Youth Outreach Archives | Faculty of Engineering and Design

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 14, 2023

ELITE Program for Black Youth Offers Work Placements and Workshops to Foster Career Success

Not all students have access to the same opportunities. Members of underrepresented groups often need to invest more effort to obtain opportunities that others might take for granted. “It’s important to recognize that these challenges... 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

December 7, 2022

How to Choose the Right Engineering or Design Program at University

How do you know which university program is right for you? That is the question on everyone’s mind when it comes time to apply for university. To help high school students and their families who are... 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

August 8, 2022

Paying it Forward

Carleton Mechanical Engineering student Mieke Wilkinson has a lot to be thankful for. The recent winner of a 2022 Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation (CEMF) Undergraduate Women in Engineering Scholarship comes from a long line of... 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

December 3, 2020

Helping Women LEAP into Engineering and IT

Adjusting to university can be challenging, and Carleton’s Leading Engineering Applicant Program (LEAP) is helping make that transition a little easier for young women who are pursuing studies in engineering and information technology. Each year,... More

September 6, 2019

Discussing Diversity in STEM

Environment and Climate Change Minister, Catherine McKenna, sat down with a couple dozen students from Carleton University’s Faculty of Engineering and Design on Sept. 5, 2019, for an informal conversation about the value of equity,... 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 23, 2019

Architecture Workshop Opens New Worlds for Elementary Students

It sits on more than six acres of prime real estate just minutes from downtown, but the Booth Street complex is vacant – for now. The red brick buildings were once home to the Department... 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