Medical Illustration: Drawing Art and Science Together
The scientific method comes with a certain vocabulary. For example, it prioritizes objectivity, research, impartiality and rationality.
Making Videos for Kids Help Phone
In 2017, Kids Help Phone (KHP), a free resource that provides mental health support and counselling via telephone or the Internet, noticed that Indigenous youth were using the service in relatively small numbers.
Handprints
While fast, reliable access to prosthetic devices can be difficult to obtain in communities outside urban centres, the process becomes much easier when you have a 3D printer close at hand.
Digital Skills for Youth: Creating opportunities for organizations, young people and communities
As the economy, and society, becomes increasingly dependent on digital expertise, Pinnguaq’s Digital Skills for Youth program is helping prepare young people for successful careers while meeting the growing needs of their communities.
Cheers to a Year at The Lindsay Makerspace!
It has been such a journey this past year! We started with an empty white walled room and transformed it into a space jam packed with excited community members who are exploring, making, creating, thinking,...
The Iqaluit Makerspace at September 2020
In March 2020 we, like the rest of the world, had to pause, pivot and innovate on the way we serve communities in light of the Covid-19 epidemic. Our focus remained on developing S.T.E.A.M educational...
Pinnguaq’s Dedication to Education
Alyssa Amell, one of Pinnguaq’s Digital Artists, has started at Fleming College for Graphic Design – Visual Communication this fall!
Kids Help Phone Workshop with Pinnguaq
On August 14, 2020 Pinnguaq held a week long workshop partnered with Kids Help Phone to create an animated short video. Learn more about it inside!
Pinnguaq and DS4Y
In this post we talk about all the amazing things we have done as recipients of the DS4Y program from 2018 to 2020. Stay tuned for an exciting announcement coming soon!
Top 3 Engaging Makerspace Activities
Lindsay Makerspace teacher Becky writes about her favourite activities she had taught students! Read about the fun experiences had, and how these activities impacted the Lindsay Makerspace.
Curve Lake Camp 2019: The Art of Digital Storytelling
In August 2019 the Pinnguaq staff and some volunteers had the pleasure to work with youth members of Curve Lake First Nations, read about what happened!
Building 21st Century Competencies in Young Minds
In the 21st century our education system and the economic world around us is constantly changing. Children are being encouraged to explore technology at a much younger age than ever before. Why is this important?
Virtual Summer Camps with Pinnguaq!
Pinnguaq invites you to participate in an exciting season of’ Virtual Summer Camps!
Introducing Nanili
Pinnguaq is introducing a game called Nanili! This game was created to show players how to code in an engaging and easy-to-use programme.
Tuk TV: Inuvialuit Youth Take Their Story Global
A group of Inuvialuit youth in Canada’s High Arctic have a message for climate change deniers across the world: “It’s happening to us!”
Another Dimension
Explore why and how Pinnguaq’s Lindsay Makerspace is using the Prusa MK3S 3D printer.
Spirit Berries
Learn about beading, technology, and the art of Barry Ace.
SmartICE: Tracking Ice Safety in a Changing Climate
In 2010, Labrador endured what became known as the “Year of No Winter,” making travel over ice extra dangerous. Learn how a team of scientists and Inuit collaborated on a project to monitor ice safety...
To Save the World, Grow Insects
Can growing insects help us feed a changing planet? New ways to think about farming are powering Third Millennium Farms’ urban cricket operation.
SIKU: The Indigenous Social Media App
Siku is the Inuktitut word for “sea ice.” It’s also the name of a new app: an Inuit-led social media project designed to help users navigate and share knowledge about a northern landscape in flux.
Our Cover: Using MagicaVoxel and Krita
Artist Ian MacLean explains how he designed the cover for the first issue of Root & STEM using free, open-source software.
Using VR to Drive Home the Climate Crisis
Be Earth 13 uses immersive technology to create projects based on UN Sustainable Development goals—and, just maybe, will change some people’s perspectives.
Making Space for the Natural Environment
Learn how the Lindsay Makerspace offers opportunity to emphasize the role of technology in supporting environmental stewardship.
STEAM Education in Curve Lake First Nation
Traditionally recognized as Wabaskamag or O’shkiigmong, Curve Lake First Nation is a Michi Saagiig Anishnaabeg community in southeastern Ontario.
