Science Awareness & Promotion
Science awareness is important in Alberta …We can’t make the breakthroughs or commercialize applications that will ensure our future prosperity without providing Albertans with the solid foundation and basic understanding of science, and its universal importance. That is what makes outreach absolutely critical to our future prosperity.
From professional associations to community science networks; from non-profits to big business and from grade schools to universities and technical institutes, efforts to create and nurture a passion for learning, creativity, technology and innovation can be characterized as an investment – an investment of time, money, and expertise.
Alberta needs these investments to keep science at the forefront of our future, among the young certainly, and also the not-so-young. Outreach efforts help them dream the big dreams, inspires new ideas, and help people see that Alberta is the place to make those ideas become reality.
Encouraging students to recognize the possibilities in science and research, ensuring affordable, accessible post-secondary learning opportunities in established and emerging fields of study, and helping Alberta’s small and medium-sized science and technology enterprises to compete in world markets provides tangible returns such as developing a skilled workforce; building prosperous companies in diverse sectors and creating vibrant communities.
