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February 10, 2021

Virtual Ventures Coding Workshop for Girls Offers Glimpse into Future Career Options

Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design is getting ready to host this year’s Go Code Girl workshop. Go Code Girl is a two-day event that gives girls in grades 7 to 12 the opportunity to... More

December 3, 2020

Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design Building More Support for Women

As an undergraduate in electrical engineering in the early 2000s, Prof. Winnie Ye was one of only five female students in her program. In 2007, she was also the only woman in her PhD cohort.... More

May 21, 2020

Virtual Ventures Partners with Shopify to Support STEM Education at Home for Local Youth

As Ottawa youth transitioned to learning online until schools reopen, specialized educational programs have been finding creative ways to continue their programs. Carleton University’s Virtual Ventures (VV) has adapted its science, technology, engineering and mathematics... More

September 19, 2018

Boosting Digital Literacy

Not all youth in Ottawa have the same access to technology, but an exciting collaborative venture between three city institutions has set out to change that. In the summer of 2017, Christine Riddell, director of... More

May 19, 2017

Virtual Reality on Parliament Hill

The Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS) has created a special interactive exhibit for Canada’s 150th anniversary, right across the street from Parliament Hill. For the last several years, CIMS has been hard at work building... More

January 22, 2016

You Go Girls!

Over the last few decades, women have played an increasingly large role in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields, but full gender equality remains elusive. Carleton’s Virtual Ventures program is helping to close this... More