Teaching Tech to New Brunswick’s First Nations Children
All children need to learn computer science, but minority groups often have fewer opportunities to do so. A new five-week program in New Brunswick is helping boost knowledge among First Nations’ elementary and middle school children.
The program, Computer Science to First Nations Schools, is being run by CyberLaunch Academy, which was founded last year to provide opportunities for children to learn coding, robotics, animation and other skills.
The current programming is being offered at Chief Harold Sappier Memorial Elementary School in Fredericton and at Natoaganeg School in Eel Ground First Nations Community on the Miramichi River.
Computer science is a field that provides unique employment opportunities, said Dr. Natalia Stakhanova, course designer and CyberLaunch Academy co-founder.
Read more in Entrevestor.