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FIRST Charity Golf Tournament a Success!
By Jaeleen Koscielski On Thursday, July 7, 2016, FIRST Canada hosted the inaugural charity golf tournament at Angus Glen Golf Club in Markham, Ontario. The event was a great success; there were teams of four golfers from sponsors like Microsoft, SYNNEX, HP Lenovo, Magna, Lexmark, Xerox and so many more. The day began with all of the excited participants checking in.
FLL Jr. Registration and Challenge Release
The 2016–2017 FIRST LEGO League Jr. Creature Craze season is coming! Get ready for the challenge release and team registration starting on August 1 at 12PM EDT. For more information on FIRST LEGO League Jr. and how to register a team, visit our page on starting a team.
FRC in Ontario moving to District Model for 2017
The FIRST Robotics Canada Board of Directors would like to formally announce that the program in Ontario will be moving to the District Model for the 2017 competition season. This decision culminates almost three years of preparatory work. We consulted with the FIRST Robotics Competition community in Ontario as part of this process, and the feedback we have received from
Off-Season Events 2016
FIRST Robotics Canada is excited to announce our 2016 Off-Season events! Event Location Date Fall Fiesta – Junior & Varsity Toronto October 21 and 22, 2016 The Southwest International Windsor October 29, 2016 The STEMley Cup Championship Hamilton November 12, 2016 Volunteer Interested in volunteering for any of our three upcoming off-season events? A centralized sign-up form for volunteering at
FIRST at Science Rendezvous
FIRST Robotics teams are coming to Science Rendezvous at the University of Toronto! Teams will also be showcasing their robots at Dundas Square at Ryerson University, as well as in Kingston and Windsor. Join the University of Toronto, St. George Campus for a fun-filled day of scientific discovery on May 7th 2016 at Science Rendezvous – a free Canada-wide science street festival. Science
Science Odyssey Events
FIRST Robotics Canada is participating in Science Odyssey – 10 days of discovery and innovation. Science Odyssey brings together a series of fun activities across the country from Friday, May 6 to Sunday, May 15, 2016. Events go from science-to-the –streets celebrations, to visits to labs, science fairs, talks and conferences, school field trips, encounters with researchers and scientists, museums and
Students Compete for Robotic Domination in North Bay
Both 1305 and 5807 qualified for the Worlds in St Louis. 5807 via wild card and 1305 by winning the engineering inspiration award. It was a battle of the ‘bots’ at Nipissing University on Friday and Saturday as teams of high school students from Ontario, Quebec and New York competed in the 2016 North Bay Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. After the two days of
Rick Mercer visits FRC Greater Toronto East Regional
What happened when Rick Mercer visited a FIRST Robotics Competition? You’ll have to check it out on CBC’s The Rick Mercer Report on Tuesday, March 22nd at 8 pm EST! Hint: Confusion, mayhem and an epic battle! Photos courtesy of Eddy Gunawan
They came, they built, they conquered: LEGO robots roll onto campus
Nearly 400 students from across Ontario put their LEGO robot programming skills to the ultimate test at this year’s FIRST LEGO League’s (FLL) Ontario East Provincial Championships. In preparation for the January 16 event held on campus, students between the ages of nine and 14 applied math and science concepts to research, design, build and program autonomous robots using LEGO
Youth robotics team aim to put mattress recycling issue to bed
A group of seven local girls under the age of 12 have helped convince City Council to spring into action when it comes to mattress recycling. The FIRST Lego robotics team from Sunset Park Public School, called The Frozen Royals, staged a presentation in Council Chambers on Monday night, where they pitched the politicians on the idea of lobbying the provincial