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Another student housing plan in the Netherlands! Amazing! @ Netherlands https://t.co/huyUwv9VvR

[Melinda French Gates @melindagates]

“Through her role in Black Panther, @letitiawright has sent a clear message to young women: Being a nerd is cool.” #WomeninSTEM #RepresentationMatters https://t.co/4wmciO1Tw0

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It’s estimated that each year around 500,000 shipping containers are abandoned . In addition there are several million shipping containers which have already been abandoned. That’s a lot of construction material wasted when there are so many sustainable uses possible!

[MaRS @MaRSDD]

Good morning to the city that topped Seattle, D.C., and San Francisco in tech jobs.

[Canadian Science @CDNScience]

#WomenInSTEM: Check out our showcase of Canadian #STEM Femmes! They tell their stories through videos, podcasts and blogs: https://t.co/DKo8HYADcn #JobsInScience

[Curbed @Curbed]

This modular prefab home is powered by the sun. https://t.co/8CDmmRjlHh

[Giant Ideas @giantideasorg]

Reinventing student housing: Urban Rigger and Bjarke Ingels created a student housing unit out of shipping containers in Copenhagen - one of the most expensive places to live in the world - for an affordably low cost! Way to go! 🎉🙌 (also, did we mention how COOL it looks?)

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"Too often we give children answers to remember rather than problems to solve" -Roger Lewin

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For anyone who asks, "but who would want to live in shipping containers??" Just show them this... and say "you're welcome." 🙌🙌

[Giant Ideas @giantideasorg]

Two words: In. Love.

[Werner Vogels @Werner]

Thank you @mattel for sending me @barbie robotics engineers to give away to young girls to get them interested in coding. https://t.co/P7B1pyDPx8 #wepowertech #youcanbeanything #stem

[Kode With Klossy @kodewithklossy]

"Asking questions is what brains were born to do" - Alison Gopnik 🙋‍♀️ (photo credit: Chelsea for @flytographer)

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AND the contest has wrapped! Congratulations to the winner (who was dm'd and notified and thank you all for entering) 🎉🎉

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Last day to enter the contest to win TimberlandPRO boots! If you have 10.5 size feet and love free things, check out our tweet about the contest for all the details! Deadline is tonight at midnight EST!

[Smartivity @smartivitylabs]

Never stop ASKing!

#MondayMotivation #Smartivity #MondayMorning #quoteoftheday #Quote

[Giant Ideas @giantideasorg]

Giant Ideas is an initiative that helps educate our future scholars and explore numerous areas of future sustainability through the concept of IDEAS: Innovation, Design, Engineering, Architecture and Science.

Giant Ideas works with students on several levels of programming:

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One of the many successes coming from our workshop with the Marc Garneau students. Asked to build container models for indigenous communities comes "The Algonquin Communal Dental Centre." Keep up the great work!

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"Meet Toronto's Young Geniuses" Can you say #youthempowerment again for those in the back? 🙌🙌 Shoutout to @CityNews for the spotlights!

[University of Toronto @UofT]

Mirza Nahiyan was named one of @TDSB's top high school students with a 99% overall average & this fall she'll be attending #UofT to study Computer Engineering. 🙌 via @CityNews

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Projects in Process: Meet Future Living Lab, a student run innovation lab that focuses on bridging together affordable housing and sustainable design. Currently, Giant Ideas is aiding… https://t.co/YgsMHz9t5N

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Want to get involved? Email [email protected] your inquiries and ideas! We'd love to hear from you! #giantideas