Conference gives girls the FACTs

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Over 350 girls in Grades 7 to 10 will gather at Greenall high school in Balgonie next month to learn about career opportunities in math, science and technology-related fields.

The girls will be taking part in the FACT conference - Females Accessing Careers in Technology - organized by Qu'Appelle Valley Shared Services.

Gloria Antifaiff is technology coordinator for Qu'Appelle Valley Shared Services.

"What we're trying to do is encourage young women to pursue educational opportunities and careers in math, science and technology," Antifaiff said. "And what we're hoping to do is to introduce students to positive role models in these fields."

Among the session topics planned as part of the conference are radio broadcasting, engineering, video production, medicine, digital music composing, computer programming, DNA profiling, conservation biology, robotics, and careers in the trades.

Antifaiff said girls were invited to attend the conference from the three school divisions served by Qu'Appelle Valley Shared Services - the Buffalo Plains, Cupar and Indian Head school divisions - as well as from the band schools in the area, and from surrounding school divisions.