Posted on 08/28/2009, 8:56 am, by mySteinbach

Students from Southwood School, and Steinbach and Carman Collegiate, will dissect pig hearts and mine for gems at a science camp the University of Manitoba hosts in an effort to inspire budding scientists.
 
Since 1990, an educational outreach program at the university known as WISE, or Women in Science and Engineering, has been a prominent force in introducing school-age children in Manitoba and Northwest Ontario to careers in engineering and the sciences – professions they might otherwise never have considered.
 
The WISE Science and Engineering camp, known as Kid-Netic Energy, has run in rural Manitoba since 2001. It is for students aged 9 to 11.
 
Monsanto Canada subsidized the registration fees of Steinbach and Carman campers by almost 40 per cent.
 
“We are very fortunate to have Monsanto as our continued partner. Monsanto helps us to make a difference in the lives of kids in Manitoba,” says Colleen Flather, Program Manager, WISE.
 
“What is so gratifying is hearing – sometimes years later – how a child was so inspired by WISE that they decided to attend the University of Manitoba to become an engineer or scientist,” says Flather.
 
Source: University of Manitoba