10 Minutes

When Aidan Pine was in the first year of his linguistics degree at the University of British Columbia, he wanted to get experience working with language revitalization outside his coursework. He joined a research project, working with speakers to create a dictionary for the Gitksan language, spoken by the Gitksan Nation of British Columbia, which the researchers hoped ultimately to make into an app.

Pinnguaq’s own Sherisse Richards, a senior digital skills educator, spoke with Root & STEM about community efforts to bring Scratch to classrooms all over the world.

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 its own light and sharing its own story. As far as scientists can tell, our Sun is not a particularly special star, yet it is the only star we know of that hosts life. But, that view is changing.

Today at Pinnguaq, we’re celebrating World Art Day. It’s a day to promote the creation, diffusion and enjoyment of art. Art plays an important role in knowledge sharing and in the promotion of cultural diversity, and is a fundamental component of STEAM, along with science, technology, engineering and math.

The Nunavut Global Game Jam was registered with Global Game Jam in early January 2021 as an official jam site. From January 29 to 31, our Iqaluit Makerspace had the privilege of playing host.

Virtual teaching comes with many challenges. As is clear to anyone who has watched teachers and young kids try to adapt to school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s not easy to hold the attention of a group through the small window of a flat screen.

As the saying goes, the best camera is the one that’s with you. When you have your camera ready at all times, you
are able to capture that perfect photo moment more often.

The scientific method comes with a certain vocabulary. For example, it prioritizes objectivity, research, impartiality and rationality.

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.

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 resources for rural and remote communities across Canada. Between April and June 2020 we saw over 8000 learners and educators … Continued

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!

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?

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!”

Hosted at the Lindsay Makerspace, delivery team members Stef and Courtney taught a beading workshop along with the Makerspace team!

Pinnguaq proudly creates and uses digital technology is to teach, preserve and shape public opinion about environmental exploration using digital tech.

Meet the makerspace team here in Lindsay!

We opened a new makerspace in Lindsay! In here we provide some information on what that means, as well as some useful information.

Pinnguaq has moved our makerspace in Iqaluit to house 1412! Come check us out.

Meet even more of our new hires! Pinnguaq has been growing so much over the past couple years. Meet even more talented individuals!

Pinnguaq is streaming on Twitch! In here we talk about why it’s important for us to stream, and where and when you can find us!

We had a very busy summer in 2018, but now we are looking forward to exciting project in the future! Stay tuned for me.

i-Sparx is a game made for New Zealand’s Maori youth, that Pinnguaq along with a few others is getting to remake for youth in Nunavut.

Nunavut has won the $10 million Smart Cities challenge prize! Learn about it here and what our part was in this challenge.

While we were in the process of applying to the CanCode grant, we were approached by the Mushkegowuk Council to deliver programs in their communities.