While some kids spend their summer days watching TV or playing video games, a few lucky students enrolled in U of T’s Da Vinci Engineering Enrichment Program (DEEP) Summer Academy are doing something amazing: they’re learning hands-on about some of engineering’s most fascinating, innovative research.

As part of the summer program, participants learn about the field of engineering from U of T Engineering students and take part in intriguing activities, like the exclusive tour of Insception Cord Blood Program’s facilities that took place on July 8.

The tour was part of a course called Stem Cells: the Past, Present and Future. The one-week class teaches DEEP participants about the research history and ethical, social and legal aspects surrounding stem cell work.

Find out more about DEEP and other U of T Engineering pre-university programs here