We’re excited to launch a new podcast, bringing you an audio version of everything you love about Root & STEM. The podcast expands on our publication, Root & STEM, and explores issues and storytelling with artists, journalists, teachers and communities engaged in STEAM-focused projects.The episodes are approximately 15 minutes long and will be available monthly on the Pinnguaq website, and through popular podcast platforms such as Apple and Spotify.

Classroom Concepts
Secondary - Adult
On this episode of the Root & STEM podcast, Andrew McConnell, the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education Coordinator for the YRDSB, shares the importance of Indigenous knowledge and voices in youth learning. He identifies the areas in which the education of youth and adolescents can be enhanced to include the viewpoints of various Indigenous communities. Andrew describes why non-Indigenous educators teaching Indigenous ideas fall short, before explaining how a change in pedagogy can assist in creating a deeper understanding of Indigenous science and ideas in students.