Today (1/22) Actua, the national organization that represents X-Chem Outreach at St. Francis Xavier University, was named the largest recipient of funding from the Government of Canada's new CanCode program.
CanCode is a $50 million fund, announced in the federal budget 2017, supporting the development of coding and digital skills for youth across Canada.
As a network member of Actua, X-Chem Outreach is pleased to be receiving a portion of Actua's CanCode funding. This funding will go towards scaling up X-Chem Outreach's community programming to reach even more youth in Antigonish and surrounding communities with inspiring, hands-on coding and digital skills experiences.
"This $40,000 grant will be invested in equipment and leaders and will allow us to deliver coding experiences, free of charge, to an increased number of youth in our local communities," said Dr. Truis Smith-Palmer, StFX chemistry professor and one of the directors of X-Chem Outreach.
X-Chem Outreach is one of 35 network members receiving CanCode funding through Actua and will work with colleagues across the network to develop and exchange content that will help inspire Canada's next generation of innovators.
"We are honoured to be a recipient of CanCode funding and thrilled to provide additional support to X-Chem Outreach to engage more youth in building digital skills," said Jennifer Flanagan, President and CEO of Actua. "This support means that thousands more youth in Antigonish and surrounding communities will have the opportunity to access free, deep-impact, face-to-face learning experiences which are critical to their future success and our future Canadian workforce."
Actua's 35 network members will reach 500,000 youth and over 10,000 teachers across every province and territory with CanCode funding.
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