{"id":3104,"date":"2010-05-11T10:34:49","date_gmt":"2010-05-11T15:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=3104"},"modified":"2010-05-11T11:19:07","modified_gmt":"2010-05-11T16:19:07","slug":"new-program-encourages-aboriginal-students-to-pursue-scientific-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2010\/05\/new-program-encourages-aboriginal-students-to-pursue-scientific-careers\/","title":{"rendered":"New program encourages Aboriginal students to pursue scientific careers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Shaylayna

Shaylayna Staats makes fireworks in a Brock lab as part of the new Bridging Our Worlds Through Science program. Yellow fireworks, explains lab instructor Sergio Paone, get their colour from ordinary table salt.<\/p><\/div>\n

About 25 Six Nations students are at Brock this week for a two-day program to encourage their interest in science.<\/p>\n

Bridging Our Worlds Through Science is May 11 and 12 at the St. Catharines campus. The program includes hands-on lab projects, recreational activities and presentations by Aboriginal scientists.<\/p>\n

\u201cAboriginal students are woefully under-represented in science and health sciences,\u201d said Joe Engemann, the assistant professor of Education who conceived the program. \u201cWe want to encourage them to consider these areas of study for their future. This program is a first step in that direction.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Grade 10 students attend various high schools in the Grand Erie District School Board. This is the program\u2019s inaugural year, but Engemann and the program\u2019s co-ordinator, assistant professor Kamini Jaipal-Jamani, expect to hold it every year with an increasing number of students.<\/p>\n

Sponsors cover the cost of the workshops, meals, transportation and accommodation in Brock\u2019s residence rooms. Workshops include:<\/p>\n