Technical Session 2: Engaging Youth in Indigenous STEM

2022mon21nov11:45 AMmon12:45 PMTechnical Session 2: Engaging Youth in Indigenous STEM11:45 AM - 12:45 PM(GMT-07:00) View in my time

Event Details

Actua is Canada’s leading science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) outreach organization. Our network membership consists of 43 universities and colleges across the country. Over the past 30 years, Actua has provided STEM and digital skills programming to over five million young Canadians. Actua is guided by a fundamental commitment to inclusion and diversity, engaging Indigenous youth, girls, new Canadians, and youth facing socio-economic challenges each year.More specifically, Actua also has a National Indigenous Youth in STEM (InSTEM) program that is guided by a goal and vision to engage and involve more Indigenous youth in STEM related studies and careers. Actua’s InSTEM model incorporates current thinking and practices related to the most effective ways to successfully increase the involvement of Indigenous youth and communities.

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Time

(Monday) 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM(GMT-07:00) View in my time

Location

River Cree Room 4

Speakers for this event

  • Noreen Demeria

    Noreen Demeria

    Manager Indigenous youth in STEM program, ACTUA

    Noreen Demeria is Anishinaabe from Tootinaowaziibeng First Nation in Manitoba. She holds a BA in Humanities from the University of Calgary and has also attended law school (twice). She was able to assist with the development, litigation and judicial review of historical claims on behalf of children that had been forced to attend government and church-run Indian Residential Schools. As a result of the work Noreen did with her Elders she developed Bear Spirit Expressive Art and Consulting. Bear Spirit Expressive Arts utilizes art to break through residual effects of intergenerational trauma and systemic barriers by assisting people to find and use creative outlets for self-expression and over the years has worked on a number of social justice and educational undertakings. More recently, Noreen endeavoured anInterdisciplinary Master of Education program, “Indigenous Education: A Call to Action”, a program that was developed in direct response to the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) (2015). Currently, Noreen manages a national youth in STEM - Science Technology Engineering and Math program for the non profit organization- Actua. Noreen truly believes her current role with Actua is in line with the overall goals and objectives of Reconciliation; acknowledging that Indigenous People have always known about and practiced STEM.

    Manager Indigenous youth in STEM program, ACTUA

Schedule

    • Day 1
    • November 1, 2022

    • 11:45am Technical Session 2: Engaging Youth in Indigenous STEM11:45am - 12:45pmActua is Canada’s leading science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) outreach organization. Our network membership consists of 43 universities and colleges across the country. Over the past 30 years, Actua has provided STEM and digital skills programming to over five million young Canadians. Actua is guided by a fundamental commitment to inclusion and diversity, engaging Indigenous youth, girls, new Canadians, and youth facing socio-economic challenges each year.More specifically, Actua also has a National Indigenous Youth in STEM (InSTEM) program that is guided by a goal and vision to engage and involve more Indigenous youth in STEM related studies and careers. Actua’s InSTEM model incorporates current thinking and practices related to the most effective ways to successfully increase the involvement of Indigenous youth and communities. Speakers: Noreen Demeria

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