Dalhousie Indigenous Math Camp 2025

The second Dalhousie Indigenous Math Camp will run this summer at Dalhouise’s Department of Mathematics & Statistics. The premise is to give indigenous Nova Scotian junior high youth a real university experience in mathematics to induce the campers to pursue higher education in STEM fields. The campers will stay in Dalhousie residences. The campers are participate in Mathematics sessions and the Coding sessions each day. The two teaching teams (one for Math and one for Coding) will ideally pair an indigenous teacher with a (Math) faculty member. A puzzle-based approach is proposed for the Math sessions, The Coding sessions use Scratch, a programming environment suitable for youth.The curricula for both sessions will be co-developed by indigenous educators as well as faculty from Dalhousie University, with input from the Alliance of Indigenous Math Circles.