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April 16, 2024

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 under Carleton University’s Faculty of Engineering and Design. Virtual Ventures is also a... More

October 4, 2023

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Engineering and Design

Throughout 2023, the Faculty of Engineering and Design (FED) has moved forward on its commitments to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) just as Carleton has continued its EDI commitments across the university as a whole.... More

August 11, 2023

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 them make informed decisions about their futures.

August 4, 2023

An Indigenous Cultural Learning Experience for Teachers

Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education is an essential foundation for future career success and Actua network member, Virtual Ventures, is passionate about ensuring all youth in Canada have it. However, not all youth... More

February 23, 2023

Expanding STEM Learning Across Ottawa

Inspiring a curious mindset in youth has never been more critical than in today's fast-paced world. Going where kids are to provide access to learning opportunities out in the community has become an essential part... More

February 2, 2023

Bringing STEM Outreach Where Kids Are

Over the course of nearly three decades, Carleton University’s Virtual Ventures (VV) has helped tens of thousands of youths pursue an interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) through a wide array of specialized... More

November 7, 2022

Inspiring Interest in STEM

If you had told the Carleton engineering student societies in 1994 that the science and technology camp they had just launched would go from working with 150 to 10,000 students per year, they probably wouldn’t... More

May 20, 2021

Virtual Ventures Springs Ahead with Engaging Remote Learning STEM Camps for Youth

This spring and summer, Virtual Ventures at Carleton University is making STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) even more accessible for kids in Ottawa by enhancing the remote delivery of its renowned camp programming. As... More

March 24, 2021

Reaching for the Stars

Kelsey Doerksen (BEng/17) has always wanted to go to space. Her time at Carleton University as a dedicated undergrad, making connections with the wider Carleton community, made that dream of shooting for the stars a... More

July 12, 2019

25 Years Later

In the mid 90s, around the time the Windows 95 operating system hit the market, high school student Rohit Saxena stood face to face with Bill Gates and handed him a paper copy of his... More

April 16, 2019

Venturing Forward

A lot of learning can take place over a quarter-century. Just ask the more than 30,000 Ottawa-area youths who have taken part in tech-based education programs and summer camps with Carleton’s Virtual Ventures (VV) over... More

Top 5 Robotics Innovation Stories of The Year