STEAM Education Centre offers a variety of volunteer opportunities for people interested in working with students, as well as creating, learning and sharing ideas. Our volunteers are invited to learn advanced skills like laser cutting and 3D printing, in addition to helping in workshops and camps, the makerspace, at events, and more. 

​To begin volunteering as soon as opportunities become available, please send an email to [email protected] so that we can learn more about you and connect with you about specific volunteer needs.

If you are a student looking to volunteer as part of your school placement program, visit the STEAM Leaders section of the School Programs page for more information. We accept roughly forty students throughout the year and spots fills up fast so don't delay!

Current Volunteer Opportunities:
- Join the Maker Space education kit creation and packaging team: We are looking for individuals or groups of 2-3 to assist in packaging our laser cut workshop kits that go to hundreds of local elementary school students each year. We have a weekly manufacturing schedule from October to June and 1-2 hours between 9am- 230pm Monday to Friday is what is needed. Choose your favourite day and timeslot each week or biweekly to help further youth education!

- Astronomy Workshop Leads/Assistants
  Join us in creating and delivering free public workshops focused on teaching people how to use our telescopes and how to best participate in a Stargazing night. We are looking for those with experience using telescopes and/or astronomy knowledge who would love to share that knowledge with the general public through community events. 

- Education Assistants
  Help design and deliver STEAM curriculum for students in Kindergarten to Grade 12. Virtually research possible topics and design slideshow presentations and/or bring them to life in front of a class. Looking to get into education? This is the perfect role for you! Want to teach in classrooms with us? All you need is a vulnerable sector check and we will train you. You can assist us deliver or be a part of the teaching team. Schools that we teach in may be located in London/Middlesex County, St Thomas/Elgin County  or virtually. A car or willingness to use public transit is an asset but not required.   

- Fundraising Event Participants
Are you located in the St Thomas area or willing to drive just 20 minutes outside of London? We are in need of volunteers to donate 2 hours a month volunteering at the Jackpot Time Bingo. The roles are greeting and helping clean up the bingo hall during game play. There is no selling or money handling to this role and you get to pick which days and times work for you. Our organization is randomly assigned shifts Monday to Saturday between 10am to midnight so this role can fit any schedule. If the above is not for you we are also looking for volunteers that are wanting to plan fundraising events to help raise funds for our youth programming or to help us gather donations of used computers for our community computer donation give back program. 

- Social Media Ambassadors
  Love all things Insta and TikTok? Research possible posts on STEAM subjects to help build our content calendar or create your own content to be published and shared with our followers. A great way to build a content creator portfolio! Are you a blog or newsletter writer? We can use a hand with longer format writing as well.

Interested in any of these roles? Sign up using our online form ​