Lauren Voisine
Lauren Voisin was 15, she passed away April 9th. She was one of our original members. Her intelligence, kindness, and smiles were infectious. Even though she has passed she will always be a member of our STEAM Squad.
During this time the family has asked that we remember her, in lieu of sending the family condolences and individual messages, the family has asked that everyone focus on inspiring stories and happy memories from their interactions with Lauren.
A foundation has been set up by her family, her friends, and her mentors. To continue the work she has done, in helping 8-15 yr olds with their dreams in science. Please go to this page to share memories and inspiration.
Lauren Foundation
A GoFundMe has also been set up to help the foundation in Lauren’s memory. Our love for her will be forever. She was so talented, smart and driven.
Lauren Foundation GoFundMe
We also want Ashley, her older sister, a STEAM Squad member, to know we are here for her. Where we lost a STEAM Sister, Ashley lost her real sister. We ask for understanding and respect during this. Ashley, just know we will forever be your STEAM Sisters.
Lauren Voisin started Robots Are Fun when she was 8. She regularly exhibits her projects at the Calgary Mini Maker Faire and MakeFashion. Lauren has been a speaker at many events including the Shenzhen Maker, Faire San Francisco Maker Faire, Chic Geek, Walrus Talks, The U.N. Compact Global Summit for Gender Equality, TEDx Calgary and in several schools around the world. She participated in a Google Edu Start Up weekend in the fall of 2013 and won the crowd favorite award. Lauren has been featured in Owl Magazine and was on the youth advisory Board at the Werklund Youth Leadership Advisory Center at the University of Calgary from 2014-2017. Also, Lauren was a member of the Education Ministers Youth Council 2017-2018. Lauren’s passion remains to encourage other kids to try robotics and coding to see what they can create.
Awards and Recognition
2013 Founded Robots Are Fun and began the main initiative to teach people the basics of technology using real components
2014 Google Edu Startup winner
2014 - 2017 Telus Spark - Volunteer
2015 Speaker - Maker Faire, San Mateo, CA
2016 U of C – Learning from Calgary’s Youth Leaders
2016 Introduced Gloria Steinem at International Women’s Day
2016 Chic Geek, Geeky Summit Panelist
2016 - 2017 Beakerhead - Volunteer
2016 - 2017 Tutor 2017 Mars 112 (Collaborator), Market Grade Entrepreneur in Residence, Featured in Owl Magazine
2017 MakerPro, Speaker, presenter MakeFashion Team - Maker Faire, Shenzhen, China
2017 5 Year Celebration, Panelist - Maker Faire, Calgary, Canada
2017 Walrus Talks
2017 U.N. Speaker and Panelist
2017 TEDx Calgary Speaker
2017 Mentor events for Cybermentor
2018 Knit – a bot, Electrocolour, Stitchkit testing, marketing and workshops, corporate team building presenter for AppDirect, Le Moque Tortue escape room technical consultant
2018 Walrus Live 15th Anniversary Presenter, Beakerhead Meet n’ Tech
2018 Canada Learning Code instructor
2018 Youth Coordinator, Telus Spark
2018 52 City of Calgary Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron