阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 professor receives nserc funding to create coding program for indigenous youth
a 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 computer science professor is receiving a $36,000 promoscience grant from the natural sciences and engineering research council of canada to develop and deliver a six-week coding program collaboratively with the office of indigenous initiatives.
dr. vijay mago, chair and associate professor in computer science, is creating the program to serve indigenous youth in grades 7 to 10 across northwestern ontario.
“in addition to the coding skills gained through the delivery of programming, our intention is to encourage youth to pursue a career in stem (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and to enroll in high school courses that are prerequisites in the post-secondary fields,” dr. mago said.
the results of dr. mago’s work will introduce indigenous youth to modern computer science skills and approaches through a consistent six-week program delivered by a skilled computer science graduate student as a new component of existing niijii mentorship programming that serves over 4,000 indigenous 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 per year.
lisa harris, coordinator of the niijii indigenous mentorship program at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 , will facilitate both virtual and in-person delivery of the programming.
“the promoscience grant in support of our niijii indigenous mentorship coding program is an investment in indigenous youth in northwestern ontario,” harris said.
“our goal is to increase opportunities for youth to enter into stem-based education and eventually into stem-based careers. the ultimate goal is for those same youth to have the option of working in a computer science/stem career from their home communities, to build capacity and sustainability across the north,” she added.
the office of indigenous initiatives will work with the department of computer science to offer computer programming to the youth of whitesand and gull bay first nations, said denise baxter, vice-provost, indigenous initiatives.
“the nserc promo-science funding grant allows niijii and the department of computer science to enhance ontario’s current coding curriculum while providing fundamental skills development to prepare indigenous youth for today's fast-paced and technology-centred world,” baxter said.
this program will inspire youth to pursue stem-based education and careers in the fields of computer science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
it will also increase the potential for indigenous youth in northern and remote communities to access high-demand, high-paying stem careers that can be done remotely or in person, and support the delivery of technology and resource distribution so technologies are accessible to these communities.
“we are very fortunate to be working in partnership with the niijii indigenous mentorship program and dr. vijay mago at 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 ,” said corey dagenais, principal of armstrong public school.
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“we anticipate that our indigenous 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 will benefit greatly from participating in this project, as it combines research and practical classroom experience. the results of the research will hopefully inspire the further implementation of coding in classrooms to apply the learnings collected from this study,” keene said.
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