October is Cyber Safety Awareness month, promoting ways Canadians can stay safe online. Aurora College’s STEM Outreach Program is offering a series of interactive classroom activities to help students in Grades 1–7 learn about online safety, encryption, and digital citizenship in fun and age-appropriate ways.
The STEM Outreach Program is dedicated to inspiring and empowering youth across the Northwest Territories through engaging, hands-on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. Over the past eight years, the Outreach team has provided high-quality STEM programming to approximately 8,000 JK–Grade 12 students each year, with a strong focus on reaching remote and underserved NWT communities.
Led by a team of three full-time staff and additional part-time educators based in Inuvik, Yellowknife, and Fort Smith, the program strives to remove some of the financial and regional barriers to STEM education by providing all STEM programming for free. Through in-class visits, after-school programs, and remote activities, the STEM Outreach program ensures that all youth across the NWT have access to meaningful STEM experiences.
Innovative initiatives such as the award-winning “Train the Teacher, Loan the Gear” program equip educators with the tools and confidence to integrate STEM into their classrooms. The Outreach Team also hosts events such as Community Science Nights, Science Rendezvous, and Geoweek, as well as providing resources for summer camps, libraries, and youth centres.
Educators and community groups: Reach out to the STEM Outreach team at: outreach@nwtresearch.com .