STEMovation vs IKWC

Scouting goes mobile with the new STEMovation app. Ignite your imagination and explore science and Scouting like never before through interactive modules that make learning and advancement easy. Open to Scouts ages 6-20, conduct cool experiments, hear from STEM experts and design, build, and advance towards your STEM Nova Awards. Created by the Heart of America Council of the Boy Scouts of America, STEMovation includes STEM Nova Award modules for Cub Scouts, Scouts BSA, and Venturing Scouts. FEATURES: • Opt-in to push notifications for instant info, special alerts, reminders, STEM events near you, and breaking news. • Track your STEM Nova Award advancement and complete requirements as you complete modules on the go. • Watch videos from STEM experts as they explain how STEM advanced and fueled their careers. • Snap pictures and share to social media with our easy-to-use camera function and frames. • Find STEM Nova Award resources, FAQs, sponsor info and more!

The Indigenous Knowledge & Wisdom Centre (IKWC) is not a new idea as it was borrowed from Citizens Plus, June 1970. This concept was called the ‘Alberta Indian Education Centre’ and was designed to promote studies of Indian history, culture, language and values (Citizens Plus, Indian Chiefs of Alberta, June 1970). It is noteworthy that the ‘red paper’ was drafted in the very same building the IKWC office is located in today. The idea of an ‘Education Centre would have certainly been lost if it was not for Ms. Marilyn Buffalo and Ms. Sheena Potts who insisted on the idea that a cultural education centre be included in the Education MOU. In the spring of 2012, a draft of an IKWC business plan was developed by the IKWC sub-table, and was revised a year later in the spring of 2013. On June 13, 2013, at a duly convened meeting of the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs, the Chiefs Resolution: #2013-06-12/R10 was passed in support of IKWC. In 2016, a Chiefs’ Roundtable was held in Kananaskis, AB; the Chiefs agreed to proceed to create a federally incorporated not-for-profit entity and appointed an Interim IKWC-Board of Directors. The IKWC office opened its doors and began operations in the spring of 2017 where it will be a centralized location offering education, policy, language and culture. It will provide a repository of information on Treaty No. 6, Treaty No. 7 and Treaty No. 8. Members, and a First Nations directed environment to learn and share information.