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Find out what’s 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.
Born in Little Buffalo, a remote Alberta community ringed by oil extraction efforts, Melina Laboucan-Massimo knows the feeling of being helpless in the face of a warming planet. Every time her family drove across their traditional Lubicon Cree First Nation homelands, the landscape felt drier, its vegetation less vibrant.
A Journey From Pliés to Panels Read More »
Clean water is a right for all; the human race, animals, and the water itself. Just as clean water is a right, so is the ability to identify if water is clean.
Take Samples, Make Change Read More »
The Tla-o-qui-aht Nation’s territory extends from one of the few remaining ancient temperate rainforests down to the Pacific Ocean. It is a place of thousand-year-old cedars up to 12 metres tall. Elk run through the misty woods, and black bears catch salmon as they migrate upstream, pulled back to rivers and streams by an unstoppable urge to spawn the next generation where they themselves hatched.
From Old-Growth Rainforests to Arctic Sea Ice Read More »
More students in remote, rural, and Indigenous communities in Canada will have opportunities to become proficient in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), thanks to the Drax Foundation.
Supporting STEM in Remote Regions Read More »
Application Deadline: March 15, 2024 Pinnguaq Association is inviting proposals from qualified auditing firms to provide independent auditing services. Background Pinnguaq Association is a not-for-profit organization with a mandate to work alongside rural, remote, Indigenous and other communities to support the development of STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math) skills through innovative technology, art
Request for Proposal: Independent Auditing Services 2023-2024 Read More »
At a glance: Pinnguaq has always been about play – our desire to make the gaming and tech industry more accessible has never faltered. Our challenge to the sector? Make products that are accessible to rural, remote and Indigenous communities. Hemisphere Games did just that with Osmos (and a little help from Pinnguaq). “When you
Unlocking the power of inclusion in gaming Read More »
Thanks to the generous funding provided by the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), more than 30 Indigenous job seekers and nine Indigenous-owned businesses have grown through Pinnguaq’s SuccessWorks program so far, contributing to a more diverse, inclusive and impactful digitally-skilled workforce. Indigenous communities have been underrepresented in STEAM (science, technology, engineering,
Preparing for a diverse digital workforce, Pinnguaq celebrates one year of SuccessWorks Read More »
Five years ago, Pinnguaq was selected as a delivery partner for the 2018 Digital Skills for Youth (DS4Y) program, funded by the Government of Canada. DS4Y continues to be a shining example of how gaining digital skills can provide sustainable, local careers in science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM). It also highlights the importance
Digital Skills for Youth: Working with STEAM Read More »
In a world where equations are the keys to innovation, Pinnguaq embraces creativity as we support the development of STEAM skills across communities and classrooms. “Math shows up in our everyday lives so much more than we realize,” says Emily Coombes, Digital Skills Educator with Pinnguaq. Coombes and her colleagues are consistently striving to build
Playing with numbers: the power of math Read More »
