Indigenous Outreach

Stoodis Science is one of SciXchange's public outreach, engagement, and science communication initiatives. Stoodis is slang commonly used in Indigenous communities and is derived from "Let's do this!" Stoodis Science focuses on providing spaces for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous folks to learn about Indigenous ways of knowing, doing, and being and how they relate to science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and arts (STEAM) concepts! 

Stoodis Science started in 2018 with the hiring of Amber Sandy as the innaugural Coordinator of Indigenous Knowledge and Science Outreach. Jenna Barnhardt also joined the team in 2019 as an Indigenous research assistant. In July 2022, Caleb Wesley took over for Amber as the Coordinator. Our current Coordinator, Kayla Bourdeau, joined the team in February 2025.

Stoodis Science's programming is constantly evolving as we experiment and develop new content. We focus heavily on working with youth from grades 1 - 12 in schools, post-secondary students here at TMU, and members of the general public and TMU community.