TORONTO — With the school year officially over and many summer camps cancelled across the country due to Covid-19, Rogers Communications announced this week its national Ted Rogers Community Grant partners are transitioning all youth programming online this summer to offer Canadian families free, self-directed educational experiences.
Some of the programs being offered include coding, STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), entrepreneurship and financial literacy programs from organizations such as Canada Learning Code, Junior Achievement and Actua (pictured).
“School may officially be out, but learning in fun and interesting ways can continue over the summer months,” said Sevaun Palvetzian, chief communications officer, in the news release. “These free, online programs will help parents who don’t have in-person summer camp programming to depend on this year. These digital educational experiences have the added benefit of teaching skills that will help kids now, and throughout their entire lives.”
Canada Learning Code is providing free live online experiences throughout the summer, teaching digital literacy to youth ages 6-17 through gaming, art and web design, all while inspiring this important life skill for the next generation, says the release.
“We’re honoured to be a recipient of the Ted Rogers Community Grant which has helped fund our Teens Learning Code program since 2018,” said Melissa Sariffodeen, CEO and co-founder of Canada Learning Code. “To continue teaching digital skills from coast-to-coast-to-coast in this new normal, we’ve pivoted our beginner-friendly, in-person experiences to live and online. Thanks to Rogers, we’re able to continue delivering free learning experiences virtually.”
Junior Achievement Canada’s chapters across the country are offering free digital programs this summer to teach youth from grades 3-12 about work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy.
Actua is offering Actua at Home, a digital library of free programs that encourage exploration of STEM subjects for youth of all ages. All summer, families can learn about space, coding and artificial intelligence, to name just a few topics.
