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Mission
IndigeSTEAM's mission is to provide Indigenous-led, culturally-relevant STEM/STEAM programming that supports both Indigenous youth and Indigenous communities.
We deliver workshops, summer camps, role model networking, and public engagement that respect Indigenous culture, Ways of Knowing, and the STEM inherent in Indigenous knowledge since time immemorial.
Our Vision
Etuaptmumk:
Two-Eyed Seeing in All Directions Enabling Us To Walk Together
Mi'kmaq Elder Albert Marshall introduced this term - Etuaptmumk - and it means seeing with one eye the strengths of Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing, while balancing it in the other eye the strengths of western knowledge. This approach integrates Indigenous worldviews in our classrooms. It enables First Nations students to succeed in dominant culture without compromising their own.
We apply Two-Eyed Seeing to build connections across communities, working with immigrants and newcomers so that all who call this land home learn about Indigenous peoples from Indigenous voices, not solely through settler perspectives.
Our Pillars
IndigeSTEAM is built on three pillars
Power to Choose
Giving Indigenous Youth the Power of Choice in Careers and Life
Power to Choose is the program that launched IndigeSTEAM.
We facilitate classes, provide workshops, events and camps and develop lesson plans based on our Two-Eyed Seeing hands-on, minds-on, Indigenous-led and culturally relevant content for Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth.
Pathways for Choice
Supporting Indigenous Mentors with Teaching and Healing
Pathways for Choice is a group of mentors and role models of Indigenous STEM professionals who are bravely facing the struggle of walking in two worlds. Now, come join us to learn how to make Two-Eyed Seeing a way forward for us all.
Partners in Community
Supporting Indigenous and non-Indigenous Communities Coming Together to Learn
IndigeSTEAM supports community events through providing small group instruction in one of our topics, to workshops where people want to learn at work or in retreat, and through to large multiday events for Indigenous and non-Indigenous audiences.
