NSERC PromoScience Program announces latest funding recipients

May 1, 2019

Seven UBC projects have been funded to build interest among youth in science, technology, engineering and math as part of the NSERC PromoScience program. A total of 96 funding recipients were announced, representing an overall investment of over $9m.

NSERC's PromoScience Program offers financial support for organizations working with young Canadians in elementary and high schools to promote an understanding of science and engineering. PromoScience supports hands-on learning experiences for young students and their teachers.
 

NSERC Release

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UBC projects

  • Intergenerational Landed Learning on the Farm Program
     
  • Building Inclusive STEM Classrooms with BC Teachers
     
  • Expanding STEM Learning Opportunities for Indigenous Youth
     
  • iSTAND: UBC Okanagan - Hands-On STEM Learning for Under-represented Youth
     
  • Physics Outreach: reaching under-represented communities
     
  • The Cedar Science Camp and Mentorship Program
     
  • UBC Summer Science Program

 


Full NSERC recipient list

 

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We acknowledge that UBC’s two main campuses are situated within the ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam people, and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.

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