On June 4, the grade 11 Pursue STEM students went on a field trip with the Departments of Chemistry, Earth Sciences and School of the Environment to test surface water and bedrock chemistry.
Pursue STEM is an Outreach program that encourages and supports Black students interested in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) launched in March 2021. Students have been participating in workshops and activities from the following departments: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, School of the Environment and Statistics. Currently, there are grade 10 and grade 11 cohorts of students in the program. Pursue STEM is delivered in a partnership between Leadership by Design (LBD), U of T’s Office of Student Recruitment, and the Department of Physics.