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Hands-on STEM in Classrooms and Communities, Virtually and In-person

Let's Talk Science Outreach is a national, community-based program connecting educators, community organizations, and youth with outstanding volunteers to deliver a wide variety of meaningful STEM activities for children as young as three years old and youth up to Grade 12.

Let’s Talk Science Outreach sites located across Canada offer unique, customized STEM-based hands-on workshops, symposiums and events for local classrooms, community groups, libraries, summer camps, after-school programs and community festivals.

To request a workshop for your classroom or community event:

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Contact the post-secondary site closest to you

 

To learn more about virtual events available to anyone in Canada, resources, activities and Professional Development opportunities for educators from Let’s Talk Science visit STEM At School.

Recorded STEM Activities from Let's Talk Science Volunteers

Videos, resources and activities from our Let's Talk Science Outreach sites across Canada!


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Let’s Talk Science Volunteers - Catalysts for Learning

Can any grade receive a visit from Let’s Talk Science Outreach?

We’re happy to offer exciting hands-on/minds-on activities for Early Years to Grade 12 students.

How much does a visit from Let’s Talk Science Outreach cost?

Thanks to our generous donors, visits from our volunteers are offered at no cost to you!

Does Let’s Talk Science Outreach visit rural or remote areas?

We believe all children across Canada should have access to exciting, hands-on STEM learning experiences. Bringing our volunteers to your school or community is offered at no cost to you.

Contact us or the Let’s Talk Science Outreach site closest to you for more information and availability.

Is Let’s Talk Science Outreach available in French?

We’re proud to offer Let’s Talk Science Outreach in both official languages! However, the availability of French outreach is location dependent, please contact your local site or contact us for more information.

Did you know?

Let's Talk Science Outreach is located at more than 50 post-secondary institutions from coast to coast to coast!

Meet Our Volunteers

  • Jessica Wilson

    Jessica Wilson Let’s Talk Science Outreach Volunteer at Dalhousie University

    “It was a Let’s Talk Science event in high school that inspired me to pursue my current major, and I wanted to have the same impact on kids as those volunteers and that event had on me.”

    Read more about Jessica Wilson
  • Christa Jonathan

    Yotakahron Christa Jonathan Let’s Talk Science Outreach Volunteer at McMaster University

    “Growing up on the Six Nations reserve and attending elementary school there, I knew that my class hardly ever had anyone come into our classroom that was Indigenous. I believe that it makes a difference for Indigenous youth, to be able to see other Indigenous people who have achieved their goals.”

    Read more about Yotakahron Christa Jonathan
  • Daniel Saucier

    Daniel Saucier Let's Talk Science Outreach program at the Université de Moncton, Moncton Campus

    “As a swimming instructor and scientist, Let's Talk Science allows me to pursue two of my passions, while supporting a very important cause for the future of innovation and our society in general!”

    Read more about Daniel Saucier
  • Apurva Bhardwaj

    Apurva Bhardwaj Let’s Talk Science Outreach Volunteer at the University of Winnipeg

    “I was probably 10 when I first visited an orphanage with my mom and dad back home. That was the first time I was asked to share my books with kids I did not even know. Fortunately Let’s Talk Science served as a platform to go on with my passion “to assist, teach and educate one and all” in a new country. Slow gradual steps, today has bought me as far as five months old in this country, and Let’s…

    Read more about Apurva Bhardwaj
  • Emily Brown

    Emily Brown Let’s Talk Science Outreach Volunteer at the University of New Brunswick, Saint John

    “I volunteer with Let’s Talk Science because it’s encouraging to see kids get excited about science; they always want to know more and to understand what’s going on..”

    Read more about Emily Brown
  • Beverly McClenaghan

    Beverly McClenaghan CurioCity Volunteer

    “To inspire a fascination about the natural world and to teach students about all the amazing possibilities out there when you study science.”

    Read more about Beverly McClenaghan

Visionaries

10 years Amgen Canada
10 years The Government of Canada
10 years Hibernia
10 years

The Mitchell and Kathryn Baran Family Foundation

5 years Rio Tinto
10 years Trottier Family Foundation

Thank You to our Outreach Supporters

  • NOVA Chemicals Corporation
  • Toyota Canada Foundation
  • Desjardins Foundation
  • Seaspan Shipyards
  • Lewitt Family Foundation
  • NCR Foundation
  • Ontario Power Generation
  • The Boeing Company
  • The Cloverleaf Foundation
  • Finning Canada
  • ArcelorMittal Dofasco
  • Aubrey & Marla Dan Foundation
  • CN
  • K+S Potash Canada
  • Ottawa Community Foundation
  • Victoria Foundation
  • Shell Canada
  • Fluor Canada Ltd.
  • MilliporeSigma
  • BC Hydro
  • Canada Life
  • CIBC Foundation
  • DuPont Canada
  • Enbridge Gas Inc. -London
  • Farm Credit Canada
  • Gilead Alberta ULC
  • Roche Canada