Girls and women boarded a hovercraft and a Zodiac in Richmond, B.C., on Saturday as part of event to entice more women to join the Canadian Coast Guard.

The event was part of an effort by the Achieve Anything Foundation, which encourages women to go into a career in the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

“There’s just so few women in all these fields,” said Kirsten Brazier, the organization’s president.

According to Statistics Canada, less than 10 per cent of