Unlocking Tuna
Two hours after untying from downtown Halifax’s dark harbour, the Pelagic Predator—a white, 15-metre fishing vessel captained by 38-year-old Camille Jacquard—rumbled atop a patch of Atlantic Ocean called the Darby Bank.
Searching for Sea Stars
On a rainy day in May, 55 Saturna Island residents took to the intertidal zone in search of sea stars. With rulers and guidebooks in hand, they noted the size, colour, and species of stars,...
Youth Marine Mapping in Arviat
The Aqqiumavvik Society is a community alliance of public, mental, and community health groups in Arviat, Nunavut. Aqqiumavvik practises a community-identified approach, ensuring that any program or service we develop is based on needs that...
Conserving Local Knowledge of Labrador’s Lake Trout
Alex Flynn grew up fishing for lake trout with his dad through a hole cut in the ice. Out on the lake, he was supposed to be jigging—bobbing his fishing line up and down to...
Sustainable Fishing for 700 Generations
For thousands of years, the Haíɫzaqv have been harvesting salmon and other food from the waters of the Pacific Central Coast. They consider it their responsibility to manage their land and ocean resources so that...
How to Use a GPS Device
Most of us have heard of Global Positioning System (GPS) technology and have come to rely on it to get us from point A to point B. The use of GPS technology extends well beyond...
Think Blue, Go Green
Marine conservation efforts have been growing rapidly in North America over the past decade. In Canada, the commitment to protect the country’s land and oceans has risen from a goal of 10 per cent in...
A Conversation on Conservation: Patrick Wells
Patrick Wells spoke with Root & STEM about his perspective on how to implement ocean conservation in the classroom and why inclusivity is an inherent part of education.
Thinking About Life in Our Galaxy Through Indigenous Lenses
The night sky offers a majestic view, filled with millions of tiny lights, each from a distant star. Throughout our galaxy, there are billions of stars, each orbiting the centre of the galaxy, each emitting...
Ininiw Acakosuk: The Cree Stars
All cultures on Nikawiy Aski (Mother Earth) have looked into the night sky with wonder and awe. Each culture has its own perspective of the sky and its own particular understanding of how that awesome...
STEAM Around Us: Space Exploration From The Couch
For younger readers, here are some books that provide both entertainment and education about space and what lies above us and beyond.
STEAM Around Us: Abby Lacson Profile
When Abby Lacson was in Grade 10, she knew she wanted to be an engineer. But it wasn’t until she went camping in the Rockies and saw the night sky, free from light pollution, that...
Mission Control: Humans Are Going Back to the Moon
Humans are going back to the moon. Life on Earth is feeling its way out of its den. We first went to the moon in 1969. Twelve American men walked on the lunar surface and...
Space Seeds: The Tomatosphere™ Experiment
Tomatosphere is a free program that encourages students to investigate the effects of outer space on food to support human space travel. The program uses detailed experiments conducted on tomato plants. Students explore the differences...
Build and Launch a Satellite
The Canadian Satellite Design Challenge Management Society (CSDCMS) has been managing a university-level “CubeSat” satellite competition for over 10 years, and has recently expanded to offer the CanSat Design Challenge to high school students.
Hack the Valley IV: Battle of the Coding Clashers
Technology inspires innovation, and in recent years, hackathons have become increasingly popular as a way to explore innovative solutions to complex challenges.
Artificial Creativity: How AI Is Changing Cultural Jobs
There’s a lot of concern about how artificial intelligence (AI) and automation could soon replace people in jobs like truck-driving or proofreading. But in creative fields like art, music and dance, pioneers are experimenting with...
Diving in Data: How AI Could Help Save the Whales
When Jasper Kanes was two years old, their parents took them whale watching for the first time. As is the case for many whale enthusiasts, that first encounter sparked a life-long devotion.
Make Stuff Move: Kawartha Lakes Startup Aims to Shake Up Maker Culture
The passion for motion is what powers Dan Kitchen’s latest venture. Make Stuff Move offers tools and resources for educators and makers looking to learn more about how to tinker well.
Different Tools for a Different Garage
Makerspaces are designed to inspire us to bring big and small innovative concepts to life by providing access to tools, knowledge and a community of makers.
Metal and Minds: Ethics in AI
One sector wherein the design and ethics of AI can literally mean life or death every day is mining—specifically, in the use of large mining haul trucks.
Amazon Future Engineer Canada: Computer Science Training for Remote and Rural
With their profusion of bright colours and repeating shapes and patterns, the computer-coded creations produced by Ron Cameron’s Grade 4 and 5 students are groovy and mesmerizing.
Artificial Intelligence and Online Learning
AI is built into many online learning programs to provide teachers and students with unique educational opportunities and experiences.
Root & STEM is Seeking Contributions for Our Next Issue
Pinnguaq invites journalists, space and moon subject experts, knowledge keepers, and artists to submit pitches for our Spring 2022 issue of Root & STEM magazine focusing on space.
