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Someone who looks to be launching a boat into a body of water.

Wave Watching

In this episode of The Root & STEM Podcast, guest host Sofia Osborne speaks with Madie Bouvier-Brown, marine operations lead at Open Ocean Robotics.

Danielle Moore smiling in front of mountains.

ᑎᓴᒪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᐃᓕᓴᕆᔭᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᑦ ᑖᓂᐅᓪ ᒧᐊᕐ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒃᓴᖅᑖᕈᓯᐊᖑᔪᒧᑦ

Post published:August 7, 2024

ᐱᙳᐊᖅ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᑦ, ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᒧᐊᕐ ᖃᑕᙳᑎᖏᓐᓂᒃ, ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒃᐳᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᑎᑦᑎᔪᓐᓇᕐᒪᑕ ᑎᓴᒪᑦ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᑦ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓯᒪᓕᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑖᓂᐅᓪ ᒧᐊᕐ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑎᒧᑦ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᒥᒃ, ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒡᓗ $3,000−ᓂᒃ ᐱᑎᑕᐅᓂᐊᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᑮᓇᐅᔭᑎᒍᑦ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᖏᓐᓇᕐᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ. ᐅᑯᐊ ᓵᓚᒃᓴᖅᑐᑦ:

Throat Singing Game

Throat Singing Game

Grade audience: Middle

Students will gain an introduction to the basic functions of Scratch through the creation of a game. Students will learn about sprites, costumes, and the use of sounds. This game is a great way to incorporate throat singing into the curriculum, as students will create sprites that throat sing with different sounds.

Goose Hunt

Goose Hunt

Grade audience: Grade 5 - Grade 7

Students will gain an introduction to the basic functions of Scratch through the creation of an interactive target game inspired by the Cree people’s traditional goose hunt. In this project, students will learn about sprites, costumes, backdrops, and animations.

Trip to the Moon

Trip to the Moon

Grade audience: Grade 3 - Grade 6

This activity will use images from the story book “Trip to the Moon” written by Vera Evic, an author from Pangnirtung, Nunavut. Students will animate the images and create a scene from the book where kids use an oil drum rocket to travel to the moon.

Introduction to Scratch for Educators

Introduction to Scratch for Educators

Grade audience: Primary - Middle

In this resource, we present three culturally relevant lessons tailored to Nunavut culture and way of life, designed to introduce students to the foundational concepts of Scratch programming.

A spread of swatches of different coloured plant inks; some swatches are in the shape of circles, and others are paint splatters.

Ink & Integrity

Grade audience: Secondary

On this episode of the Root & STEM podcast, artist, educator and environmentalist, Betty Carpick, speaks about her unique interest and skill in creating art with natural supplies.

An image of Jess Spagnolo with a white border around her and a blue background

Walls To Wonders

On this episode of the Root & STEM podcast, muralist Jess Spagnolo, brings us along her journey as an artist. She begins by sharing her behind the scenes thoughts during the illustration of the Root & STEM magazine’s issue 9 cover.

Caroline Whittle is sitting down, with wood surrounding her in the background.

Fostering Fluency

Grade audience: Secondary - Adult

On this episode of the Root & STEM podcast, Director Of Heritage for the Government of Nunavut, Caroline Whittle, shares her insight on the state of language preservation among the Inuit community in Nunavut.

Inuuqatigiitsiarniq – Respecting Others

Characters engage in scenarios where they must choose respectful actions, such as sharing toys, listening to others, or helping a friend in need.


Tunnganarniq – Fostering Good Spirit

Characters engage in activities that uplift spirits, such as compliment-sharing, expressing gratitude.


Pijitsirniq – Serving and Providing for Family/Community

Characters items with characters in need, teaching them the value of providing for others.


Aajiiqatigiinniq – Decision-Making through Discussion and Consensus

Characters work together to decide on how to accomplish a goal. Finishing a painting, building a dollhouse etc.


Pilimmaksarniq – Development of Skills

Characters show their talents in music, art or math/science. Their friends celebrate their accomplishments and encourage them to keep developing.


Ikajuqtigiinniq – Working Together for a Common Cause

Characters work together to overcome obstacles, emphasizing the importance of cooperation and collective effort.


Qanuqtuurniq – Being Innovative and Resourceful

Characters have been assigned an activity, but have a limited resource. They need to find a way to stretch out / replace that resource to complete the task.


Avatittinnik Kamatsiarniq – Respect and Care for the Land, Animals, and the Environment

Characters are eating lunch outside, once finished with a wrapped food item the character has a “BIG” choice to make as to where the wrapper should go.

Cultural Canvas

Cultural Canvas

On this episode of the Root & STEM podcast, Sofia Osborne speaks with Tania Willard, an Indigenous artist/curator and assistant professor at the University of British Columbia about her journey as an artist and connecting with and expressing her culture.

Litnum

Litnum

Grade audience: Primary - Middle

Litnum helps learners practice and reinforce reading and mathematical skills by playing fun minigames with arctic characters.

Case Study: Website Reboot – I-Think

Case Study: Website Reboot – I-Think

Post published:May 10, 2024

Our client is an incredible non-profit focused on equipping young learners with the skills and confidence to drive change, and developing their 21st century skills and competencies. Pinnguaq was retained to reboot their current site with less – but more meaningful – content.

Root & STEM: Issue 9

Root & STEM: Issue 9

This issue of Root & STEM explores the ways in which climate change is affecting animals, humans, and the environment in which we live. With a focus on sustainability and an understanding of the interconnectedness of ecosystems, biodiversity, and human activities, this issue aims to examine how humans can reverse the effects of climate change and protect the world for future generations.

Emily Coombes standing in a sunflower field and holding a golden retriever.

Lifecycle Superstar – Emily Coombes

Post published:April 10, 2024

Emily joined Pinnguaq as a placement student, and was hired shortly after as a Digital Skills Educator. She graduated from Fleming College with a diploma in Early Childhood Education and an Eco-Mentorship certificate in 2017, from Trent with a Bachelor of Arts Honours in English Literature in 2019, and from Nipissing University with a Bachelor of Education in the Junior and Intermediate stream in 2023.

Digital Skills for Youth: Working with STEAM

Digital Skills for Youth: Working with STEAM

Post published:March 7, 2024

Five years ago, Pinnguaq was selected as a delivery partner for the 2018 Digital Skills for Youth (DS4Y) program, funded by the Government of Canada. DS4Y continues to be a shining example of how gaining digital skills can provide sustainable, local careers in science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM).

We’ll be back soon!

We are currently in the process of enhancing our placements program, and will post new placement opportunities soon.

ODR Hockey Heroes: game development beyond the city limits

ODR Hockey Heroes: game development beyond the city limits

Post published:February 1, 2024

Cheers and chants echoed through the Makerspace as attendees of the ODR Hockey Heroes playtest tried their hands at the arcade hockey video game developed by Treewood Studio. Whether they were tipping the puck into the back of the net or dropping gloves in a spirited bout of fisticuffs, there was no shortage of excitement in the space.

Students sitting at a rounch table working on computers.

CyberTitan Spotlight

Grade audience: Middle - Secondary

On this episode of the Root & STEM podcast, Sheeana Bolton and Timothy King of the Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) explain CyberTitan, a cybersecurity competition for middle and high schoolers organized by the ICTC.

Julia Young with her catch of the day

Learning’s Latest

Grade audience: Middle - Secondary

On this episode of the Root & STEM podcast, former Pinnguaq co-op student, Julia Young, shares her unique journey as a highschool student and the helpful tips and tools she learned along the way.