Indigenous students are exploring new ideas through summer classes and camps hosted by local universities and schools. Queen’s University partnered with the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority to give Indigenous students the opportunity to visit Queen’s campus for the Weeneebayko Student Summer Program, where they learned about the university environment and health professions. Indigenous high school students from the Kawarthas learned about using tools such as angle grinders and welders at the Mind Over Metal summer camp at St Peter Catholic Secondary School in Peterborough. Students from Dokis First Nation will have the opportunity to participate in Actua’s National Indigenous Youth in STEM Program, which is delivered by undergraduate students from universities and colleges in Actua’s InSTEM program network.
