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Description: Industry Minister Tony Clement and CODE winner Danil Shevelev, who helped develop an app to help students decide what degree to apply for.

Source: CTV News

Date: March 27, 2015

CODE

After 48 hours spent mining government data, designing an app, and writing computer code, this year’s Canadian Open Data Experience winners came up with a way to help youth choose a career path. Watch Video

Questions for discussion:

1. Do you think hackathons help raise awareness and interest in the STEM subjects ?

2. Do you think an app like Career Path will become popular among students?

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