One of my largest contributions was being the Lead Technician, Instructor, and a Curriculum Designer<\/strong> for the Hack The ROM (HTR)<\/strong> program. HTR is an annual long-term program for Northern & Southern Ontario Schools (Grades 4 – 8) that inspires students to design interactive video games based on Indigenous knowledge. I worked with Indigenous Teachers and School Teachers to teach Game Design and Technology using Scratch, Twine, and other programs. I visited many schools in-person in the Greater Toronto Area as well as teaching schools in remote Indigenous communities, both in-person and through video-chat. At the end of the cohort, students are invited to the ROM to play games by participants from other schools, resulting in hundreds of new student games every year. Through HTR, I successfully engaged over 20 classrooms from Toronto & GTA, Pikangikum, Moose Factory, and Thunder Bay<\/strong>. <\/span>In 2018, I also temporarily worked as a seasonal ROM Trailblazer Leader<\/strong> to co-design and co-teach a 10-week curriculum for weekly Boys & Girls Club visits at Regal Road and Bala Avenue Public Schools; engaging kids to be inspired about science, history, technology, and space through various creative activities and experiments.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through the ROM I successfully engaged over 5000+ students of all ages and backgrounds to learn about Science, Art, History, Culture, Technology and more using inclusive and innovative teaching methodologies that decolonized education spaces and allowed for hands-on physical and digital learning.
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