By Susan Hickman

Whether it was an application to match high school students with tutor volunteers, or a service to help university students find free rides to the grocery store, innovative ideas were buzzing in the hallways of St. Patrick’s Building on April 30.

About 100 girls practised their pitches in huddled groups, awaiting their chance to have their original app prototypes judged on the final competition day of the Technovation Challenge and they were rewarded with a visit from federal cabinet minister Catherine McKenna.

By Susan Hickman

Niki Galagedara, a Grade 12 student at Longfields-Davidson Heights Secondary School, believes women will play a huge role in technological advances in the future.