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From YouTube: APRIL 17 2023 Statements Karin Kirkpatrick
Description
The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
4th Session
42nd Parliament
A
Things
of
stem
education
and
stem
jobs
with
the
rise
of
careers
needing
these
skills.
Anything
from
video
game
data
analysis
to
creating
insights
into
Financial
systems
having
a
stem
education
is
becoming
increasingly
important
to
our
economy
and
as
employment
and
stem
occupations
is
growing
rapidly.
Not
only
are
stem
skills
key
to
the
future
of
our
economy.
They
also
teach
life
skills
such
as
critical
thinking
and
Innovation
teamwork,
creativity
and
project
management,
along
with
many
others.
A
Robotics
is
a
powerful
tool
that
supports
students
in
the
development
of
stem
skills
in
a
practical
and
Hands-On
environment,
enter
West
Vancouver
schools
who
back,
who
back
in
2015,
saw
the
possibilities
and
began
a
robotics
club
with
only
11
students.
Today,
the
Robotics
and
mechatronics
Academy
with
over
has
now
over
250
students,
ranging
from
grade
4
to
grade
12
12,
offering
a
host
of
courses
every
grade,
8
student
at
West,
Van,
Secondary
School,
takes
robotics
as
part
of
their
course
rotation
and
a
new
course
for
grades.
A
11
and
12
entitled
cyber
security
and
artificial
intelligence
is
already
fully
subscribed
for
this
summer.
As
you
can
imagine,
Mr
Speaker,
these
robotic
tournaments
are
highly
competitive
and
we
had
a
team
from
West,
Vancouver
and
I'm
going
to
go
back
so
I,
don't
miss
their
names.
West
Van's
grade
6
team
of
Gloria
Collins
and
Annie
Zhang
won
a
World
Championship
competing
against
500
teams
from
36
countries.
So
certainly
the
program
that
West
Vancouver
has
is
doing
amazing
things.