STEM STARTS HERE: CELEBRATING WATERLOO INNOVATORS 🔬🤖✨

Get ready to experiment, build, code and discover!In celebration of Women’s History Month, City Of Waterloo Museum invites families to STEM Starts Here: Celebrating Waterloo Innovators — a free, hands-on day celebrating the incredible women helping shape the world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.Presented alongside the Iron Willed: Women in STEM exhibition, this special community event brings some of Waterloo Region’s leading educational and research organizations together under one roof for a day of discovery.📅 Saturday, October 17, 2026⏰ 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM📍 Winners Court🎟️ FREE | DROP-IN EVENTDrop by throughout the day and explore interactive STEM experiences designed to make learning fun and approachable for curious minds of all ages.🤖 Robotics & TechnologySee technology in action through exciting demonstrations and hands-on experiences.💻 Coding ChallengesPut your problem-solving skills to the test with interactive coding activities.⚙️ Engineering ChallengesBuild, create and see if your design can tackle the challenge.🧪 Science ExperimentsExplore science through quick, engaging demonstrations and guided experiments.➗ Math Games & PuzzlesChallenge your brain and discover just how much fun mathematics can be.⚛️ Quantum DiscoveryExplore fascinating concepts in quantum science and computing.🌱 Biodiversity & DiscoveryLearn more about the natural world through interactive activities and exploration.MEET WATERLOO REGION'S STEM COMMUNITYConnect, learn and explore with participating organizations including:Perimeter Institute • Engineering Outreach Quest • Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC) • Women in Math • Wilfrid Laurier University – Faculty of Education • Institute for Quantum Computing • Anne Innis Dagg Foundation • University of Waterloo RobHub • INTEGRALWhether your little innovator loves robots, experiments, numbers, building things — or simply asking “why?” — there will be something new to discover.STEM STARTS HERE.Come curious. Try something new. Meet local innovators. And maybe discover the inspiration for a future career along the way.