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Beakerhead Creative Society is a registered Canadian charity mandated to advance education at the crossroads of art, science and engineering. The charity produces the five-day, citywide event called Beakerhead every September.
Beakerhead is hands-on and citywide. Everyone is warmly encouraged to take part in these five awe-inspiring days in September. Find yourself immersed in engineered art, international ingenuity competitions, public performances, community challenges, backyard-built contraptions, and creations of your own making. You will learn something new, that is Beakerhead’s guarantee.
See you at the next Beakerhead — September 16 to 20, 2015!
History
Established in 2011.
Problem: For decades, we have been directing people into either technical or creative streams and yet, it is precisely at their intersection where ingenuity lives.
Solution: Beakerhead.
A vision of Mary Anne Moser and Jay Ingram to throw open the doors to science and engineering through a welcoming world of art and entertainment. The core educational purpose would lead to outcomes that are important to individuals and society: inspiring tomorrow’s workforce, engaging everyone, stimulating ingenuity, and building an authentic contemporary culture in Calgary!
Meet the Business Owner
Jay I.
Business Owner
You might recognize Jay Ingram; he’s been on TV, a lot. Jay is a science broadcaster and writer; he was the co-host of the Discovery Channel’s science show, Daily Planet, for 16 years. Jay was the host of CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks for 13 years and raked in plenty of awards during this time, like the ACTRA Award for Best Host.
A writer to the core, Jay wrote for the popular children’s magazine Owl and for a more adult audience as a science columnist at the Toronto Star consecutively for over a decade. Jay has written twelve books (he’s working on his next one now). Three of his books earned him Canadian Science Writers’ Awards and almost all of them reached the bestseller’s list.
Since 2005, Jay has been the Chair of the Banff Science Communications Program, where he works with a mix of international scientists, communicators and artists to advance the discipline.
Now living in Calgary, Jay has been channeling his energy into Beakerhead which he co-founded with Mary Anne Moser.
