A month at Waterloo without a smartphone, a week of quantum mechanics with the IQC,
a summer instructing children at UBC, and a research internship in Heidelberg.
SHAD ’25 — University of Waterloo
Participant · UnpluggedSHAD Canada54 students · one month at Waterloo
A national STEM summer programme where 54 students spend a month at the
University of Waterloo on research projects, enrichment activities and
STEM workshops.
Unplugged meant volunteering to spend the month without
a smartphone, relying on a flip phone instead.
Selected to organise the final evening of the month-long programme
— a concert showcasing the talents developed across the month.
The event hosted 100+ individuals with around
20 performances across 2.5–3 hours.
SHAD Waterloo 2025 — group excursion, Variety Night choir, and a group workshop discussion
With the SHAD cohort
Shad 2025 certificate of achievement — Shad Alumni Network
Selected participantQuantum School for Young StudentsUniversity of Waterloo · one week, online
A week-long online summer programme hosted by the Institute for Quantum
Computing, where selected high schoolers take part in lectures and
discussions covering linear algebra and topics within
quantum mechanics.
Junior InstructorUBC Geering Up30+ hours · K through Grade 7
Assisted instructors during class time and led one lesson per week
across kindergarten, 1/2, 3/4, 5/6 and 6/7 classes — alongside
lunch supervision, recess activities, one-to-one support and emergency
response.
1 of 9 selectedInternational Summer InternshipMax Planck–affiliated · ~1 month
Selected as one of nine international students, representing Canada,
for a research internship run in partnership with the Max Planck
Institute for Astronomy and Heidelberg University.
The Haus der Astronomie 2026 international intern cohort