Stories from and about Actua

Actua is a nationally recognized leader in STEM education. Here, we lend our thoughts on various topics in the field, including insight on Actua’s daily STEM outreach experiences. You can also find news articles mentioning Actua, press releases and reports.

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How STEM Education Can Help Build Confidence in Youth

Recognizing the need for increased youth mental health support, we recently launched the #BuildBackConfidence campaign to raise awareness of the power of STEM education in rebuilding confidence.

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STEM: More than just an acronym

Many people know that STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math but what exactly is STEM and why should you care?

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Press Release

Actua Receives Grant from Google.org to Expand its Cyber Smart Project

Google.org announced Actua will receive a grant of over $670,000 to expand its E2C cyber smart project that empowers youth with the skills to be cyber smart.

October 04, 2022

Actua in the News

How Actua and MediaSmarts are Helping Canadians Build Safer Experiences Online

Google spoke to Jennifer Flanagan about Actua's plans to help young Canadians build the critical thinking skills needed to safely navigate the online world.

October 04, 2022

Message from the CEO

National Day for Truth & Reconciliation 2022

On National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, learn how Actua aims to address the impacts of residential schools and dismantle systemic barriers in Indigenous education.

September 30, 2022

Actua in the News

Actua: Connecting Science and Community

In this episode of the Root & STEM podcast, Matt and Kim share their experiences travelling to remote and Indigenous communities as STEM camp instructors with Actua.

September 21, 2022

Actua in the News

Actua’s Land and Sky InSTEM Summit

Actua's Doug Dokis speaks live from our InSTEM Land and Sky Summit, a STEM land-camp for Indigenous students across Treaty Seven communities in Alberta.

September 21, 2022

Blog

Confidence Boosting STEM Fun for Kids

As part of our #BuildBackConfidence campaign, we aim to offer parents and guardians tools that will help them boost youth's mental-wellbeing using STEM education!

September 15, 2022

Blog

Key Takeaways from Actua’s 2022 IDEAS Summit for Educators

Discover the key takeaways from Actua's latest IDEAS Summit on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity (EDI) and Access in STEM, which welcomed 400 educators from across Canada.

August 29, 2022

Actua in the News

Keeping Kids Cyber Safe

Actua CEO Jennifer Flanagan discusses cyber safety and educating youth to become good digital citizens on CTV Morning Live.

August 23, 2022

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