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DESCRIPTION:Please sign up via Eventbrite for this virtual event.\n\nOjibwe
 \, queer robotics inventor Danielle Boyer will speak about her work\, incl
 uding the invention of the SkoBot\, a robot that teaches the Indigenous la
 nguages Navajo\, Ojibwemowin\, and Taino. The robot\, aimed at middle scho
 ol children\, is customizable and easily programmable for youth. This even
 t is co-hosted with the Indigenous Futures Research Centre (IFRC).\n\nDani
 elle Boyer is a 22-year-old Indigenous (Ojibwe) and Queer robotics invento
 r and advocate for youth who has been teaching kids since she was ten. Dri
 ven by her families own inability to afford science and technology educati
 on\, she is passionate about making education accessible and representativ
 e for her community so that no child is left behind. Danielle creates equi
 table and innovative learning solutions for Indigenous youths with robots 
 that she designs\, manufactures\, and gives away for free. In 2019 at age 
 eighteen\, she created The STEAM Connection\, a minority and youth-led cha
 rity that has reached hundreds of thousands of children worldwide with tec
 hnical education with an emphasis on language revitalization. The STEAM Co
 nnection focuses on the future: ushering in a new age of education via per
 sonal and wearable robotics\, artificial intelligence\, and augmented real
 ity. Informed by the past and present\, The STEAM Connection utilizes trad
 itional knowledge to uplift and protect Indigenous communities with an emp
 hasis on language. Her goal is not necessarily to get youth into STEM care
 ers but rather to equip them with the skills to solve the problems that th
 ey see in their communities now.\n\nThis event is part of the 5th Season o
 f the Feminist and Accessible Publishing and Communications Technologies S
 peaker and Workshop Series\, organized by Dr. Alex Ketchum.\n\nOur series 
 was made possible thanks to our sponsors: SSHRC\, the Institute for Gender
 \, Sexuality\, and Feminist Studies (IGSF)\, the DIGS Lab\, Milieux\, Init
 iative for Indigenous Futures\, MILA\, Dean of Arts Grant\, ReQEF\, and mo
 re (see our website!)\n\nThere is no fee required to attend this event. We
  will provide professional captions in English.\n\nYou can watch other pas
 t events here.\n
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SUMMARY:Danielle Boyer on Indigenous Robotics (virtual)
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/igsf/channels/event/danielle-boyer-indigenous-rob
 otics-virtual-349499
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