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By: Gilbert III"Ia„tabo Metro, IPublished on Wed Mar 15 2017
The Royal Ontario Museum is launching a digital learning initiative to make its programming more
accessible to Indigenous students from remote parts of the province.
The new program, set to launch for the next school year, is an addition to the ROM's existing educational
programming that engages Indigenous youth through onsite visits and travelling exhibitions. The goal is to
reach 5,000 Indigenous students over a five-year period and give them direct access to the full museum
experience.
"The idea is to use virtual technology to allow these students to connect with available collections of
ancestral objects," said Wendy Ng, the museum's manager of learning.
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"Many of them live far away and may never have a chance to visit the museum physically and learn about
their heritage and culture."
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3/15/2017
ROM to introduce digital learning initiative for Indigenous youth
The ROM is one of 15 organizations across the country that recently received donations from the Slaight
Family Foundation to support programs involving youth in First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities.
In addition to providing digital access to its large collections of Indigenous history, the ROM's initiative will
engage Indigenous youth in the art of web and game production. Participating students will work on
multimedia projects to enhance their visual literacy skills and showcase their creativity.
Tnet AyAyQwaYakSheelth, the ROM's Indigenous outreach and learning coordinator, said the availability
of the museum's collection in a digital format is the best way to help young Indigenous people increase
their sense of belonging.
"When they see their history here, they see themselves in a public institution and realize that they're not
relics of the past," she said, noting Indigenous youth are the country's fastest demographic.
"They can see that contemporary reality doesn't wash away their identity, and that makes them proud of
who they are."
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