . Note that there are changes to the program for the 2026 season. The new rubrics (external link) 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
Coding
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Entrepreneurship 💼
Pitch
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 dates below are set, but 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 |
Format | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2025 | in person | Program Launch (10 am - 1 pm) - welcome, ideation headstart and team-building |
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| 1 | Nov 27, 2025 | virtual | Introduction Identifying problems Solving problems with technology Generative AI tools Team formation |
| 1 | Dec 4, 2025 | virtual | Exploring mobile and web app builders Algorithms Team formation |
| 2 | Dec 11, 2025 | virtual | Researching problems Partnering with organizations Selecting a problem AI overview and finding patterns Team formation |
| 2 | Jan 8, 2026 | virtual | Identifying solutions (from unit 3) Coding events and blocks Web apps |
| 3 | Jan 15, 2026 | virtual | Responsible research and innovation Market research 💼 Coding conditionals |
| Jan 17, 2026 | in person | Team time with mentors | |
| 4 | Jan 22, 2026 | virtual | Minimum viable product Engage and act Coding components |
| 4 | Jan 29, 2026 | virtual | Lean canvas overview (senior division) 💼 Debugging your code AI datasets |
| Jan 31, 2026 | in person |
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| Feb 5, 2026 | Catch-up break - no workshop | ||
| 5 | Feb 12, 2026 | virtual | Paper prototypes Planning your project Coding variables and lists |
| 5 | Feb 19, 2026 | virtual | Train your AI model Web apps using AI models Adding generative AI to your app |
| Feb 21, 2026 | in person | Office hours and team time with mentors | |
| 6 | Feb 26, 2026 | virtual | Outreach to users (junior division) 💼 Ethics: an ongoing process App examples |
| 7 | Mar 5, 2026 | virtual | Business model and financial planning (senior division) 💼 AI software options Coding: storing data |
| Mar 7, 2026 | in person | Office hours and team time with mentors | |
| 8 | Mar 12, 2026 | virtual | Coding APIs Outlining your technical and pitch videos |
| Mar 19, 2026 | March Break - no workshop | ||
| 9 | Mar 26, 2026 | virtual | Record pitch & technical videos |
| Mar 28, 2026 | in person | Office hours and team time with mentors | |
| 10 and 11 | Apr 2, 2026 | virtual | Edit pitch & technical videos Learning journey |
| 12 | Apr 9, 2026 | virtual | Submitting to the competition Preparing a live pitch presentation |
| Apr 11, 2026 | in person | Office hours and team time with mentors | |
| Apr 20, 2026 | Submission deadline (8 pm EDT) | ||
| Live pitch celebration event (not official judging) |