Did you know that your immune system is constantly checking what belongs in your body, and what does not?

Did you know that CAGIS Teen Ambassadors support CAGIS Virtual programming? Teens in the CAGIS Virtual Support stream create fun word searches and quizzes for other CAGIS members, inspired by the topic of that week’s session.

Did you know that Canada’s Bay of Fundy has the highest tidal range in the world? The average tidal range - the difference in water height between high and low tide - averages 16 metres. The average tidal range worldwide is only one metre!

CAGIS Teen Ambassador Neetya Pujara is the recipient of the Raymond J. Twinney Memorial Youth Award! 🏆 This award recognizes youth who demonstrate strong leadership, civic responsibility, and a commitment to making a positive difference in the community.

What a fantastic year! ✨ Here are our favourite highlights from 2025: 1. CAGIS became a registered charity! Donations help us break barriers for girls and gender-diverse youth in STEM. Eligible donations receive a charitable tax receipt. Learn more at GirlsInScience.ca/Support

Are you eagerly waiting to make your first snowball of the season? Whip up your own batch of indoor “snow” using just two ingredients. It even feels cold! ❄️ Learn how at clubhouse.girlsinscience.ca/DIY-Snow/

As we wrap up 2025, our members are reflecting on the past year and what those experiences have meant to them. Thank you to our sponsors for their generous support and commitment to breaking barriers for girls and gender-diverse youth in STEM. ✨

Looking for a last-minute STEM-themed gift this holiday season? Check out the options CAGIS has to offer, from $16 to $260, for CAGIS Virtual events to full membership packages! Give the gift of experience this year! ✨ Learn more at Clubhouse.GirlsInScience.ca/A-Gift-Of-Experience/

Fourteen-year-old Cedar Christensen is a member of CAGIS Virtual and recently attended an Indigenous-led CAGIS event where they discovered how to engineer a birchbark canoe! 🛶 Read more about their experience here: Clubhouse.GirlsInScience.ca/Indigenous-Engineering-CAGIS-Virtual/

Did you know that CAGIS Teen Ambassadors learn STEM communication skills through CAGIS? Teens in the STEM Communication Stream of the program learn basic #SciComm skills, use social media to share their experiences, and receive feedback on STEM posts they create in teams!

Imagine putting on a virtual reality helmet, picking up a welding torch, and joining two pieces of metal together ...virtually and without any sparks! 🛠️

Why do more boys enter STEM programs than girls and gender-diverse youth? Women make up less than 25% of STEM workers and less than 8% of trades workers in Canada. Why does this gender gap exist? Read here: Clubhouse.GirlsInScience.ca/Gender-Gap-STEM-Programs/

Do you want to support girls and gender-diverse youth in STEM AND get an awesome T-shirt? We are offering a special opportunity to “Give a Gift, Get a Gift” to celebrate our new charitable status! (cont.)

CW: Gender-Based Violence Today is National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women and the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre at l’École Polytechnique in 1989.

Did you know that the CAGIS Teen Ambassadors plan and host two CAGIS Virtual events during the year? Their event this Saturday will take participants on a STEM journey around the world! Swipe to see a sneak peak of the event and meet the amazing teens behind the event!

This #GivingTuesday, give an opportunity that could change a life. 🩵 Over 97% of youth leave CAGIS events feeling like they could be good at STEM, and 94% of graduates are studying or working in a STEM field now. Most say that they would not be where they are today without their CAGIS experiences.

We’ve got news! CAGIS is now a registered charity! CAGIS is Canada’s largest and longest-running STEM* club for girls & gender-diverse youth. Our evidence-based approach breaks barriers and creates spaces where being a girl or gender-diverse youth in STEM is the norm, rather than the exception.

CAGIS Newsletter is waddling into your inbox soon… with a special announcement 👀 Are you subscribed? Visit GirlsInScience.ca 🐧

Scientists think they discovered the largest spiderweb ever! 🕷️🕸️ The massive spider web was created by colonies of two different spider species: Tegenaria domestica (common house spider) and Prinerigone vagans.

November 20th is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. Today, we remember and honour those who lost their lives to transphobic violence and discrimination. #TransDayOfRemembrance #TDOR #TransLivesMatter #RememberTransLives

CAGIS Virtual caught a wave this weekend! 🌊 Members built and experimented with their own functional (and sweet) transverse wave, then explored properties like amplitude and frequency with Dr. Nirosha Murugan, Canada Research Chair in Tissue Biophysics.

Today is the International Day of 2SLGBTQIA+ People in STEM! 🌈🧪🪐🛠️🔬 CAGIS celebrates our 2SLGBTQIA+ volunteers, members, partners, and community members. STEM is best when it is diverse! #2SLGBTQIA+STEMDay #LGBTQSTEMDay #STEM

Did you get snow this week? Did you know that the average snowflake falls at 2.4 km per hour? A typical snowflake takes one hour to fall from the clouds to the Earth. 🌨️❄️

There was a large geomagnetic storm last night, and the high geomagnetic activity may continue tonight! If you have clear skies, look up! Check out Dr. Parshati Patel’s article to learn how to spot auroras! Read here: Clubhouse.GirlsInScience.ca/What-Are-Auroras-And-How-Can-You-Spot-Them-2/

Meet Dr. Sabrina Staples, vascular biologist! 🔬🥼 Dr. Sabrina has always dreamed of being a scientist - swipe to see one of her primary school assignments! When she was young, her dad got her a microscope, igniting her love for microscopy.

Happy National STEM Day! 🪐🧬🧠🧪🛠️💻 Help us build the future of STEM! 1) Donate. Your contribution directly impacts our programming, providing opportunities to girls and gender-diverse youth in STEM. 2) Join our team of volunteers! 3) Are you a STEM Expert? Add your name to our list of event hosts.

Scientists have developed ‘baby food’ for coral larvae that could dramatically increase coral reef restoration! 🪸 After feeding coral larvae a special mixture of lipid supplements, researchers found that the larvae were more resilient and had a higher chance of settling and surviving to maturity.

CAGIS Virtual offers exciting online STEM sessions for kids ages 7-17! Do fun, hands-on activities with real STEM Experts! 🧪🌱👩‍🔬🚀 Swipe for a sneak peak at the next three sessions, and register at Clubhouse.GirlsInScience.ca/CAGIS-Virtual!

Happy Halloween from CAGIS! 🧟‍♂️🧠🤣 #Halloween #Neuroscience #STEMJoke

Please join us in remembering Dr. Elizabeth (Betsy) McGregor (1947–2025), who passed away earlier this year. Dr. McGregor was a champion for gender equity and a valued member of the CAGIS community. (thread)

Did you know that algae live below the Arctic sea ice?🧊 Scientists previously thought that living conditions under the sea ice were too harsh for most bacteria & algae to grow. But, a recent discovery showed that algae are surviving & even thriving beneath Arctic sea ice & at the melting boundary!

Do you know what a pendulum is? Did you know that you can use it to create art? CAGIS Virtual had a swingin’ time exploring the physics of pendulums! We built a scaffold, hung a pendulum, and created awesome engineering art with the help of Sophia and Francesca from McMaster Women in Engineering!

What if you could build a wall with your own two hands? CAGIS Mississauga/Oakville visited the Ontario Masonry Centre and learned how! 🛠️

Meet Dr. Shohini Ghose, physicist, professor, author, and NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering! Dr. Ghose’s childhood love of exploration made her dream of following Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian astronaut to go to space. (🧵)

Happy Ada Lovelace Day! Ada Lovelace is considered the first computer programmer and wrote the first computer program, an algorithm for Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine to compute Bernoulli numbers.

October 11 is International Day of the Girl Child, a day to recognize girls’ rights and the systemic barriers they continue to face around the world. CAGIS breaks barriers for girls and gender-diverse youth and provides access to opportunities in STEM.

Have you ever wondered what happens to surgical tools after they’ve replaced a hip, repaired a heart, or saved a life? CAGIS Kitchener-Waterloo went behind the scenes in a fascinating part of the hospital that most people never get to see: the Medical Device Reprocessing Department (MDRD)!

We are excited to share this NEW #HeritageMinute by @historicacanada.bsky.social celebrating Dr. Anne Innis Dagg, a pioneering researcher who studied giraffes in the wild! (thread)

Today, CAGIS mourns the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall. Dr. Goodall was renowned for her pioneering work with chimpanzees and her conservation advocacy.

September 30 is Orange Shirt Day and National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. This year also marks 10 years since the Truth and Reconciliation Report and 94 Calls to Action were released. (1/7)

Did you know that clouds can weigh up to 500,000 kg (1.1 million pounds)?! That’s equal to 100 elephants! ☁️ 🐘

Today is Black-footed Ferret Day! Black-footed ferrets were once considered extinct in the wild. Thanks to conservation efforts, they have made an amazing recovery! 🥳

Diya Kalia has spent the past 11 years (from age 8!) as an avid CAGIS member. She was also just awarded Canada’s most coveted undergraduate STEM scholarship, the Schulich Leader Scholarship ($120,000 value). Diya shares her Top Ten Takeaways from over a decade of CAGIS adventures. (🔗⬇️)

CAGIS Virtual is back on September 20th! Join us for live hands-on STEM sessions, online with REAL experts! 🥳🧬🪐🌋🔬 Use code EARLYBIRD2025 before September 20th to get $15 off your membership!

A new season of awesome STEM adventures is here! CAGIS Chapters go on monthly STEM adventures featuring inspiring STEM role models and fun, hands-on activities! Join CAGIS today and be a part of the future in STEM! 🌱🧬🔧🧪🧠 Not a member? Visit GirlsInScience.ca/Become-A-Member

Did you know that octopi have nine brains? 🐙🧠 Octopi have a brain in each tentacle, in addition to one in their head–that’s nine total brains! The brains in each arm allow them to act quickly and independently, so their tentacles can touch, taste, and move on their own.

CAGIS made a submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance as part of the federal pre-budget consultation process. This process gives Canadians the opportunity to shape our priorities and future.

CAGIS Virtual is back in 10 days! Bring STEM into your home with fun, online, live sessions led by real experts! Each session includes an introduction to a STEM topic, a hands-on activity, and time for questions. 🪐🔧🧬🌋🌱🔬🧪

We’re so excited: CAGIS Chapters are back soon! 🥳 Go on monthly adventures to explore STEM with fun, hands-on activities led by real experts.