The Operation Minerva organization was established and founded in 1988 by a group of Calgary teachers, female science mentors, and interested individuals who recognized a need to develop an awareness of the small number of female students choosing science, mathematics and technical courses and careers. This group created a model to aid in bringing young women and female science mentors together. Each year Operation Minerva projects across the province provide young women the opportunity to Job-Shadow a Female Mentor in a math, science or technological related career. To date each Project has been very successful in giving these young students an opening for success in their futures.