by Oscar Baker | Jun 21, 2018
Curtis Kennedy’s childhood dream was lacing up his skates for an NHL team. Instead at 14 he was diagnosed with Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm (BPDCN), a rare form of leukemia that can affect multiple organs, including the lymph nodes and skin. Now...
by Oscar Baker | Feb 2, 2018
A chair made of nails sits in the room, inviting children to have a seat. It’s a science experiment, one of many at Science East in Fredericton and on this particular day the grades three through five students from Chief Harold Sappier Memorial Elementary...
by Bill Duncan | May 3, 2014
For the province of New Brunswick to re-invent itself for the twenty-first century and beyond, it needs to take a long, hard look in the mirror. We see a future in which we will need to be more resourceful, innovative and enterprising, but are we actively choosing to...
by Lisa Hrabluk | Apr 7, 2014
Wayne Hansen has a dream. So does Heather McKend. Ditto Peter McKelvey, Susan Almon, Sharon Rathod, Nora Kennedy, Mark Breen and Wicked Ideas’ own Eric Kennedy and Bill Duncan. They all want to help create a Makerspace in Saint John – and they want you to...
by Cherise Letson | Apr 3, 2014
If we want kids to get excited about science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) we should let them teach themselves. That’s the goal of Science East’s Illuminate!, a program that engages middle school students in STEM studies through hands-on activities...
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