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Onwards & Upwards: Virtual Ventures Wins Actua Award for Excellence
This year, Carleton University’s award-winning social impact organization Virtual Ventures (VV) was named winner of the Actua 2024 Award for Excellence. The Actua Award for Excellence recognizes…
Carleton Celebrates 30 Years of Virtual Ventures STEM camps for Canadian youth
A dream and a team of four engineering students. That’s what it took to start Virtual Ventures, the award-winning not-for-profit organization run…
Virtual Ventures is Sparking Curiosity and Innovation
On November 18, Virtual Ventures hosted its third Power Up event as part of Actua’s Revving Up Diversity in the…
Shaping the Leaders of Tomorrow
Programs like the Leadership in STEM Club to help students explore their interests and gain real-world experience that can help…
Actua and Carleton’s Virtual Ventures Bring Together Educators and Youth for an Indigenous Land-Based STEM Learning Experience
From July 11-21, Actua and its network member Virtual Ventures at Carleton University is delivering the Mashkikiikaagen Indigenous Youth in…
Virtual Ventures Coding Workshop for Girls Offers Glimpse into Future Career Options
Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design is getting ready to host this year’s Go Code Girl workshop. Go Code Girl is a two-day event…
Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design Building More Support for Women
As an undergraduate in electrical engineering in the early 2000s, Prof. Winnie Ye was one of only five female students…
Carleton Electronics Prof. Winnie Ye Appointed IEEE Canada’s Chair of Women in Engineering
From a young age, Carleton University Department of Electronics Prof. Winnie Ye, has been fascinated with discovering how things are…
Carleton’s Winnie Ye Receives Partners in Research Technology and Engineering Ambassador Award
Winnie Ye, professor in the Department of Electronics and Canada Research Chair in Nano-scale IC Design for Reliable Opto-Electronics and Sensors,…
Virtual Ventures Partners with Shopify to Support STEM Education at Home for Local Youth
As Ottawa youth transitioned to learning online until schools reopen, specialized educational programs have been finding creative ways to continue…
Carleton to Host Ottawa FIRST Robotics 2020 Competition Kickoff
Carleton University’s Faculty of Engineering and Design will present the 2020 Ottawa FIRST Robotics Competition kickoff. Hosted by non-profit FIRST Robotics Canada’s Carleton chapter, CU FIRST, the…
Two Students Recognized with Adrian Chan Award for Volunteer and Community Service
It is a first in its eight-year history that more than one deserving student from the research-intensive Faculty of Engineering…
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