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The Engineering Student Outreach Office (ESOO) in the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering will benefit from two new grants announced by governments in Canada.

On August 17, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario announced a grant of $1.25-million to support Actua, a national science, engineering and technology youth outreach network. These funds will support outreach programs at nine universities in Southern Ontario, including ESOO, that target Aboriginal youth, girls and at-risk youth.

“This additional funding will allow us to continue to increase our innovative programming,” explains Dawn Britton, ESOO’s Associate Director.

In addition, ESOO’s Da Vinci Engineering Enrichment Program (DEEP) has been selected as one of three possible destinations for students in Newfoundland and Labrador who receive a new award.

The Newfoundland government, through the Research & Development Corporation, established the Research Inspired Student Enrichment (RISE) Awards on August 23. The award provides top high school students with the chance to attend internationally recognized science and technology enrichment programs for youth.

DEEP provides high school students who have a keen interest in engineering with the chance to gain hands-on experience in a number of specialized fields. The program is offered each year in July. More than 4,000 students have participated in the program since it was established in 2003. Courses are taught by some of the Faculty’s top graduate students.

The other two destinations are Shad International, which hosts programs at ten different universities in Canada, and the Research Science Institution, which is based at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

“These new awards will support our effort to recruit students to DEEP from coast to coast,” says Britton, noting that only one student from Newfoundland previously attended DEEP.

The first RISE Awards will be presented in 2012.

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