Cultivating STEM/STEAM Thinkers: Linking Policy, Research, and Practice

 

 

1) STEAM Initiatives in the Global South

Dr. Ekua Bentil, Sr. Education Specialist, World Bank, Washington DC

 

2) Cross-country Analysis of the Gender Gap in STEM

Professor Francesca Borgonovi, OECD & University College London

 

3) Gender and STEM in Japan

Professor Aki Sakuma, Keio University

 

Moderator: Professor Rie Kijma, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy

 

 

 

 

 

1) The Power of Debate in the Context of STEM

Professor Chihiro Nakagawa, Osaka Metropolitan University

 

2) STEM Exchanges in Japan

Christine Pilcavage , Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

3) Coastal Climate Kids, Trilateral Partnership in Toronto, Boston, and San Diego

Professor Cassie Brownell, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto

 

4) Critical Action Learning Exchange

Professor Jim Slotta, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto

 

Moderator: Rosemary Evans, Initiative for Education Policy and Innovation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1) Takara Small

 

Tech columnist for CBC’s Metro Morning (Canada’s #1 morning radio show), contributor to Canada Tonight with Ginella Massa, on-air technology expert for ETalk and Founder of VentureKids Canada

 

 

2) Dr. Allison Sekuler

 

President & Chief Scientist, Baycrest Academy for Research and Education

President & Chief Scientist, Centre for Aging & Brain Health Innovation

Sandra A. Rotman Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, University Of Toronto

Professor, Department of Psychology, Neuroscience & Behaviour, McMaster University

 

Moderator: Christine Nakamura , Vice-President of Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

 

 

15:00-16:30 - Keynote Performance by Professor Ge Wang, Stanford Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, Department of Music and Computer Science (by courtesy)

 

 

Ge Wang is an Associate Professor at Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA). He researches the artful design of tools, toys, games, musical instruments, programming languages, expressive VR experiences, and interactive AI systems with humans in the loop. Ge is the architect of the ChucK audio programming language, the director of the Stanford Laptop Orchestra and the Stanford VR Design Lab. He is the Co-founder of Smule and the designer of the Ocarina and Magic Piano apps for mobile phones. A 2016 Guggenheim Fellow, Ge is the author of Artful Design: Technology in Search of the Sublime, a photo comic book about how we shape technology -- and how technology shapes us.

 

At Stanford University, Ge teaches "critical-making" courses at the intersections of art, the humanities, and engineering, including "Music, Computing, Design", "Laptop Orchestra", and "Music and AI".

 

Organized by the Centre for the Study of Global Japan, the Initiative for Education Policy and Innovation, University of Toronto and supported by the Consulate-General of Japan in Toronto, the Rotman School of Management and Public Policy and Governance, Munk School.