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April Showers Bring May STEM Flowers: Up4 at John Polanyi Collegiate, May 2023.
The cornerstone of our community work at Up4 The Challenge is the STEM Design Experience workshop, where students from grades 7 to 12...
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atoni014
- Apr 4, 2022
- 2 min
A Moment with Up4 The Challenge
By: Attilio Tonin (Volunteer and Student in Education Program at the University of Ottawa) Up4 The Challenge and their workshops inspire...
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Madeleine Graham
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
Empowering Students to be Agents of Change Through Community-Based Learning
By: Madeleine Graham (Volunteer with Up4 The Challenge and B. Ed Candidate at University of Ottawa) “In problem-posing education, people...
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Andrea Hemmerich
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
Expanding our network: Up4's new connections
The beginning of the academic year is often an exciting time - a chance to meet new teachers, students, and friends and to consider the...
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Andrea Hemmerich
- Nov 11, 2021
- 5 min
Pari's experience as an Up4 Fellow
Parichart Sonchaiya spent six weeks with us at Up4 The Challenge in the spring of 2021 as part of her Ryerson Fellowship. Here's what she...
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Andrea Hemmerich
- Nov 11, 2021
- 2 min
Anyone Up4 volunteering?
We are thrilled to have four volunteers working with us and wanted to introduce you to them! Hello! My name is Megan Provost and I am...
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Andrea Hemmerich
- May 25, 2021
- 3 min
The importance of building trust in a learning environment - and how to do it online
Most of us are probably aware of how challenging the last year has been for students, educators, and parents as we navigate between...
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Lauren Folk
- Feb 17, 2020
- 1 min
Our Toronto Star!
Exciting news! Our very own Andrea Hemmerich was interviewed by the Toronto Star as part of an article about girls in STEM. Check out the...
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Andrea Hemmerich
- Oct 18, 2019
- 3 min
Diversity is the new driver of creative design
I am not alone in having zigzagged in and out of traditional science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) occupations because of my...
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Andrea Hemmerich
- Apr 3, 2019
- 2 min
How science and math support social innovation
We use #HumanCentredDesign to show how #STEM can help change the world. (This post was originally published by National Engineering Month...
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Andrea Hemmerich
- Mar 3, 2019
- 3 min
Improving lives - an approach to addressing gender inequality in STEM
(This post was originally published on LinkedIn in November 2017.) When I completed my undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering, my...
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