STEAM Centre Awarded OTF grant

$31,700 OTF grant enriches lives and gives community members a voice by funding artistic tools and the creation of an audio/video production studio at STEAM Education Centre

We are delighted to be the recipient of an Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) $31,700 Capital Grant. This grant will allow the Centre to build an audio/video/production technology based studio that will enrich the lives of the local community by providing a space where further art and technology education can be explored.  Students from the Ignite Youth Centre, other youth groups  and members of the community will be able to access the space, once in person visits are safe to do so, and use it to create videos and podcasts as well as to explore other digital technologies. This provides an opportunity for sharing voices that might not otherwise be heard and teaches fundamental arts and technology skills.

“Students love to make and create to demonstrate what they're learning. The creative process is also about giving students tools to construct a variety of emerging technologies to learn through experience. This Capital grant from OTF will give students an opportunity to create their own expressions, build meaning, work through problems, and acquire new knowledge and skills in context,” says Jessica Gransaull, Executive Director STEAM Centre.

The OTF grant will allow for the acquisition of:

• Software Licences
• 3-in-1 Laser/Router/CNC machine
• A creality UV curing and cleaning tool for creating amazingly precise 3D prints
• Graphics tablet 
• Shaper origin and its workstation ( a robotically controlled cutter that can move across surfaces)
• Laptops
• Maker tools like hand tools including drills 
• 3D Printer filament
• Paint brushes and art supplies/consumable materials
• Conductive sewing thread
• Clay and clay dye
• Leather
• Safety Equipment

The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) is an agency of the Government of Ontario, and one of Canada’s leading granting foundations.  OTF awarded $108 million to 629 projects last year to build healthy and vibrant communities in Ontario. ​