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5 Tips to get the Most out of your Summer Internship
Some decisions are difficult to make. For students, one of the biggest decisions is which career to pursue. The options seem endless, each with its own education path, daily activities, and lifestyle. How do students choose between two vastly...
Building A Wildfire Sim Robot
"Over 8000 fires occur each year, and burn an average of 2.1 million hectares in Canada alone. Our robot could help in the simulation and detection of forest fires." The project that we have been working on for the last few months is essentially a computer program...
TU20 Of The Month – May 2018 – The TU20 Team!
TU20 Of The Month | #5 | May 2018 Denys Linkov TU20 Lead Laila Tawfik TU20 Exec Pratham Thukral TU20 Exec Dimitry Linkov TU20 Exec Meet The TU20 Team! This month we have a unique TU20 of the month article featuring four members of our executive team. As we wrap...
The Journey of Finding a High School Co-op Job Placement
The Hunt When you enroll in a co-op course in high-school, you think it’ll go like this: Tell the teacher which area you want to work in, get assigned to a company and start working. As such, you’d automatically think it’ll be easy to get a job because it sounds...
First Year in Waterloo Engineering
It’s that time of the year again, when many high school seniors have their sights set on University. It can be a stressful transition period, but it can also be one of the most exciting times in your life. I recently finished my first year at Waterloo for Software...
TU20 Of The Month – April 2018 – From Zero To A Startup
TU20 Of The Month | #4 | April 2018 Riya Karumanchi TU20 Member | Founder & CEO, SmartCane As TU20 continues to grow, we would like to recognize some amazing things happening in our community. Every month, we will be featuring one TU20 who has been working on a...
What is an unpaid job?
It still boggles my mind how often people, especially young people, ask this question. Maybe the word has changed its meaning in the past couple of years, let me check. Ok, looks like it still means the same thing, a paid task of work. So why do young people believe...
TU20 Of The Month March 2018 | Team eventHost – TU20 Cup
TU20 Cup Winners Ben & Phil Ben Prystawski TU20 Cup Winner | 1st Year U of T CS Denys Linkov TU20 Lead | 3rd Year U of T CS Phillip Christoffersen TU20 Cup Winner | 1st Year U of T CS Our second entry of the TU20 of the Month...
TU20 Cup Recap 2018
“My daughter learned at lot. Nothing of this caliber at school.” Students were trickling into the main room and starting to find their spots. Some arrived before I did and were rehearsing; now that’s commitment. March 3rd, 2018 was the day and the room was ready to...
TU20 Of The Month Jan 2018 | More than Meets the Eye – Neural Networks
More than Meets the Eye - Neural Networks TU20 Of The Month | #1 | Jan 2018 Griffin Yaycnuk TU20 Member | 2nd Year U of T CS Denys Linkov TU20 Lead | 3rd Year U of T CS As TU20 continues to grow, we would like to recognize some amazing things happening in our...
TU20 2017 in review
DENYS LINKOV TU20 Lead For us at Silicon Halton TU20, a year marks 5-7% of our lives which is quite remarkable. But, rather than just being a percentage, a year is an opportunity to become wise, kinder and more thoughtful. As 2018 is getting started, we’d like to...