Women in Science and Engineering at the University of Manitoba wind up their Kidnetic STEM Summer Day Camp in Flin Flon today.  It started Monday at McIsaac School for children 9 to 12 years old with themes in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.  I spoke with Instructor Zara Toupan Wednesday morning……            

“We have a bunch of kids here, about 20 of them and they’re here to learn a little bit about science and how diverse the field can be and all of the opportunities that are waiting out there for them if they choose to pursue it.  We have a theme day every day so we had Engineering on Monday, Paleontology yesterday and today we have Forensic Science  so they’re learning all about the science behind solving crimes, all of the different job opportunities and of course a lot of fun games to get them really interested as our goal is really for them to have fun.”

Toupan added the Kidnetic Summer Day Camp travels across the province with stops this summer in Flin Flon, Thompson, Dauphin and locations in the Winnipeg region for a variety of youth with a lot at reduced cost to be accessible for everyone.