Jennifer Flanagan

Jennifer Flanagan

Name: Jennifer Flanagan
Organization: Actua
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Title: President & CEO
Bio:
Actua is a national charitable organization that engages Canadian youth in inspiring and innovative science and technology experiences. Through camps, classroom workshops, clubs, and community outreach, our programs reach a quarter of a million youth annually. Over the past decade, I have led the development of Actua’s national barrier-breaking programs, which engage Aboriginal youth, girls and young women, youth living in rural and remote communities and other at-risk youth. Committed to helping improve youth access to education, I have served on the boards of several local, national and international groups that are committed to furthering educational opportunities for young people including the Girls Action Foundation, the International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists, and the Science and Technology Awareness Network.

Challenge Entries

Actua in the North
Mar 05, 2012 / 0 Comments / in At risk youth, Employment, Health education, Economic development, Education, Youth development, Youth leadership

Leader en promotion éducationnelle, Actua offre depuis vingt ans des programmes pratiques en sciences, technologie, génie et mathématiques (STGM) qui inspirent confiance à TOUS les jeunes, quels que soit leur lieu de résidence, leur situation socio-économique, leur genre ou leurs capacités.

Actua’s National Aboriginal Outreach Program: Breaking Barriers to STEM Education
Jan 27, 2012 / 0 Comments / in At risk youth, Employment, Health education, Economic development, Education, Mentorship, Youth leadership

A leader in educational outreach, Actua has a twenty-year track record of providing hands-on, confidence-building programming in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to ALL youth, regardless of their location, socio-economic situation, gender or ability.

Actua in the North
Jan 27, 2012 / 0 Comments / in At risk youth, Employment, Health education, Economic development, Education, Youth development, Youth leadership

A leader in educational outreach, Actua has a twenty-year track record of providing hands-on, confidence-building programming in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to ALL youth, regardless of their location, socio-economic situation, gender or ability. We are committed to engaging young Canadians (ages six to sixteen) who are typically underrepresented and underserved in STEM, and we have invested heavily in the development and delivery of customized programming for specific youth audiences that virtually no other organization reaches.