This Impact paper looks at science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) outreach programs (free and not run by the formal education system) that target Indigenous children in Kindergarten to Grade 12.
Learning Together: STEM Outreach Programs for Indigenous Students
Learning Together: STEM Outreach Programs for Indigenous Students
DEI Research
Indigenous Communities
Skills and Workforce Development
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In response to a national conversation about reconciliation, governments, the formal education system, and non-profit organizations are addressing educational gaps and improving the representation of Indigenous peoples in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with extra attention and resources. This awareness, combined with an increasing focus on equity issues in STEM, has increased efforts to bring STEM outreach to Indigenous students.
STEM outreach programs require intensive partnerships. These relationships rely on ongoing and respectful communication, trust, and consensus-building. The time, resources, and intercultural capacities required on both sides of this partnership should not be underestimated.
In Learning Together: STEM Outreach Programs for Indigenous Students, we were interested in free STEM programs, not run by the formal education system, that target Indigenous children in Kindergarten to Grade 12. We surveyed these programs across Canada to learn more about how they reach Indigenous youth.
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