September 17, 2020In 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
September 16, 2020Alyssa Amell, one of Pinnguaq’s Digital Artists, has started at Fleming College for Graphic Design – Visual Communication this fall!
August 18, 2020On August 14, 2020 Pinnguaq held a week long workshop partnered with Kids Help Phone to create an animated short video. Learn more about it inside!
July 30, 2020In 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!
July 23, 2020Lindsay Makerspace teacher Becky writes about her favourite activities she had taught students! Read about the fun experiences had, and how these activities impacted the Lindsay Makerspace.
July 7, 2020In August 2019 the Pinnguaq staff and some volunteers had the pleasure to work with youth members of Curve Lake First Nations, read about what happened!
June 30, 2020Courtney Milne, a digital steward at Pinnguaq, writes about Maanazaadi medicine.
June 19, 2020In 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?
June 18, 2020Pinnguaq invites you to participate in an exciting season of’ Virtual Summer Camps!
June 4, 2020In this blog, Mary McDonald talks about a sense of community and online education during COVID-19.
May 8, 2020In this blog we discuss what tech VS pandemic means, and the impact it has.
April 26, 2020Pinnguaq is introducing a game called Nanili! This game was created to show players how to code in an engaging and easy-to-use programme.
April 5, 2020A group of Inuvialuit youth in Canada’s High Arctic have a message for climate change deniers across the world: “It’s happening to us!”
April 5, 2020In 2010, Labrador endured what became known as the “Year of No Winter,” making travel over ice extra dangerous. Learn how a team of scientists and Inuit collaborated on a project to monitor ice safety in a changing climate.
April 5, 2020Explore why and how Pinnguaq’s Lindsay Makerspace is using the Prusa MK3S 3D printer.
April 5, 2020Can growing insects help us feed a changing planet? New ways to think about farming are powering Third Millennium Farms’ urban cricket operation.
April 5, 2020Siku is the Inuktitut word for “sea ice.” It’s also the name of a new app: an Inuit-led social media project designed to help users navigate and share knowledge about a northern landscape in flux.
April 5, 2020Artist Ian MacLean explains how he designed the cover for the first issue of Root & STEM using free, open-source software.
April 5, 2020Be Earth 13 uses immersive technology to create projects based on UN Sustainable Development goals—and, just maybe, will change some people’s perspectives.
April 5, 2020Learn how the Lindsay Makerspace offers opportunity to emphasize the role of technology in supporting environmental stewardship.
April 5, 2020Traditionally recognized as Wabaskamag or O’shkiigmong, Curve Lake First Nation is a Michi Saagiig Anishnaabeg community in southeastern Ontario.
March 17, 2020Pinnguaq is suspending our Makerspace programs until at least April 5, 2020, in response to the spread of COVID-19.
March 13, 2020ᐊᑏᑐᖅ ᑕᑯᓂᐊᐸᑎᑦ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᒃᓴᓂᒃᓯᒪᔭᕗᑦ, ᑐᓂᐅᖃᖅᑕᐅᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐅᓐᓄᐊᖅ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᓄᕙᖕᓇᕐᔪᐊᕌᓗᖕᒥᒃ-ᐊᐃᑦᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᓂᕐᒥᒃ-19-ᒥᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᓐᖑᐊᒃᑯᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᕆᕙᓪᓕᐊᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐱᔾᔪᑎᖃᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᑕᐃᒃᑯᓂᖓ ᐃᖃᓇᐃᔭᕐᕕᑦᑎᓐᓂ ᖃᓄᐃᓕᐅᕈᒪᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᐸᕐᓇᐅᑎᓕᐊᕆᓯᒪᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ. ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᖃᖅᑐᒍᑦ ᐃᑲᕐᕋᑕᒫᖅ ᐋᓐᓂᐊᖅᑐᓕᕆᔨᓂᒃ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔨᑕᕐᓂᒃ, ᓄᓇᓕᑦᑎᓐᓂᓪᓗ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᖃᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᒋᔭᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ. ᖃᖓᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒋᐊᕐᓂᐊᖅᐳᑎᑦ ᐊᐱᖁᑎᒃᓴᖃᑐᐊᕈᕕᑦ.