Lego League Tournament

DECEMBER 30TH, 2017

Brain Power participated in the York Region FIRST Robotics Canada LEGO League Tournament at Markham District High School (MDHS) on December 9th! Student teams competed for an opportunity to go to the Provincial tournament in January, and Team Komet scored the highest points at Robotics and won first place. Guided by adult Coaches, FIRST LEGO League teams research a real-world problem such as food safety, recycling, energy, etc. and are challenged to develop a solution. They also must design, build and program a robot using...

City Life

DECEMBER 12TH, 2017

City Life Magazine did a piece on the launch of Vaughan Small Business Week, at which our very own Founder and Director, Dr. Karine Rashkovsky (pictured left with the Hon. Maurizio Bevilacqua, Mayor of Vaughan) was one of four honoured entrepreneurial panelists. Small Business Week is a national celebration of Canadian entrepreneurs and their contribution to Canada’s economy. The 2017 Vaughan event included The Hon. Maurizio Bevilacqua, Mayor of Vaughan, and Brian Shifman, President and CEO Vaughan CC. All proceeds from the event went...

The Secret Garden

DECEMBER 3RD, 2017

Orphaned Mary Lennox is a spoiled, selfish, and unpleasant child whose parents died of a cholera epidemic in India. Transported to a distant family estate in Britain, Mary  dislikes it and the people at first – until she discovers they key to a  long-abandoned secret garden hidden on the property. Along with the maid’s younger brother, Dickon, Mary begins to cultivate the garden. This leads her to find her reclusive cousin Colin, a boy  confined to a wheelchair, whose father –always...