Welcome to the Okanagan STEAM Learning Ecosystem
The beautiful Okanagan Valley is home to a rapidly growing community of entrepreneurs, career professionals, and learners, leading and exploring their passions in the area of Science, Technology Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics. Here in the Central Okanagan, STEAM Ecosystem BC is a growing network of local community members, regional organizations, educators, and STEAM professionals collaborating together to share, promote, inspire all learners in STEAM learning opportunities.
Indigenous Acknowledgement
The beautiful Okanagan Valley is the ancestral territory of the Syilx/Okanagan people. We would like to acknowledge that we live, work, play, and learn on this traditional and unceded territory. As uninvited guests on this land, we are all fortunate to thrive in such a geographically stunning, resource adbundant, and culturally rich environment.
CORE Team Members
Bowen Hui – UBC Okanagan (Computer Science)
Dione Chambers – Okanagan Science Centre
Naomi Van Caillie – Okanagan Regional Library
Philip Ashman – Okanagan College
Tara Thompson – Okanagan Regional Library
Tobias Blaskovits – Central Okanagan Public Schools
Members
David Williams – Okanagan College
Erik Beardmore – Kelowna Museum
Josh Vance – School District 22
Linda Digby – Kelowna Museums
Mckenzie Mcfarlane – Canada Learning Code
Michele Albach – Canada Learning Code
Nithasha PreKumar – Okanagan Regional Library
Rebecca McCullough – iStand/WESST
Associates
Adam Cornford – UBCO (Geering Up)
Grace Miao – Science World
Jennifer Garner – UBCO (Geering Up)
Kayt Ell – WFN Museum
Kirsten Kurjata – Code Ninjas
Marie Reid – UBCO (School of Engineering)
Rose Maunder – Regional District of the Central Okanagan
Serena Slonowski – UBCO (Let’s Talk Science)
Tamara Weninger – UBCO (School of Engineering)
Tanja Voegel – UBCO (Let’s Talk Science)
Supporters
Danielle Calder – School District 22
Kirsten Beebe – School District 22
Zoe Soon – UBCO