Kids figure out what they love by building it. Inspirely hands them the pieces.
Started on evenings and weekends, around a full-time tech job.
In January 2018, Vinay Tailor had a full-time career in tech and a plan for the evenings and weekends: put that experience to work for the community.
It started small, with Saturday STEAM classes at a recreation centre in Brampton, where kids built hands-on engineering projects and learned app design and AI basics. When COVID-19 closed the doors, the classes moved online, and families from outside the region started joining.
Today Inspirely makes laser-cut wooden kits and career workshops for schools, camps and families across Canada and the US. The very first kit was designed by the company's youth co-founder, in Grade 8.
Most kids choose a path before they've ever tried one.
School teaches the theory, but few kids get to build a working machine or test-drive a career before deciding what to study.
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Build it
Laser-cut wooden kits like the Ferris Wheel, Hydraulic Bridge and Dynamo Power House come with video and PDF instructions.
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Try a career
Discover Your Passion workshops let students in grades 5 to 10 explore 12 career paths, from medical science to AI and aerospace.
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Bring the community in
Schools, camps, non-profits and companies run Inspirely programs and fundraisers, and kits ship across Canada and the US.
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Grades served: kits for grades 1 to 8, career workshops for 5 to 10
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Career paths to explore in the Discover Your Passion workshops
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Wooden kits in the Ultimate Series, from the Ferris Wheel to the Basketball Catapult
From inspirely.education.
Two months alongside the founder.
From October to December 2024, we advised founder Vinay Tailor on the business.
“It was wonderful working with Yianni. He is genuine and easy to work person. I look forward to work him again in future.”
— Vinay Tailor, Inspirely Education
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