Programs
Shad Live-in Program
A 27-day Canadian university-residence program for grade 10 and 11 students combining STEAM workshops, labs, field trips, mentorship, and a team design-entrepreneurship project.
Official project websiteIndependently operated program
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- Program ownership
- Independent external program
- Operator
- SHAD CanadaOperator / official-source statement
- Age
- Information not yet verified
- Format
- Academic Summer Program · STEM Camp · Leadership Program · Residential CampSUMMERCAMP editorial mapping
- Place
- Participating Canadian university campuses
- Environment
- Built environmentSUMMERCAMP editorial mapping
- Activities
- Science Exploration · Technology · Design · Entrepreneurship · Team taskSUMMERCAMP editorial mapping
- Family model
- Youth cohortSUMMERCAMP editorial mapping
- Duration
- 27 days
- Program status
- SeasonalThe current/seasonal status is based on the operator's official public material as of the review date.
- Learning intentions (not outcomes)
- Creativity · Problem Solving · Teamwork · LeadershipOperator / official-source statement
Challenge profile
- Challenges
- Information not yet verified
- Physical demand
- 2 / 5The official program includes recreation and field trips but publishes no fitness prerequisite or sustained physical route for the umbrella program.
- Autonomy
- 3 / 5Students make supported decisions within a team design project and a 24/7 mentored university-residence program.
- Technical demand
- 2 / 5Labs and design workshops introduce and apply STEAM methods without requiring a prior technical certification; selection is based on potential and curiosity.
- Risk information
- Information not yet verifiedRisk and difficulty are separate; unknown never means low risk.
- Risk-management information transparency
- The 2026 handbook publishes residence, conduct, attendance, safety, and accommodation processes, but no complete public emergency plan was found. This describes information availability only.SUMMERCAMP editorial classification based only on information availability in reviewed official sources; not a safety rating, endorsement, or field risk assessment.
Duration, season and participation
- Duration
- 27 days
- Season
- Summer
- Language support
- Information not yet verified
- Accommodation
- Lodge or hotel
- Transport
- Information not yet verified
- Accessibility
- Information not yet verified
- Readiness
- Information not yet verified
How does this program fit my profile?
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How we know
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- 01Program identity
- Shad Live-in ProgramInformation not yet verified
Field details
Core profile facts are bounded to the operator's official public sources; this is not independent field verification.
- 02Operator
- SHAD CanadaOperator stated
Field details
The operator is identified by its own public material and has not been independently audited by SUMMERCAMP.
- 03Age range
- Information not yet verifiedInformation not yet verified
Field details
The field is transcribed or summarized from the registered official program source.
- 04Current Program status
- SeasonalInformation not yet verified
Field details
The current/seasonal status is based on the operator's official public material as of the review date. Availability can change; follow the official website and contact the operator before making plans.
- 05Activities
- Science Exploration · Technology · Design · Entrepreneurship · Team taskSUMMERCAMP classification
Field details
SUMMERCAMP editorial mapping
- 06Physical demand
- 2 / 5SUMMERCAMP classification
Field details
The official program includes recreation and field trips but publishes no fitness prerequisite or sustained physical route for the umbrella program.
What can be understood before deciding
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Partial and not-applicable domains are not counted in this statement.
Disclosure-detail level 2 of 4; this describes information detail, not safety.
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- 01Available
Program Identity
Applicable required program identity information is available; recommended details may still be missing.
- 02Partial
Participant Fit
Some participant fit information is available, with required gaps remaining.
- 03Partial
Program Format
Some program format information is available, with required gaps remaining.
- 04Available
Place & Environment
Applicable required place & environment information is available; recommended details may still be missing.
- 05Available
Activities & Challenge
Applicable required activities & challenge information is available; recommended details may still be missing.
- 06Not Yet Available
Preparation & Prerequisites
Preparation & Prerequisites information is not yet available in usable canonical fields.
- 07Partial
Supervision & Roles
Some supervision & roles information is available, with required gaps remaining.
- 08Partial
Risk Information
Some risk information information is available, with required gaps remaining.
- 09Partial
Accessibility & Practical Support
Some accessibility & practical support information is available, with required gaps remaining.
- 10Available
Evidence & Information Freshness
Applicable required evidence & information freshness information is available; recommended details may still be missing.
FIELD REVIEW
Field Review
Field Review records are temporarily unavailable. This does not mean a review was not conducted and is not a judgment of the Program.
A Field Review is not a certification, safety guarantee, or promise of future operations or outcomes.
What it is
A 27-day Canadian university-residence program for grade 10 and 11 students combining STEAM workshops, labs, field trips, mentorship, and a team design-entrepreneurship project.
Who it is for
The official source describes an age range.
Where it operates
The reviewed official material places the program in Participating Canadian university campuses. Exact meeting points, routes and access arrangements are intentionally not inferred.
Activities and format
The structured activity and format fields above are limited to what the official source describes and what SUMMERCAMP can map to the approved ontology.
Operator and independence
SHAD Canada operates this program independently. SUMMERCAMP is not the operator, booking agent, partner, certifier or endorser.
Current-status basis
The status shown here reflects official public material reviewed on 2026-08-26. Availability can change; verify the current session directly with the operator.
Risk-information transparency
The 2026 handbook publishes residence, conduct, attendance, safety, and accommodation processes, but no complete public emergency plan was found. This describes information availability only. This describes public information availability only; it is not a safety rating or a field assessment.
Source boundary
Facts attributed to the operator come from the official sources listed below. Ontology categories are SUMMERCAMP editorial mappings. No participant outcome is asserted.
Questions still worth asking
- Which dates and places apply to the exact session?
- What safeguarding, staff qualification, medical and emergency arrangements apply?
- What is included, and what must participants provide?
- Which delivery languages and accessibility arrangements are available?
Limitations
- Eligibility is expressed by Canadian school grade, not a stable exact age range, and campus assignment changes facilities and activities.
- A bilingual website does not establish the delivery language of each campus. Ontology v0.1 also lacks an approved French-language term.
- University residence is mapped to accommodation-lodge only as an equivalent facility because the ontology has no residence subtype.
Sources & evidence
- [01]Shad ProgramsSHAD Canada · accessed 2026-08-26Official external-program source for program-shad-live-in-program.Freshness: current
- The page says 2027 applications open in September.
- It describes the 2026 live-in program as July 5–31 and a 27-day, 24/7 university-campus experience.
- It describes workshops, team activity, field trips, labs, and design/entrepreneurship learning.
- [02]ParticipateSHAD Canada · accessed 2026-08-26Official external-program source for program-shad-live-in-program.Freshness: current
- The page describes grade 10 or 11 eligibility and selection based on potential without a published grade cut-off.
- It describes university housing and meals, professors, labs, field trips, Indigenous Knowledge learning, a team design project, and one-to-eight mentorship.
- It describes early accommodation contact and alternate application formats under human-rights accommodation.
- [03]2026 Program HandbookSHAD Canada · accessed 2026-08-26Official external-program source for program-shad-live-in-program.Freshness: current
- The handbook describes full participation, live-in conduct, residence expectations, safety procedures, and accommodation processes for the 2026 program.
- The PDF identifies its 2026 program scope and September 10, 2025 update date.
- [04]Support SHADSHAD Canada · accessed 2026-08-26Official external-program source for program-shad-live-in-program.Freshness: current
- The page identifies SHAD Canada as a registered Canadian charity.
- It publishes registration number 11883 0025 RR0001.