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Find out whatâs new at Ampere, and within our extensive partner network, as we work with rural, remote and Indigenous communities to ensure that everyone has the power to embrace the power that STEAM creates.
Working alongside rural, remote, Indigenous, and other communities, Ampere delivers programs for people of all ages to cultivate STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) skills through innovative technology, art, and play. It offers world-class Makerspaces, maker kits and activities, and works with educators to introduce children to a STEAM-based curriculum that brings learning to life.Â
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By Ryan Oliver Iâve struggled with where Pinnguaq fits in the Artificial Intelligence landscape since Chat GPT launched in late 2022. Like many of you, we were impressed and excited by the early promise of the work Open A.I. was doing. However, as with anything promising to be the ânext big thingâ out of Silicon
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Pinnguaqâs new learning resource, called Akinomaage: Exploring Our Seasons, is helping learners and educators connect to their environment while discovering how science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) can be found in nature.Â
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Our client is an incredible non-profit focused on equipping young learners with the skills and confidence to drive change, and developing their 21st century skills and competencies. Pinnguaq was retained to reboot their current site with less – but more meaningful – content.
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As a young Gitxsan and Cree-MĂ©tis girl growing up in Gitanmaax First Nation in northern British Columbia, Janna Wale loved schoolâNow a policy advisor at the Canadian Climate Institute, Wale talks to Karen Pinchin about her earliest memories and the educators who helped her integrate her scientific career with her Indigeneity.
A Conversation on Climate Read More »
In Ontario’s City of Kawartha Lakes and Peterborough, shoppers can find loads of creators to help stock their cupboards, wardrobes, and minds, all the while decreasing their environmental footprint.
Sustainable Artistry Blooms in Kawartha Read More »
Now, Willard is an artist, curator, and assistant professor at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Okanagan. A mixed SecwĂ©pemc and settler, Willardâs research is focused in part on providing a view of the art world in small towns, rural centres, and on reserve. As an artist, curator, and educator, Holly Schmidt is trying to put a frame around something that is often taken for granted: the natural world around us.
Animals adapt, physically and behaviourally, as a means of survival, so they can reach their main food sources, fend off predators, and survive seasonal changes in the weather. Whether we realize it or not, we see the results of animal adaptation all the time, like when carnivorous animals rip flesh with their sharp canine teeth or when prey travel in herds because there is strength in numbers. Survival isnât the only outcome, however; when animals develop new adaptations, they also develop new relationships with their environments. The monarch butterfly is a great example. Its larvae feed on milkweed leaves, which have a strong, distasteful odour and are poisonous. The monarch adapted so that it is able to digest this poisonous plant and because of its smell, predators keep away from the butterfly and its eggs.
Resilience in the Wild Read More »
Art is a great way to get creative, fire up different parts of the brain, and see something in a new way. To make colourful, sustainable inks that donât come with excess packaging or contain microplastics that end up in nature, just reach for plants from the kitchen, forest, or garden.
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