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Summer enrichment at UBC

Clearwater's Zoe Ovenden is among 658 youth offered a place
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Zoe Ovenden is going to a summer enrichment program at UBC in July.

Clearwater's Zoe Ovenden is among 658 youth offered a place to spend this July immersed in the Shad Valley Program (Shad) at one of 12 host universities in Canada.

"I'm so honoured to be accepted to SHAD," she said. "I'm beyond excited to discover a new world of learning and opportunities, I know SHAD will help me throughout my entire life."

The local youth said that last summer she went to India and learned more than she thought she could and this summer she plans to do the same.

"I want to spend my quickly disappearing youth absorbing as much information as I can, there is so much out there to discover," Ovenden said.

Now in its 35th year, Shad is a summer enrichment program. There are currently over 14,000 Shad alumni, including 27 Rhodes scholars. Ovenden will be going to University of British Columbia.

“Centred on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), SHAD empowers exceptional youth to make the world a better place,” said Barry Bisson, SHAD President. “SHAD is where Canada’s top youth achievers are exposed to great ideas, inspired to look at things differently, challenged to reach for the highest levels of excellence and encouraged to embrace their Uncommon Purpose – the pursuit of their own potential to change the world.”