5. National Programs
National Programs
We know that the Actua experience is beneficial for youth. Actua has several national programs aimed at ensuring that all youth have the opportunity to be engaged.
- Actua's Indigenous youth in STEM Program (InSTEM)
- Actua's Go Where Kids Are Program (GWKA)
- Actua's National Girls Program (NGP)
- Actua's Black Youth in STEM Program (BYIS)
- Actua’s Teacher Training Program
- Actua in the North
- National Mentorship Program
- Coding & Digital Skills Program
Each of these programs have unique components, elements of which are useful to all instructors who are engaging any youth. The bottom line is about creating a meaningful, safe and impactful space for learning for all youth. By knowing about these programs, you have the power to become an important advocate for diversity and inclusion in STEM. Let's learn a little about each of them now.
| Minds On: Learning about underrepresentation and strategies for improving everyone’s access to STEM learning is so important to your role as an instructor. Beyond this, you are working on your equity and inclusion practices and developing your Social Intelligence skills. |
Actua 101
- Getting Started
- 1. Introduction
- 2. About Actua
- 3. Network Members
- 4. Impact
- 5. National Programs
- 5a. Indigenous Youth in STEM
- 5b. Go Where Kids Are
- 5c. National Girls Program
- 5d. National Black Youth in STEM Program
- 5e. Teacher Training
- 5f. Actua in the North
- 5g. National Mentorship Program
- 5h. Coding and Digital Skills
- 6. Instructors
- 7. Reflection and Next Steps
- Survey
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