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November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Jennifer Flanagan

Human Resources committee  We fund the programs they offer that are subsidized. UNB is a good example. Worlds UNBound would apply to Actua and we would use the funding that we collect from corporate sectors to support their indigenous outreach. They're delivering in six reserves across the province. We wou

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Jennifer Flanagan

Human Resources committee  Our funding currently has to go through our members, yes.

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Jennifer Flanagan

Human Resources committee  One of the things we have proposed as part of our request for federal funding is for high school internships, paid internships, that we would do within our indigenous programs. Part of that is to provide an experience that is guided, and not only a work experience, so not just be

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Jennifer Flanagan

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Jennifer Flanagan

Human Resources committee  Codemakers is the national digital skills initiative that is supported by Google. Google has provided three years of funding to Actua. We are delivering coding programs across the country to youth so they get engaged and learn digital skills that they can then apply to real world

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Jennifer Flanagan

Human Resources committee  They say we should all learn to code, and everybody should code.

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Jennifer Flanagan

Human Resources committee  There are many initiatives that are going on to raise awareness about coding.

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Jennifer Flanagan

Human Resources committee  The important context around that is that kids need to code, but you need to understand how to apply that or what to do with that. Coding alone is not a means to an end. The Codemakers program gets them engaged in experiences that build those skills and has them apply them so th

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Jennifer Flanagan

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Jennifer Flanagan

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Jennifer Flanagan

Human Resources committee  Worlds UNBound is the program at the University of New Brunswick. That is supported by Actua.

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Jennifer Flanagan

Human Resources committee  It's based in Fredericton, but they travel all around the province delivering programming.

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Jennifer Flanagan

Human Resources committee  Our network members are based out of universities across the country, 35 of them.

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Jennifer Flanagan

Human Resources committee  Yes, and they deliver in 500 communities across the country. Those are either long-standing relationships that they've had with communities, community demand, or data analysis of where there are gaps. We actually look across the country to see how much of the population we're eng

November 22nd, 2016Committee meeting

Jennifer Flanagan