/PRNewswire/ The STEM Learning Ecosystems Community of Practice (SLECoP), launched as an initiative supported by philanthropy, is moving to sustainability.
/PRNewswire/ The STEM Learning Ecosystems Community of Practice (SLECoP), launched as an initiative supported by philanthropy, is moving to sustainability.
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For some students in BC, a trip to Vancouver’s Telus Science World requires hours of travel or expensive flights with hotel costs. This is where Science World’s Outreach program, the “BC Program for the Awareness and Learning of Science” (BC PALS), steps in. Experts took their science show on the road and brought Science World to smaller communities that otherwise couldn’t attend the popular attraction.
After years of joining up with the Ministry of Education, BC’s Liberal Party has cut one million dollars in funding to the Outreach program. Without this vital funding the Outreach program cannot bring science shows into distant classrooms. The lack of funding however has not stopped Science World’s determination. “We are trying to figure out ways around this,” stated Jo-Ann Coggan, Science World’s manager for community engagement. Coggan stated that the Outreach program’s funding cut will take away from small community classrooms: